The Results Screen|Master, Slave and Merged Records
Master, Slave and Merged Records
Master, slave and merged records all appear on the results screen as a result of a search for matching records.
A master record is always the first (top most) record within a matching group. It is called a master record because, other records in the matching group have matched with it, rather than any other.
A slave record is any record that has matched with the master record in the same matching group.
A merged (or consolidated) record is a new, extra record, the result of combining the data values in the master and slave records in such a way as to produce a single consolidated record, containing what is felt to be the best data from the available master and slave records, according to the merge rules used.