IM Relationship Resolution Information Center, Version 4.2

Resolution configurations

Entity resolution settings are organized by a group of resolution configurations that are defined using the Configuration Console.

The default installation of Relationship Resolution includes two resolution configurations

You can create your own set of resolution settings and identify them using a newly created resolution configuration. This process should start by cloning the DEFAULT resolution configuration and using it as a starting point for your new resolution configuration.

Different resolution configurations can be assigned to specific data sources. If you choose to apply multiple resolution configurations across multiple data sources, you must consider that entity resolution always uses the resolution configuration assigned to the incoming identity when generating alerts. This can result in different alert results based on which of the compared identities is the incoming identity and which of the identities already exists in the entity database. For example, Identity #123, from the Customer data source is assigned the DEFAULT resolution configuration which contains a resolution rule for name and address with a name threshold of 80 and an address threshold of 5. Identity #456 from the Vendor datasource uses the NEW resolution configuration that has the same resolution rule but the name threshold is set at 95 and the address threshold is set at 7. When Customer 123 is the incoming identity and is compared to existing Vendor 456, the name score between them is calculated at 85 and the address score is 5, which results in an alert. If the order of processing is reversed with Customer 123 already in the system and Vendor 456 coming into the system, they still generate the same resolution scores of 85 for name and 5 for address. However, in this case there will be no alert because the resolution scores do not meet the resolution thresholds in the NEW resolution configuration where name is set at 95 and address is set at 7.

Note:

Using a resolution configuration other than the default entity resolution configuration should be done with care and planning. The default entity resolution settings, such as resolution rules and scoring settings, are the result of hundreds of person-years of analysis and study of real-world data. Changes to these defaults are typically only necessary when data or business rules demand specific and non-standard behaviors from the system.



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Last updated: 2009