DQM function 255 generates name hashes by standardizing
the name and building a hash of the standardized parts.
If the source does not already provide the gender for
the name and the Gender Characteristic Type parameter
is configured in parameter 5, this function creates a UMF <ATTRIBUTE> segment
of type GENDER and supplies the gender value (male or female) for
the incoming name.
If you use the DQM 160 rule to check a LAST_NAME attribute
value length, order the DQM 255 rule (name standardization) first,
before the DQM 160 rule. By doing so, you prevent the LAST_NAME length
from being increased after the DQM 160 rule (maximum length check)
runs when the other name parts are present.
If the Name Manager
NAMESIFTER system parameter is enabled, this rule also starts the
name categorization by type process to determine if the name is a
personal or an organizational name.
Parameters
- Last Name Hash Length
- Indicates the length of the last name part in a two-part name
hash.
- First/Mid Hash Length
- Indicates the length of the first/mid name part in a two-part
name hash
- Company Hash Length
- Indicates the length of the company name used in the name hash.
- Remove Dashes
- Determines if dashes are removed from the hash value.
- Y
- Removes hyphens or dashes from the hash. A dash is replaced with
a space and uses the entire name component in the hash. In this case,
the names are also stored in the database without dashes. For example:
<LAST_NAME>CASE-JONES</LAST_NAME>
<FIRST_NAME>BILL<FIRST_NAME>
becomes
<LFN_HASH>CASJNS WILM</LFN_HASH>
- N
- Does not remove hyphens or dashes from the hash. Name parts (FIRST_NAME, MID_NAME,
or LAST_NAME) are hashed up to the first dash, unless
any name component contains a name part that is recognized as Arabic
and is stored in the DQM_NAME_DICT table. For example:
<LAST_NAME>CASE-JONES</LAST_NAME>
<FIRST_NAME>BILL<FIRST_NAME>
becomes
<LFN_HASH>CAS WILM</LFN_HASH>
- C
- Used only if a connector word is present. If the name component
has a dash in it and one part is a connector word, then the whole
name component is used in the hash. If the name component does not
have a connector, the system stops hashing at the first dash. For
example:
<LAST_NAME>BIN-CASE</LAST_NAME>
<FIRST_NAME>JOHN<FIRST_NAME>
becomes
<LFN_HASH>BINCS JOHN</LFN_HASH>
- Gender Characteristic Type
- Indicates if the name hashing process automatically inserts a
gender characteristic or not. This heritage parameter is optional.
DQM function 258 includes the latest technology for assigning gender
based on name.
- NONE
- Used to turn off or disable the heritage insertion of the gender
characteristic. Any other value leaves the automatic insertion enabled.
- GENDER
- Used to turn on the heritage insertion of a gender characteristic
based on the UMF <NAME> segment, creating an attribute
type of GENDER. (The type matches the value specified.)
Tip: If you are not using DQM function 258 (advanced
name gender determination) and you want to use the heritage method
for automatically assigning gender, set this parameter value to GENDER or
the appropriate gender characteristic value.
Exception codes
Exception code |
Description |
Severity level |
-1 |
The first and last name values are empty after processing |
3 |