Use the Find by Resolution to create a search entity that goes
through the entity resolution process to see if any identities in the entity
database meet the criteria of the query.
Before you begin:
The Find by Resolution feature requires a running IBM Relationship
Resolution pipeline available for the Visualizer server to communicate with.
About this task:
To make the best use of the Find by Resolution feature, it is
important to understand how entity resolution works and is configured for
your system, because entity resolution will be used to find the results. For
example, if entity resolution is not configured to find matches based solely
on a name value, Find by Resolution will not return results if a search is
performed only on a name value. Likewise, because entity resolution does not
resolve entities based on a postal code alone, specifying only a postal code
will return no results.
Find by Resolution uses the minimum score values
defined on the System Preferences tab from the File menu.
Procedure:
- In the Visualizer, do one of the following:
- From the View menu, select Find
By, and then select Resolution.
- From the toolbar, click on the down arrow to the right of the
(Find) icon, and then select Resolution.
- From the Find By window, select Resolution from
the Find By drop-down list.
- Enter as many attributes as you know about the identity.
- If you enter anything in the Name section, then Last
Name is required.
- If you enter any information in the Address List section, Address is
required.
- If you select a Type in the Number List section,
you must enter a number value in the Value field. (Location is
optional.)
- If you select a Type in the Characteristic
List section, you must enter a characteristic value in the Value field.
- If you select a Type in the Email List section,
you must enter an email address value in the Address field.
- Click the Search button.