Reference: Merge Rules for Student Residency

Administrator Guide

When you merge source and target records, consider how Workday merges data fields for Student Residency.

These merge rules apply to student applicant and student prospect records. See Reference: Merge Operations.

Field	Source Value?	Target Value?	Merge Operation	Merge Description
Residency Records	Yes	Yes	Move and Append Unique	When functionally equivalent, Workday keeps the value on the target if the source and target have matching values. Workday appends unique institutional residency records from the source to the target. Workday can define institutional residency records for each institutional academic unit.
Residency Records	Yes	Yes	Move and Append Unique	When not functionally equivalent, Workday appends any unique institutional residency records from the source to the target.
Residency Records	Yes	No	Move and Append Unique	Workday moves unique institutional residency records from the source to the target.
Residency Records	No	Yes	Move and Append Unique	When not functionally equivalent, Workday keeps the target value when the source has no value and the target does.
Student Document	Yes	Yes	Append	Workday keeps the value on the target when the source and target have matching values.
Student Document	Yes	Yes	Append	When not functionally equivalent, Workday finds the most recent update and keeps it on the target.
Student Document	Yes	No	Append	When not functionally equivalent, Workday keeps the source value on the target when the source has value and the target doesn't.
Student Document	No	Yes	Append	When not functionally equivalent, Workday keeps the target value if the source doesn't have value and the target does.