IM InfoSphere Identity Insight, Version 8.0

Configuring names to assign gender

By assigning gender based on a name, you can improve entity resolution. You can set confirmation and denial scores based on whether the gender of the compared entities is the same. You can configure names to dynamically assign gender and add the Gender characteristic to the incoming UMF records.

Before you begin

  • Make sure that Name Manager is turned on and the path to the Name Manager support files is set in system parameters. If this DQM function is enabled without a valid path to the Name Manager support files, the pipeline logs an error and shuts down.
  • When you enable the gender feature of this DQM function, you are changing system configuration. As with any configuration changes, make sure to stop any active pipelines before you change the configuration. Then restart the pipelines to reinitialize them with the configuration changes.

About this task

Procedure

  1. In the Configuration Console, select Setup > UMF > DQM Rules.
  2. Select NAME from the Segment list.
  3. Select the UMF tag name of FIRST_NAME that also lists 258 - Name Genderizer as Function. This configuration evaluates only the first name in the incoming record for personal names. If the categorizing names feature of Name Manager is turned on, you must specify the entire name in the LAST_NAME UMF tag of the NAME segment.
  4. In Status, make sure that Active is selected.
  5. In Rule Filter, make sure that NAME_TYPE=M is the field value. This value ensures that only the main name for each input record is evaluated to assign gender.
  6. On the Parameters tab, make sure that the Minimum Gender Confidence Score is set to a number between 0 and 100. The default score is set to 90, meaning that gender is not assigned unless there is a 90% confidence in the gender assignment. Be cautious about lowering this score, because a minimum score below 90 can impact entity resolution during gender confirmation or denial.
  7. Click Save.


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Last updated: 2011