https://community.developer.cybersource.com/t5/Integration-and-Testing/best-practice-if-duplicate-Customer-Profile-found/m-p/40648#M22070 <P>I am in the final stages of a hosted CIM integration. I am testing for the unlikely event that the Authorize.net CustomerProfileID is missing from my database, but the customer still has an existing Authorize.net CustomerProfile based on email address. In that case, createCustomerProfileRequest() will return that this is a <SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;">duplicate</SPAN> and not allow me to "create" the profile.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I wonder what is best practice in that case - should I purge the existing Authorize.net Profile and create a brand new one, or should I update <SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;">my</SPAN> system with the existing CustomerProfileID* so they are matched up again?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>*The CustomerProfileId is returns from&nbsp;createCustomerProfileRequest() in the error message.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Again it is unlikely that my database will be missing the CustomerProfileID, but I have to test for that anyway.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Sat, 19 Apr 2014 20:27:39 GMT stzoid 2014-04-19T20:27:39Z https://community.developer.cybersource.com/t5/Integration-and-Testing/best-practice-if-duplicate-Customer-Profile-found/m-p/40648#M22070 <P>I am in the final stages of a hosted CIM integration. I am testing for the unlikely event that the Authorize.net CustomerProfileID is missing from my database, but the customer still has an existing Authorize.net CustomerProfile based on email address. In that case, createCustomerProfileRequest() will return that this is a <SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;">duplicate</SPAN> and not allow me to "create" the profile.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I wonder what is best practice in that case - should I purge the existing Authorize.net Profile and create a brand new one, or should I update <SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;">my</SPAN> system with the existing CustomerProfileID* so they are matched up again?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>*The CustomerProfileId is returns from&nbsp;createCustomerProfileRequest() in the error message.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Again it is unlikely that my database will be missing the CustomerProfileID, but I have to test for that anyway.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Sat, 19 Apr 2014 20:27:39 GMT https://community.developer.cybersource.com/t5/Integration-and-Testing/best-practice-if-duplicate-Customer-Profile-found/m-p/40648#M22070 stzoid 2014-04-19T20:27:39Z https://community.developer.cybersource.com/t5/Integration-and-Testing/best-practice-if-duplicate-Customer-Profile-found/m-p/40654#M22073 <P>keep the old one and update your system.</P> Sun, 20 Apr 2014 11:46:53 GMT https://community.developer.cybersource.com/t5/Integration-and-Testing/best-practice-if-duplicate-Customer-Profile-found/m-p/40654#M22073 RaynorC1emen7 2014-04-20T11:46:53Z