To view this on the COS website, click here [[https://conventionofstates.com/files/automated-duplicates-processing-excel-file|automated-duplicates-processing-excel-file]]

To download the xlsm file from the COS website, click here [[https://conventionofstates.com/files/automated-duplicates-processing-excel-file/download|Cleanup_Prod%%__%%20230522.xlsm]]


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====== Automated duplicates processing Excel file ======


This file is used to screen-scrape profiles, capture the information of duplicates, then automatically merge or "mark as different people". It is difficult to set up a machine to do this, requiring special libraries ("resources" in VBA), and instructions for this will be in a separate file.


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|Created:                 |2023-10-31 21:18 GMT|
|Updated:                 |2025-06-10 21:57 GMT|
|Published:               |2023-10-31 07:00 GMT|
|Converted:               |2025-11-11 12:28 GMT|
|Change Author:           |William Wiltschko   |
|Credit Author:           |                    |