Merging several Search Results consist in creating a parent Search Result which will contain all merged PSMs issued from child Search Result. For each identified peptide (in at least one child), a single merged PSM will be created and filled with the best child attributes (score, missed cleavage, etc.). The best child PSM is the PSM with the higher score.

Once a parent Search Result is created, the same validation operation as the one accessible for new imported Search Result could be done. In this case, the generated Identification result is not linked to Identification Result associated to child Search Result.

Another merge algorithm could be used: see mergeresultsummaries