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+// load dependencies
+const logger = require('winston');
+const db = require('../models'); // require our models for syncing
+// configure logging
+const config = require('../config/speechConfig.js');
+const { logLevel } = config.logging;
+require('../config/loggerConfig.js')(logger, logLevel);
+
+let totalClaims = 0;
+let totalClaimsNoCertificate = 0;
+
+db.sequelize.sync() // sync sequelize
+  .then(() => {
+    logger.info('finding claims with no channels');
+    return db.Claim.findAll({
+      where: {
+        channelName  : null,
+        certificateId: {
+          $ne: null,
+        },
+      },
+    });
+  })
+  .then(claimsArray => {
+    totalClaims = claimsArray.length;
+    const claimsUpdatePromises = claimsArray.map(claim => {
+      return db.Certificate
+        .findOne({
+          where: { claimId: claim.get('certificateId') },
+        })
+        .then(certificate => {
+          // if a certificate is found...
+          if (certificate) {
+            logger.debug('certificate found');
+            // update the claim's channel name with the certificate's name
+            return claim
+              .update({
+                channelName: certificate.get('name'),
+              })
+              .then(() => {})
+              .catch(error => logger.error(error));
+          }
+          logger.warn('no record found for certificate: ', claim.get('certificateId'));
+          totalClaimsNoCertificate += 1;
+        })
+        .catch(error => logger.error(error));
+    });
+    return Promise.all(claimsUpdatePromises);
+  })
+  .then(() => {
+    logger.info('total claims found', totalClaims);
+    logger.info('total claims found with no matching certificate record', totalClaimsNoCertificate);
+    logger.debug('all done');
+  })
+  .catch((error) => {
+    logger.error(error);
+  });