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When a new Contact is created by the Contact Matching Rule the following fields from the Summit Events Registration record are automatically added to the Contact record:

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## Adding Additional Field Values When Matching Rules Create New Contacts
If you want additional field values to be added to the Contact record you can use the "Custom Metadata Contact Matching Method" on Summit Events to do this. Custom Metadata Types is the Salesforce tool that allows an admin to create field mappings that are read by the code in the managed package - for details take a look at [More Info On Custom Metadata Types](https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=custommetadatatypes_about.htm&type=5).
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## Conclusion
This documentation covers the setup and configuration of contact matching in the Summit Event application using Salesforce Duplicate Rules and custom metadata for field mapping. Testing the feature helps ensure that records are matched and data is transferred accurately.

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