Merge Duplicate Fields
- Moses Mutesasira
- Herbert Yiga Mulindwa
We need to merge duplicate fields ,when some one has created forms Schema Design with Duplicated fields which have the same field Properties that is `Field Name`, `Description` ,`field-type`, `concept` , `default-value`,`select-multi`
Step-by-step guide
you simply go to the Admin page > Merge duplicate fields under "Forms"
click Merge duplicate fields and if there are any Duplicated fields, It will automatically merge them
Effects of "Merge Duplicate Fields"
The function merges similar/ Duplicated fields per each form, and it points all the duplicated fields to the first field.
The function does not delete the duplicated fields from the given Form_Field table in the Database , neither from the form Layout, but t just points the duplicated Fields to one single Field.
an example below is a duplicated field "NewX" in a form.
Before the Duplicated Fields are merged when u search in "Find field Elements" for a field to add to the form, all the Duplicated Fields are returned as different fields.
After you Merge the Duplicated Fields when u search for the Duplicated field, it is returned as a merged field
