{"action":"closed","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/SalesforceFoundation/Cumulus/issues/341","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/SalesforceFoundation/Cumulus/issues/341/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/SalesforceFoundation/Cumulus/issues/341/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/SalesforceFoundation/Cumulus/issues/341/events","html_url":"https://github.com/SalesforceFoundation/Cumulus/issues/341","id":26917847,"number":341,"title":"Salesforce to salesforce shared contacts cannot be merged","user":{"login":"mrbelvedere","id":5545431,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5545431?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/mrbelvedere","html_url":"https://github.com/mrbelvedere","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mrbelvedere/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mrbelvedere/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mrbelvedere/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mrbelvedere/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mrbelvedere/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mrbelvedere/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mrbelvedere/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mrbelvedere/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mrbelvedere/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/SalesforceFoundation/Cumulus/labels/bug","name":"bug","color":"fc2929"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/SalesforceFoundation/Cumulus/labels/npe01","name":"npe01","color":"5319e7"}],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":4,"created_at":"2014-02-04T21:39:23Z","updated_at":"2015-04-30T19:51:05Z","closed_at":"2015-04-30T19:51:05Z","body":"_Issue by **[Filikin](https://github.com/Filikin)** from Friday Jul 12, 2013 at 10:19 GMT_\n_Originally opened as https://github.com/SalesforceFoundation/Contacts_and_Organizations/issues/28_\n\n----\n\nI am using Salesforce to Salesforce to share client details with charities in the same area.\nWhen I attempt to use contact merge to merge a client who has come from another salesforce instance with a local client, I get an error as soon as I select the two clients from the search page and press \"Next\".\n\nThe error is:\nAttempt to de-reference a null object\nError is in expression '{!nextStep}' in page npe01:contactmerge\n\nThe steps are:\n1) Given two instances of Salesforce, A and B. Set up a connection between them. (mine is bi-directional, once a contact is shared, either side can make changes)\n2) Create a contact in both A and B\n3) Share the contact in A with B\n4) In B, select Contact Merge and find the two contacts\n5) Press Next\nError appears\n"}}