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Evaluating matching

Overview

The add-on's Evaluate matching service allows you to check the outcome of a matching operation against expected results. This can help you fine tune configuration settings to meet your specific needs.

This service provides the following benefits:

Running the evaluation

To run the service:

  1. Select two records from a table with a configured matching policy.

  2. From the table's Actions menu, select Evaluate matching.

  3. Use the Matching policy menu to select the policy you want to test.

    With sufficient permission, you can access the matching configuration and make changes.

  4. Select Launch to run the evaluation.

    After running, the results display at the bottom of the screen.

Evaluation results

The following image and list describe results of the matching process:

Note

For more details on the matching process, see Understanding matching operation processing.

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1) Pre-processing

This step groups records that can be considered as similar and returns one of the following values: Similar, Not Similar, and Inconsistent. Click See details to see the tables, fields, and strategies used in the evaluation. Some matching policy configurations might cause inconsistent results in the pre-processing phase of matching. When records are considered as being Not Similar, the process stops at step 2, the records do not pass the pre-processing step, and are prevented from evaluation using the matching logic in the decision tree. If you notice records that should have made it past pre-processing but have not, you can:

  • Analyze the fields configured to use matching. Depending on your data, too many irrelevant, or too few important configured fields can cause the system to view records as not similar.

  • Ensure that the correct weight is used for fields used in matching. Assign higher weights to the more important fields.

  • Verify that you are using the recommended search strategies for each field's data type.

2) Matching policy

Change policies or configuration settings on the fly and re-test. Select the /preview-icon.png icon to access policy settings.

3) Final result

The final matching result (Match/No Match/Suspect). Select details to view a map of the decision tree execution. Double-click a data comparison node to view details about how the records were processed.