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Conflict resolution

Conflict resolution is a rule for deciding which of two or more incompatible edits to the same data will be kept or how they will be combined.

In plain English

Sometimes the same data is changed in different ways that cannot all fit together. Conflict resolution is the rule that decides which version stays, or whether the edits are combined. It applies when two or more edits clash.

In context

Here, "Conflict resolution" means the rule you choose for deciding which incompatible versions of the same data are kept or how they are combined.

Situation
Connecting integrations, syncing data, and running imports or exports
What it communicates
advanced setting label for choosing how differing versions are handled

Meaning limits

The term by itself does not say which version will win or whether combining the edits is possible.

Examples

“When two clerks edited the same customer record differently, the conflict resolution kept the newer phone number and merged the notes.”

Core meaning

“The manager chose a conflict resolution for records that both branches had edited in different ways.”

In context