th e find duplicates tool is pretty cool and we use it a lot. But we need an adiditional feature that would allow us to export in excel a list of duplicates, or order some columns (the same tool bar as other views).
One thing you might try is to create a field you can use to "flag" duplicate records and then you can filter on this field to return those records in a view that can be exported and controlled. To do this first create a field in your database called "Flagged for action" or something similar. Then, when you run the duplicates tool you can use the "act-in-mass" check box in the top left corner to check all records on a page and mark them as flagged by inserting a value in this field. You will have to do this for each page of results. Once you flag all the records you can build a view that returns these based off whatever you entered in this field. When you are done with these records you can then use act-in-mass again to clear the flag you inserted so this field is ready to use the next time. This is just a suggestion to work within what is currently available but we will definitely also log these suggestions into our future enhancements tracker.
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Hello there!
th e find duplicates tool is pretty cool and we use it a lot. But we need an adiditional feature that would allow us to export in excel a list of duplicates, or order some columns (the same tool bar as other views).
Any chance you guys will develop that very soon?
Thanks in advance,
K.
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One thing you might try is to create a field you can use to "flag" duplicate records and then you can filter on this field to return those records in a view that can be exported and controlled. To do this first create a field in your database called "Flagged for action" or something similar. Then, when you run the duplicates tool you can use the "act-in-mass" check box in the top left corner to check all records on a page and mark them as flagged by inserting a value in this field. You will have to do this for each page of results. Once you flag all the records you can build a view that returns these based off whatever you entered in this field. When you are done with these records you can then use act-in-mass again to clear the flag you inserted so this field is ready to use the next time. This is just a suggestion to work within what is currently available but we will definitely also log these suggestions into our future enhancements tracker.
Hi Matt
I understand. Great idea! It will save us a lot of time.
Thanks and have a great day,
K.