RMV Records Merging Driving History Records in ALARS The RMV is continuing its efforts to improve the quality of ALARS records as one of the tasks needed to prepare for the new system. The next step is to reduce unnecessary duplicate person driving history records in ALARS. This process will begin on May 14, 2017 and should not impact the processing of transactions. The process will continue for several months. Driving history records will be merged to the appropriate S number record that has a credential. The S number record will display the following code on the LTH screen. * PRSMRG.PERSON MERGED SURVIVOR Previous non-survivor names/DOBs/license numbers will be moved to the survivor record as part of the merge. Once the merge process has been completed, the system will "hide" the non-survivor records. This will mimic the current ALARS process of hiding person records by inserting "XXX" at the beginning of the Last Name Fields. A new detail line will display on the SH screen that will indicate that a driving history merge has occurred and that the license number listed was merged into the survivor record: * DRIVING HISTORY MERGED FROM LICE# S_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ On the SH screen, to see only survivor merged records, enter an "M" in the ALL field. To see all records, including non-survivor records, enter an "X" in the ALL Field. Driving history lines that were moved to the surviving record will have "MRG" added to each of the incident description detail lines: * SPEEDING WOBURN R MRG 05/17 6