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Release notes - IBM Relationship Resolution version 4.2 fix pack 1

Fix pack 1 for IBM® Relationship Resolution version 4.2 is available and includes new product capability in addition to maintenance.

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About IBM Relationship Resolution

IBM Relationship Resolution helps organizations solve business problems related to recognizing the true identity of someone or something ("who is who") and determining the potential value or danger of relationships ("who knows who") among customers, employees, vendors, and other external forces. IBM Relationship Resolution provides immediate and actionable information to help prevent threat, fraud, abuse, and collusion in all industries.

New functions in IBM Relationship Resolution version 4.2 fix pack 1

Several new functions and enhancements are included in this fix pack:

IBM Global Name Recognition Name Hasher feature
The IBM Global Name Recognition Name Hasher feature enables improved name parsing, culture classification, and name hash generation processes of IBM Relationship Resolution by leveraging IBM Global Name Recognition technology. The improved capabilities of the name hygiene process enable the IBM Relationship Resolution pipelines to build better candidate lists. The generation of more accurate and robust candidate lists directly improves entity resolution.
Using the IBM Global Name Recognition Name Hasher feature with an IBM Relationship Resolution installation which includes the IBM Entity Analytics Solutions Name Manager add-on product provides the ability to classify names for culture and to accurately compare and score names on the candidate list in a culturally sensitive context.
Customers should not enable this feature on an existing IBM Relationship Resolution version 4.2 installation. If the IBM Global Name Recognition Name Hasher feature is enabled on an existing installation without reloading all existing data in the system from the data sources, entity resolution of new data will fail against the existing data in the system. The required installation method for customers wanting to enable the IBM Global Name Recognition Name Hasher feature is to perform a clean IBM Relationship Resolution version 4.2 installation, then install the IBM Relationship Resolution version 4.2 fix pack 1, then manually enable the IBM Global Name Recognition Name Hasher feature, and finally load all of the data into the system.
The IBM Global Name Recognition Name Hasher feature is not enabled by default. You use the configuration console to enable the IBM Global Name Recognition Name Hasher feature.
Name Manager update
The fix pack provides updates to the IBM Entity Analytics Solutions Name Manager add-on product for IBM Relationship Resolution. The previous implementation of IBM Global Name Recognition NameClassifier has been replaced with IBM Global Name Recognition NameClassifier Country of Association (NC_COA) to improve the quality of culture classification of names. The previous implementation of IBM Global Name Recognition NameHunter has been upgraded to IBM Global Name Recognition NameHunter 3.1 to provide name regularization for Anglo, Arabic, German, Indian, Russian, and Thai cultured names. Name regularization finds the normalized version of a name and uses it for scoring.
Event management
IBM Relationship Resolution Event Manager extends the capabilities of IBM Relationship Resolution by combining near real-time event analysis and event monitoring with entity and relationship resolution. When enabled, Event Manager provides your organization with the ability to track business events and alert on suspicious events or events of interest, so that you can take the appropriate business action in a timely manner, to assist your organization in its fight against threat and fraud.
Graph enhancements to the Visualizer
There are three new features for Entity and Alert graphs:
  • Control the canvas size used by the layout engine.
  • Shift+click+drag to move the canvas in the viewing area.
  • Use the Zoom slider to affect the zoom level of the graph in real time.

Note that this fix pack and included documentation is provided in English. If you install the IBM Relationship Resolution version 4.2 fix pack 1, you will only see the fix pack function information when English is selected in your browser settings.

IBM Relationship Resolution version 4.2 fix pack 1 maintenance items

This fix pack includes the following maintenance items:

Maintenance items included from previous hot fixes:

The Degrees of Separation function

Console

Pipelines

The Passive Load feature

Visualizer

Search features

The SEP_RELATIONS table

Name Manager functions

Data display

Miscellaneous

System requirements

For information about hardware and software compatibility, see the detailed system requirements document at http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/db2/eas/relationship/requirements.html or see the IBM Relationship Resolution Installation and Configuration Guide that is available on the Quick Start CD.

Announcements

You can search for the IBM Relationship Resolution 4.2 announcement at http://www-306.ibm.com/common/ssi/OIX.wss. See the announcement for the following information:
  • Detailed product description, including a description of new function
  • Product-positioning statement
  • Packaging and ordering details
  • International compatibility information

Known problems

Known problems are documented in the form of individual technotes in the Support knowledge base at http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/db2/eas/relationship/support.html:
  • Under Search Support, in the Enter terms, error code or APAR # field, enter a keyword, phrase, error code, or APAR number to search on.
  • Select Solve a problem.
  • Click the Search button.

As problems are discovered and resolved, the IBM Support team updates the knowledge base. By searching the knowledge base, you can quickly find workarounds or solutions to problems.

At time of publication, there were no known installation problems. Be sure to check the Support knowledge base for any late-breaking information.



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Last updated: 2009