Matching Records Between Infor CRM SLX and Microsoft Outlook

To avoid duplicate records and find matching records in either application, Infor CRM SLX searches for matching records based on these key fields:

Address Book/Contacts Accounts

Appointment/Activity

(must match on all)

To-Do's

(must match on all)

email address (EMAIL1, or EMAIL2, or EMAIL3) Account/Company Subject/Regarding Subject/Regarding
    Start Date/Time Start Date/Time
    Duration  
    User  

Key fields are case-sensitive. For example, if you have a record for Lee Hogan in Infor CRM SLX and one for lee hogan in Microsoft Outlook, the records are not equal. Both records are added to each application during synchronization.

Contact Matching

Contacts are matched during the initial sync using an email address. If a match cannot be found, then a new record is created. To avoid creating duplicate records Infor CRM SLX recommends making sure contact records to be synchronized have a unique email address in both applications.

If an exact email address match cannot be found, the following happens:

  • In Infor CRM SLX if the email address cannot be found, then a new contact is created.
  • In Infor CRM SLX if multiple records in Infor CRM SLX have the same email address, then:
    1. Infor CRM SLX tries to match using the contact's last name and first name.
    2. If a match still cannot be found, then a new contact is created in Infor CRM SLX.
  • In Microsoft Outlook if multiple records have the same email address, then the contact is linked to the first contact found with a matching email address.