True or False: The Coalesce option causes the field to be deleted from the database.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Not Applicable
• D. Depends on Field Type

Answer: (B)

Coalesce identifies which existing records to update during data imports, not whether a field should be removed from the database. When a field is marked as coalesced, its value is used to find a matching record in the target table. If a match exists, the incoming data updates that record; if no match is found, a new record is created. The field’s column remains in the database regardless of coalescing. Deleting a field would require altering the table schema or removing the field from the application UI, not toggling coalesce. So the statement is not correct. For example, making an email field coalesced prevents duplicates by updating the existing record with that email rather than creating a separate one.