<div dir="ltr">In fact our module do exacty that:<div>when insert new contact /lead check on contact /lead if existing.</div><div>In our case prevent to create new record if existing (check on firstname+secondname or phone or email or VAT).</div><div>Ideal situation is the possiblity to decide if activate this function and choose on wich field do this check. Good idea for 6.2 i think!</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2014-11-14 15:31 GMT+01:00 Alan Bell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alan.bell@libertus.co.uk" target="_blank">alan.bell@libertus.co.uk</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    Another use-case would be cross-module checking, so when adding a
    new lead, is this matches a *contact* we already have, not just a
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    <div>On 14/11/14 13:16, Prasad wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">We would like to have "Duplicate Handling" in the
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          <div>The nature of defining duplicates has business rules. </div>
          <div>For example: Having Contacts with same email is allowed
            in some cases but not in others.<br>
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        <div>Please share the use-cases so we can understand the
          variations in terms of business.</div>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 6:18 PM, Manuel
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              <div>But this should´t be part of vtiger implementation to
                be included in vtiger.</div>
              <div>It´s basics, software like this check this kind of
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              <div>I would like to have Prasad’s opinion. What do you
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                    <div>No dia 12/11/2014, às 17:37, Simone Travaglini
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                          <div dir="ltr">hello,
                            <div>we developed code to check lead
                              /contact after entry if existing for some
                              field... if you need contact us...</div>
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                            <div class="gmail_quote">2014-11-12 17:12
                              GMT+01:00 Manuel Fernando <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ptdesigner@gmail.com" target="_blank">ptdesigner@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br>
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                                Shouldn’t Contacts have the same
                                functionality like Accounts?<br>
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                                When create a new contact should verify
                                if already exists in the system.<br>
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                                I know about Duplicated Contacts Merging
                                but is not very realistic and easy.<br>
                                Another problem is when you merge
                                duplicated contacts you can mess with
                                login customer portal credentials.<br>
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                                Best Regards.<br>
                                Manuel<br>
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