Overview of EIM Merge Processing: The EIM (Enterprise Integration Manager) merge process is essential in data management. It's like an orchestra conductor, using a combination of information from EIM table rows and settings in a configuration file to orchestrate data merging in tables. When discussing merging, we mean deleting specific rows from a base table and ensuring that other rows intersecting with the deleted ones are updated to point to the remaining rows. It's a bit like tidying up a messy room. The data from the record we choose as the "survivor" is preserved, while data from the other records gets thrown out. Suppose there are other related records linked to the ones we're merging. In that case, those records (except for the duplicates) become associated with the survivor. Think of it as combining two address books; the entries from one get added to the other. However, when dealing with child records (like Contacts) of the deleted rows, things can get ...