How do I handle duplicate artifacts?

If you have duplication checking active, Project Tracker will use a subset of attributes to check for possible duplicates in the database.

If duplicates are found, a report of similar artifacts will be presented with your artifact listed at the top. Review the artifacts listed to determine if an existing artifact covers the artifact you are entering. You can do a number of things at this point:

• Review individual artifacts by clicking their ID. The full artifact description will appear.
• Add a comment to one or more attributes of the artifact at the same time. Select the check box to the left of the artifact IDs that you would like to add a comment to. You can then enter a comment in Comment field and click the Add Comment to Selected to add a note to the comments section of all artifacts selected.
• Click Continue Entry to continue with the artifact entry.
• You can return to the project home page if you want to abandon the process.

For each item in the database that has been identified as a possible duplicate for the criteria you entered, an entry appears in the Identified as duplicate screen. Each column represents an attribute used in the search for duplicates.

Use this page to compare your potential new artifact with those in the database.