Mismatched People Records
Information on People records in MinistryPlatform, including how they affect the quality of your data and how to fix any issues.
You must properly match People records. The four main People records are Contact, Participant, Donor, and User.
People Record Relationships
The relationships between these four People records follows strict rules that you should always observe.
- The Contact is the main record and may also point to a Participant, Donor, and User.
- The Contact record has a one-to-one relationship with the Participant, Donor, and User records.
- A Participant record should always point back to the Contact record.
- A Donor record should always point back to the Contact record.
- A User record should always point back to the Contact record.
If you follow these rules, there will never be more than one Participant, Donor, or User record pointing to a Contact record.
Data Health Report Card
The Customer Portal Report Card will give an A grade when there are no mistmatched no Contact records.
Contact record mismatches can occur in the following ways:
- Mismatches:
- The Participant record mismatched with the Contact record
- The Donor record mismatched with the Contact record
- The User record mismatched with Contact record
- Multiples:
- Multiple Participant records point to the same the Contact record
- Multiple Donor records point to the same the Contact record
- Multiple User records pointed to the same the Contact record