# Merging data

The data merge facility enables you to merge data in different databases that relate to the same ward or hospital. At the national or regional level, you can merge data from different hospitals so that you can collect combined statistics for all the hospitals, and run reports on the combined database.

Recommendations Before you attempt to perform a merge on two or more databases: • You must have a complete backup of each database file (HelicsWinNet.mdb) in its current state. • You must run a data quality check on each database before you perform the merge. In addition, you must identify the causes of all errors and warnings in the results list.

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Merging two database files for the same hospital

Troubleshooting data merges

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