Distributed Index Handler 26.2
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# DREDUPLICATE

Removes or tags duplicates after indexing.

This index action runs on a specified subset of the content, locating duplicates using a variety of methods. Any duplicates can then be deleted, moved to a different database, or tagged within a specified field, depending on the value of DuplicateAction that is chosen.

NOTE: The `DREDUPLICATE` index action only removes duplicate documents within a single Content component, rather than removing duplicates over the whole distributed system. To remove all duplicates, you must ensure that duplicates of a document are all sent to the same instance of the Content component, for example by using DistributeByFields mode.

## Example

    http://12.3.4.56:9071/DREDUPLICATE?DuplicateAction=Delete&ReferenceField=*/DREREFERENCE

In this example, duplicates are identified using the `DREREFERENCE` field, and any duplicates found are deleted.

## Required Parameters

The following action parameters are required.

Parameter | Description
--- | ---
DuplicateAction | The action to perform on duplicates.
ReferenceField | A reference field to use as the initial determination of whether two documents are a match.

## Optional Parameters

This action accepts the following optional parameters.

Parameter | Description
--- | ---
ChecksumField | A reference field used to determine whether a match is exact.
Database | The database to move duplicates to. You must set this parameter when DuplicateAction is set to `Database`.
DatabaseMatch | A list of databases to search for duplicates in.
MaxID | The last DocID to find duplicates of.
MinID | The first DocID to find duplicates of.
TagField | The field to tag duplicates with. You must set this parameter when DuplicateAction is set to `Tag`.
TagValue | The static value to tag duplicates with in the TagField.
ThreadHashField | The field containing the thread hash values used to determine whether a match is a duplicate.

This index action accepts the following standard index action parameters.

Parameter | Description
--- | ---
IgnoreMaxPendingItems | Whether to ignore the IndexQueueMaxPendingItems limit for this index action.
IndexUID | An identification code for any document tracking events.
NoArchive | Turn off configured archiving for the index action.
Priority | The priority for the index job.

## Comments

- You must set TagField when DuplicateAction is set to `Tag`.

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Product: Knowledge Discovery Distributed Index Handler 26.2

Topic Title: DREDUPLICATE