Reference: Merge Rules for Student Contact Information
When you merge source and target records, consider how Workday merges data fields for student contact information.
These merge rules apply to student applicant and student prospect records. See Reference: Merge Operations.
See Reference: Merge Rules for Contact Information Data Fields for merge rules for all the contact information fields, including:
- Instant Messenger
- Social Networks
- Web Address
Field | Source Value? | Target Value? | Merge Operation | Merge Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Primary Institutional Address | Yes | Yes | Custom Processing | When functionally equivalent, Workday keeps the value on the target if the source and target have matching values. Workday also appends any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Primary Institutional Address | Yes | Yes | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent, Workday finds the most recent update and keeps it on the target. Workday also appends any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Primary Institutional Address | Yes | No | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent, Workday keeps the source value on the target if the source has value and the target doesn't. Workday also appends unique addresses as Additional Address and appends any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Primary Institutional Address | No | Yes | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent, Workday keeps the target value if the target has value and the source doesn't. Workday also appends unique addresses as Additional Address and appends any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Additional Institutional Address | Yes | Yes | Custom Processing | When functionally equivalent, Workday keeps the value on the target if the source and target have matching values. Workday also keeps the target value as Additional Institutional Address and appends any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Additional Institutional Address | Yes | Yes | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent, Workday keeps the most recent value on the target. Workday copies unique values and appends Additional Institutional Address to the target. Workday appends any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Additional Institutional Address | Yes | No | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent, Workday keeps the source value on the target if the source has value and the target doesn't. Workday also appends any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Additional Institutional Address | No | Yes | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent, Workday keeps the target value if the source doesn't have value, but the target does. Workday also appends any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Primary Home Email Address | Yes | Yes | Custom Processing | When functionally equivalent, keep the value on the target if the source and target have matching values. Append any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Primary Home Email Address | Yes | Yes | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent, Workday keeps the target's contact as primary and appends the source email address as an additional email. |
Primary Home Email Address | Yes | No | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent and the source has a value and the target doesn't, keep the source value on the target. Append any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Primary Home Email Address | No | Yes | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent and the source doesn't have a value and the target does, keep the target value. |
Primary Institutional Email Address | Yes | Yes | Custom Processing | When functionally equivalent, Workday keeps the value on the target if the source and target have matching values. Workday also appends any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Primary Institutional Email Address | Yes | Yes | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent, Workday keeps the target's contact as primary and appends the source email address as an additional email. |
Primary Institutional Email Address | Yes | No | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent, Workday keeps the source value on the target as the Primary Work Email Address if the source has value and the target doesn't. Workday also appends any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Primary Institutional Email Address | No | Yes | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent, Workday keeps the target value as Primary Work Email Address if the source has no value and the target does. Workday also appends any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Additional Institutional Email Address | Yes | Yes | Custom Processing | When functionally equivalent, Workday keeps the value on the target if the source and target have matching values. Workday appends any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Additional Institutional Email Address | Yes | Yes | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent, Workday appends the source email address as an additional email. |
Additional Institutional Email Address | Yes | No | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent, Workday keeps the source value on the target if the source has a value and the target doesn't. Workday appends additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Additional Institutional Email Address | No | Yes | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent, Workday keeps the target value if the source doesn't have a value and the target does. Workday appends additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Primary Work Email Address | Yes | Yes | Custom Processing | When functionally equivalent, keep the value on the target if the source and target have matching values. Append any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Primary Work Email Address | Yes | Yes | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent, Workday keeps the target's contact as primary and appends the source email address as an additional email. |
Primary Work Email Address | Yes | No | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent and the source has a value and the target doesn't, keep the source value on the target as the Primary Work Email Address. Append any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Primary Work Email Address | No | Yes | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent and the source doesn't have a value and the target does, keep the target value as the Primary Work Email Address. Append any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Primary Home Phone | Yes | Yes | Custom Processing | When functionally equivalent, keep the value on the target if the source and target have matching values. Append any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Primary Home Phone | Yes | Yes | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent, Workday keeps the target's contact as primary and appends the source phone number as an additional phone number. |
Primary Home Phone | Yes | No | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent and the source has a value and the target doesn't, keep the source value on the target. Append any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Primary Home Phone | No | Yes | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent and the source doesn't have a value and the target does, keep the target value. Append any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Additional Phone Number | Yes | Yes | Custom Processing | When functionally equivalent, keep the value on the target if the source and target have matching values. Keep the target value as Additional Phone Number. Append any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Additional Phone Number | Yes | Yes | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent, Workday appends the source phone number as an additional phone number. |
Additional Phone Number | Yes | No | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent and the source has a value and the target doesn't, keep the source value on the target. Append any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Additional Phone Number | No | Yes | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent and the source doesn't have a value and the target does, keep the target value. Append any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Primary Institutional Phone | Yes | Yes | Custom Processing | When functionally equivalent, Workday keeps the value on the target if the source and target have matching values. Workday also appends any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Primary Institutional Phone | Yes | Yes | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent, Workday keeps the target's contact as primary and appends the source phone number as an additional phone number. |
Primary Institutional Phone | Yes | No | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent, Workday keeps the source value on the target if the source has value and the target doesn't. Workday also appends unique phone numbers as Additional Institutional Phone and appends any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Primary Institutional Phone | No | Yes | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent, Workday keeps the target value if the target has value and the source doesn't. |
Additional Institutional Phone | Yes | Yes | Copy Unique and Append | When functionally equivalent, Workday appends any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target for matching values. |
Additional Institutional Phone | Yes | Yes | Copy Unique and Append | When not functionally equivalent, Workday appends the source phone number as an additional phone number. |
Additional Institutional Phone | Yes | No | Copy Unique and Append | When not functionally equivalent, and the source has a value and the target doesn't, Workday keeps the source value on the target. |
Additional Institutional Phone | No | Yes | Copy Unique and Append | When not functionally equivalent, Workday keeps the target value if the source doesn't have a value and the target does. |
Primary Work Phone Number | Yes | Yes | Custom Processing | When functionally equivalent, keep the value on the target if the source and target have matching values. Append any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Primary Work Phone Number | Yes | Yes | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent, Workday keeps the target's contact as primary and appends the source phone number as an additional phone number. |
Primary Work Phone Number | Yes | No | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent and the source has a value and the target doesn't, keep the source value on the target. Append any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Primary Work Phone Number | No | Yes | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent and the source has a value and the target doesn't, keep the source value on the target. Append any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Web Address | Yes | Yes | Custom Processing | When functionally equivalent, keep the value on the target if the source and target have matching values. Append any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Instant Messenger | Yes | Yes | Custom Processing | When functionally equivalent, keep the value on the target if the source and target have matching values. Append any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Instant Messenger | Yes | Yes | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent, Workday keeps the most recently updated value. |
Instant Messenger | Yes | No | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent and the source has a value and the target doesn't, keep the source value on the target. Append any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Instant Messenger | No | Yes | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent and the source doesn't have a value and the target does, keep the target value. Append any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Web Address | Yes | Yes | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent, Workday keeps the most recently updated value. |
Web Address | Yes | No | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent and the source has a value and the target doesn't, keep the source value on the target. Append any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |
Web Address | No | Yes | Custom Processing | When not functionally equivalent and the source doesn't have a value and the target does, keep the target value. Append any additional Communication Usage Behavior types to the target. |