# Duplicate Forms

To maintain the integrity of your data, it’s a good idea to have rules in place to reduce duplicate records in the system.

### Create a duplicate detection rule

1\. Go to form explorer.

2\. Select the form you want to create the duplicate rule for, then click on the ‘Rules -> Duplicate Rules’ menu item from the toolbar.

![](https://captisa.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/FormRules1-1.png)

3\. Click![](https://captisa.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/NewRule.png)

The duplicate rule designer opens with a single rule created for you.

![](https://captisa.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/duplicateRuleNew.png)

4\. Add a rule name in the description box.

5\. Add rule. To Add rule:

a. Select a field from the list.

![](https://captisa.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/duplicateRuleFields.png)

b. Select operator.

![](https://captisa.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/duplicateRuleOperator.png)

c. Enter a message to show to the user.

![](https://captisa.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/duplicate-rule-1.png)


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