If you plan to use the Visualizer to load and process records
in small UMF files, you might want to validate the data in the file
first.
About this task
The validation process checks to see if the data meets the
minimum requirements for entity and relationship resolution processing.
The validation process also provides helpful information about areas
of the file to review or correct before loading and processing the
data. The better the quality of the data that goes into the system,
the better the results.
- In the Visualizer, do one of the following actions:
- Click .
- From the toolbar, click the arrow to the right of the icon
and click UMF Validate File.
- From the UMF window, in the UMF list,
select UMF Validate File.
- Click Validate File....
- Choose the UMF file to validate.
Note: If you
already validated one or more UMF files and kept the UMF window
open, both the File to Validate and Error/Warning
File fields contain the values from the last UMF file
validation.
- Optional: To change the directory path or file
name of the validation process log file in the UMF Validation
Setup window, choose one of the following actions:
- Select the directory and filename to use, click Browse...,
and then click Open.
- Type the full path and file name of the validation error and
warning log file. You can either type the name of an existing log
file or the name of a new log file.
Note: If you validate more than one UMF file and keep the UMF window
open, notice that the log file value in the UMF Validation
Setup window defaults to the same path and file name as
the last validation error and warning log file. Closing the UMF window
clears the path and log file fields.
- Click Validate UMF File to start
the validation process. While the validation process runs,
validation statistics display, including dynamic information on the
percentage complete, the elapsed time, the number of records processed,
and the status of the process. You can pause or stop the validation
process at any time.
- Optional: When you click Validate
UMF File, if another validation log file exists with the
same location and name as the one you typed in step 4, the system
displays an informational message to inform you. The message includes
the name and location of the file is included in the message. Do one
of the following actions:
- Click Yes to use the same validation
error and warning log file. This choice overwrites the previous log
file.
- Click No to create or use a different
validation error/warning log file. The system returns you to the UMF
Validation Setup window, so that you can manually change
the path and filename of the validation error and warning log file.
- After the validation process completes, click View
Results if you want to see a summary of the results.
What to do next
Use the information in the
UMF Validation Results
View window to view the results and the information in
the error and warning log file.