Master - Match/Merge

This dialogue shows details of the player to be merged with other local players or players from the BCF Grading or FIDE Rating Lists that are held on the system.

The dialogue is split into three sections. The left hand side display a summary of the the player to be merged to. Initially the middle section displays a list of players from the local, BCF and FIDE lists that match on Surname and first character of the First Name. The third section displays a summary of the selected player from the list of potential matches.

The middle section of the dialogue allows you to search for players and select a player. They are listed with the most likely potential matches at the top of the list. When a player is selected their details are displayed on the right hand side of the dialogue. Fields that exactly match are displayed with a green marker, close matches are show a yellow marker and complete mismatches are displayed with a red marker against the field. Players are merged when the 'Match' button is selected. This means that you can view the details of potential matches before selecting the required player.

When the dialogue is displayed from the Match/Merge menu option, the buttons available are:

• Stop: This stops you going through the rest of the unmatched players on the system. The system 'remembers' which players you have attempted a match, and the next time you use the Match/Merge menu option from the menu it does not try and rematch these players.
• Merge: Merges the selected player (in the middle list) with the Merge To player displayed on the left of the dialogue. After a player has been merged, the dialogue is not closed. The same player is still displayed as the Merge To player on the right hand side of the dialogue so that they can be matched to other players if required.
• Next: Moves to the next player to merge.
• Previous: Moves to the previous player that you tried to merge.

When the dialogue is displayed from the Master details dialogue, the buttons available are:

• Close: Closes this dialogue.
• Merge: see above

Notes

When a new BCF Master or FIDE Rating list is loaded, the indicator on all the players that is used to show you have attempted to match them is reset. Therefore, running Match/Merge after you have loaded a Master list allows you to match all players without a BCF Code against the master list.

Match/Merge can be used to match new players that have been entered on the system as once Match/Merge has been run once, only new players will be displayed for matching.

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