# Combine Record Sets in Specify 7

**URL:** <https://speciforum.org/t/combine-record-sets-in-specify-7/1972>\
**Category:** New Feature Requests\
**Created:** [September 19, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/combine-record-sets-in-specify-7/1972 "2024-09-19T15:01:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sagebiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@Sagebiel](https://speciforum.org/u/Sagebiel)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/combine-record-sets-in-specify-7/1972/1 "2024-09-19T15:01:15Z")

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Great!  
How does one combine Record Sets in Specify 7?  
Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Grant](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/speciforum.org/grant/32/4255_2.png) [@Grant](https://speciforum.org/u/Grant)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/combine-record-sets-in-specify-7/1972/2 "2024-09-19T16:32:38Z")

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Hi @Sagebiel,

At this time there is no support for combining record sets into one in Specify 7. I’ve added you as a requestor to the relevant issue on the Specify 7 GitHub repository:

> <https://github.com/specify/specify7/issues/1665>
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> Add ability to merge record sets
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> Suggested by @tlammer

If you would like to share more information about your workflow, we would love to hear it! Thank you for reaching out!

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**Author:** ![Sagebiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@Sagebiel](https://speciforum.org/u/Sagebiel)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/combine-record-sets-in-specify-7/1972/3 "2024-09-19T20:49:14Z")

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I frequently need to combine search results into a single record set.

For example, today, I was asked for a loan of 4 taxa from specific stratigraphic levels in 6 caves in central Texas.

The cave excavations are not uniform, so those require separate queries, especially given that caves have \>10,000 specimens per cave, so scrolling through results is impractical.

I need to save record sets to produce loans, loan forms, labels to ship with specimens, new labels for the collection, etc.

Similarly, a lot of researchers study, for example, “large carnivores”, which is not a taxonomic group, so I would typically need to perform several queries, again, especially if they were only interested in certain strata, geographic areas, and anatomical parts.

Given that I am often searching for limited stratigraphy, anatomy, geography, and taxa, it is difficult (sometimes not possible) to create queries that limit results for those fields in a way that doesn’t inadvertently exclude records of interest.

Ideally, it would be great to combine queries such that the results are an intersection, difference or complement of those queries.

Thanks!

Chris

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**Author:** ![Grant](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/speciforum.org/grant/32/4255_2.png) [@Grant](https://speciforum.org/u/Grant)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 2:43am UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/combine-record-sets-in-specify-7/1972/4 "2025-07-09T02:43:39Z")

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Hi all,

This capability was introduced in the `v7.10.0` update of Specify! You can see instructions on how to merge record sets together here:

[**Merging Record Sets**](https://speciforum.org/t/record-sets/1620#p-3045-merging-record-sets-5)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/specifysoftware/original/2X/1/18a843c97bc32b40e8ad0e035755bc88ffaacaf7.svg) [@system](https://speciforum.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/combine-record-sets-in-specify-7/1972/5 "2025-07-16T02:44:33Z")

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Closed on July 16, 2025, 2:44am UTC

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