Error: You cannot merge constituents that have a membership program that allows contribution payments

When merging Constituents that have contribution based memberships users will receive the error: You cannot merge constituents that have a membership program that allows contribution payments.

Article Number: 65058

Products:

Blackbaud_Altru
Blackbaud_CRM

When merging 2 Constituents and only one has a membership:
Ensure that the Constituent with the membership is selected as the Target

When merging Constituents that both have memberships:

Delete the membership from one of Source Constituent
Ensure that the Constituent with the membership is selected as the Target when merging
Readd the deleted membership to the Target Constituent after merging

For more information on assigning contribution based membership refer to the help documentation.

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