Topic: Talent
Data quality
Find records to fix, like duplicates and missing details, and archive old records by a rule.
This lesson uses Talent search. If Talent search is not in your menu, it is not turned on for your account yet. Ask AppWT to turn it on.
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What you will learn
- What the Data quality report checks
- How to read likely duplicates
- How to archive records by a rule
- How to restore a cleanup
Step by step
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Step 1: The report
Open Data quality from the menu. The boxes at the top count records with problems, like no location or a phone that does not look right.
Step 1 screen, from the demo account. -
Step 2: Likely duplicates
Likely duplicates groups people who may be the same person. Here, two records share one email address.
Step 2 screen, from the demo account. -
Step 3: Fix missing details
Each list names the people who need work. Click a name to open the profile and fix it.
Step 3 screen, from the demo account. -
Step 4: Records nobody touched
Pick how long counts as stale, like six months, and click Update the report.
Step 4 screen, from the demo account. -
Step 5: Archive by rule
To clean up many records at once, use Archive by rule. Pick a rule and click Preview who matches. Nothing changes until you confirm.
Step 5 screen, from the demo account. -
Step 6: Undo a cleanup
Archiving hides records, but never deletes them. Under Recent rule runs, you can restore a whole run.
Step 6 screen, from the demo account.
Transcript
In this lesson, you will find records that need fixing, and clean up old ones safely.
Open Data quality from the menu. The boxes at the top count records with problems, like no location or a phone that does not look right.
Likely duplicates groups people who may be the same person. Here, two records share one email address.
Each list names the people who need work. Click a name to open the profile and fix it.
Pick how long counts as stale, like six months, and click Update the report.
To clean up many records at once, use Archive by rule. Pick a rule and click Preview who matches. Nothing changes until you confirm.
Archiving hides records, but never deletes them. Under Recent rule runs, you can restore a whole run.
Next, learn how to vet people and keep their papers up to date.
Every screen here comes from a demo account. All of its people, phone numbers and email addresses are made up.