Merging objects

Automatic merge

If different data sources index the same object, the different objects get automatically merged into one object in SquaredUp. For example a server that runs as server in Azure, is monitored by Pingdom, and is part of an app in NewRelic gets indexed from each of those data sources, but ends up being just one object in SquaredUp, with all the properties it gets from all the different data sources.

Manual merge

You can merge objects yourself by using custom correlations. To merge objects from different data sources, their type and at least one other property must be identical. While links between two objects can be created just based on the value of a property, for merging objects the name of the property and its value must be identical.

After selecting the same type and property, enter "is" as the Association Label. The "is" label tells SquaredUp not to create a link between those objects but instead to merge them into one object if the values of the property match.

Example:

Let's say you indexed person objects from two different data sources. Both data sources use the type person and both types have a property called name. Instead of seeing two separate objects for the same person, you can merge them by creating this correlation (as long as the name is spelled exactly the same in the name property):

From:
Type: person
Property: name

To:
Type: person
Property: name

Association label: is