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+# Attribution Report
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+## Introduction
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+Attribution report is a report that compares a data dump from Salesforce, and a dump from Addgene's Deposit data.
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+## Running
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+To run,  either run  dist/AttributionReport.exe, or run dist.mac/AttributionReport.app
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