12.1.3.7 Merge

In certain circumstances, Modelers may want to merge two objects of the same type into one. This often occurs upon identification of duplicate objects (especially after imports), during restructuring initiatives, or due to the deprecation of an object where another object acquires its impacts.

Permissions Required to Merge

To use the Merge feature, a user needs to have:

1. At least Write permission on the Target Object
2. At least Delete permissions on the Source Object
   

*The ‘Source’ object is the one you are on when initiating the Merge action. Since the Merge button is under edit, the required permissions can be considered fulfilled for the Source object by default. The system will validate the Target object upon selection.

What Will Be Merged?

The objective of Merge is to deprecate one object (Source) and transfer all its Impacts and Associations to another object (Target). Therefore, only Impacts and Associations of the source object will be transferred to the target object.

The Source object is deleted upon completion of the merge action.

How to Use Merge

1. Navigate to the ‘Details’ view of object of the desired object.
2. Click on the ‘Edit’ dropdown.
3. Select ‘Merge’.

4. Search for the item to merge with by searching its name or by browsing the tree.
   • Note that you can only merge objects of identical types (e.g., Assets with other Assets, Roles with Roles, KPIs with KPIs, etc).
5. Click on ‘Merge’ to combine the objects.