Reconciliation Rules

QDS compares multiple criteria to determine how to map variables in the non-Standard version to the Standard version during reconciliation (see Reconciling Versions). The following table shows how QDS determines whether or not to prompt you for a resolution and the outcome for the variable given your response.

Tip: During reconciliation, QDS will sometimes assign a new variable name to an existing variable (Renamed and appended to Standard). See QDS Reconciliation Naming Conventions.

Comparison Criteria: * Indicates a match between variable in Standard Version and version being reconciled
Creation Time	Variable Name	Question Text	Response Type	Code List	User Prompt	Conversion Label
*	*	*	*	*	No prompt	Marked as "Identical" Automatically mapped to Standard
*		*	*	*	No prompt	Marked as "Name Change" Automatically mapped to Standard
*	*		*	*	Equivalent?	Yes: Marked as "Identical" No: Renamed and appended to Standard
*			*	*	Equivalent?	Yes: Marked as "Name Change" No: Variable appended to Standard
*	*	*	*		Equivalent?	Yes: Marked as "Equivalent" No: Renamed and appended to Standard
*	*	*		*	Equivalent?	Yes: Marked as "Equivalent" No: Renamed and appended to Standard
*	*		*		Equivalent?	Yes: Marked as "Equivalent" No: Renamed and appended to Standard
*		*	*		Equivalent?	Yes: Marked as "Equivalent" No: Variable appended to Standard
	*	*	*	*	No prompt	Marked as "Recode Needed" Renamed and appended to Standard
		*	*	*	No prompt	Marked as "Recode Needed" Appended to Standard
*			*		No prompt	Marked as "Recode Needed" Appended to Standard
*					Variable not in Standard version: Discard?	Yes: Not included in Standard No: Marked as "Recode Needed" and appended to Standard
					Variable not in Standard version: Discard?	Yes: Not included in Standard No: Marked as "Recode Needed" and appended to Standard