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glide.cmdb.canonical.use_base_core_company_only

The glide.cmdb.canonical.use_base_core_company_only property restricts normalization processes to the core_company table, excluding extension tables. This prevents record collisions and ensures consistent resolution of company references, making it crucial for instances with duplicate company names across related tables.

Default
true
Type
boolean
Application
Global

Key questions about this property

The answers below summarize the purpose, scope, default effect, and review scenarios for this property.

What does it do? It confines normalization to the core_company table, allowing duplicate company names in extension tables without causing conflicts.
What area does it affect? Normalization Data Services
What does the default mean? The default value is "true", which means this behavior is enabled by default.
When should you review it? Review this property when upgrading from earlier releases or when managing duplicate company names in extension tables.

Out of the box property record

Raw metadata from the property record.

Property name glide.cmdb.canonical.use_base_core_company_only
Sys ID ae631e96ffc0321088e5ffffffffff60
Type boolean
Application Global
Default value true
Description When true, it confines the normalization processes to the core_company table, excluding any extension tables like customer_account. This restriction prevents cross-table record collisions, ensuring that all references are consistently resolved to the base core_company record. Fix scripts must be ran before setting this property to true. See KB2563986 for details
Updated 2025-09-19 20:31:38

Sources

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... Normalization Data Services enforces unique company name across all company-related tables. This causes conflicts when a vendor in the Company table and a customer account share the same name. The glide.cmdb.canonical.use_base_core_company_only property introduces support for creating duplicate company names in extension tables. When you enable this property, Normalization Data Services restricts unique company name validation to the base, Company [core_company] table ...

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