When you are using the Visualizer, and you want to find
an entity in the entity database, you can find the entity by entering
criteria on the attributes associated with the entity. You specify
the attribute criteria, and the Visualizer builds a query based on
that criteria. This type of entity query does not go through the entity
resolution process to return search results.
- In the Visualizer, do one of the following:
- Click .
- From the toolbar, click the (Find) icon.
- From the toolbar, click the arrow and select Attribute.
- From the Find By window, select Attribute from
the Find By drop-down list.
- Enter the criteria for each attribute type that you want
to use to find entities.
- Click + to add a row to specify
criteria for another attribute type.
- Click - to remove the selected
query criteria entry.
- Optional: Click Show Summary to
view a summary of the Find By Attribute query. The summary
is a helpful way to make sure that the query contains the values that
you intended. If not, close the summary and correct the query criteria.
Two
query criteria of the same attribute type constitutes an "OR" clause.
All other query criteria combine as "AND" clauses.
The order
of the attribute type criteria does not affect the results.
- Click Find.
Results
Entities that match the query criteria display in the Results pane.
By
default, results displayed for Find by Attribute queries are limited
to the first 1,000 matching entities. If there are more than 1,000
matches, the Results pane indicates that more
results exist. (The number of results displayed can be configured
by your system administrator in the Configuration Console by setting
the MAX_ENTITIES_RETURNED parameter under system parameters.)
Note: If
your system uses an additional address hygiene application, addresses
that include special characters might be transliterated. For example,
the search result for a German address that contains one or more umlauts
in the address might return a result that does not contain matching
umlauts.
What to do next
Click an entity to display the entity resume for the selected
entity.