Data record collapse and split functionality

A computer system for facilitating data record management, the computer system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor, in communications with the memory, wherein the computer system is configured to perform:
• collapsing two or more data records into a master data record for an entity, the two or more data records stored in at least one database, and the collapsing comprising:
• determining attributes of the two or more data records which are to be included in the master data record for the entity;
• selecting a source data record from the two or more data records to become the master data record for the entity, at least one remaining data record of the two or more data records comprising at least one candidate data record to be collapsed into the master data record;
• updating the selected source data record with the determined attributes to form the master data record, wherein the updating associates at least one attribute of a candidate data record of the at least one candidate data record with the source data record, the source data record having an original set of one or more attributes, and wherein the selected source data record remains active in a database of the at least one database and becomes the master data record in response to the updating;
• deactivating, in the at least one database, the at least one candidate data record;
• and
• maintaining the deactivated at least one candidate data record in the at least one database for potential reactivation thereof during a subsequent split of the master data record in which the master data record is to survive as the source data record with the original attributes and the deactivated at least one candidate data record is to be reactivated.

A computer program product for facilitating data record management, the computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory storage medium readable by a processor and storing instructions for execution by the processor to perform a method comprising:
• collapsing two or more data records into a master data record for an entity, the two or more data records stored in at least one database, and the collapsing comprising:
• determining attributes of the two or more data records which are to be included in the master data record for the entity;
• selecting a source data record from the two or more data records to become the master data record for the entity, at least one remaining data record of the two or more data records comprising at least one candidate data record to be collapsed into the master data record;
• updating, by the processor, the selected source data record with the determined attributes to form the master data record, wherein the updating associates at least one attribute of a candidate data record of the at least one candidate data record with the source data record, the source data record having an original set of one or more attributes, and wherein the selected source data record remains active in a database of the at least one database and becomes the master data record in response to the updating;
• deactivating, in the at least one database, the at least one candidate data record;
• and
• maintaining the deactivated at least one candidate data record in the at least one database for potential reactivation thereof during a subsequent split of the master data record in which the master data record is to survive as the source data record with the original attributes and the deactivated at least one candidate data record is to be reactivated.