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DQM function 255: Name standardization

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


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Last updated: 2011