Chef: checking for duplicates

In the My Team section of this documentation, we explained that you can tell if a person in your team works as an employee or a contractor in other units.

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Chef can do that because it checks for possible duplicate entries, giving you an opportunity to identify that your 'new’ person already has/had a relationship with us.

Identifying possible duplicates

Once you’ve entered the searchable information, Chef looks to see if someone already exists with either:

• the Resource ID (resno)

• that personal email address OR

• that legal first/given name + last/family name

If so, Chef shows you some information to allow you to make a decision.

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(resource number and address redacted for privacy)

-1- As in many places in Chef, there is a direct link to the User Guide.

-2- This person has a resource number, a computer account, and email address already (they are an active resource).

-3- If you determine that this is the same person you’re bringing on, choose ‘Use Account’.

-4- If you determine that your new person is not the same person that is suggested as a possible duplicate, choose ‘Create new resource’.

-5- If you aren’t sure what to do or think you may have entered something incorrectly, choose ‘Cancel and go back’.