IM Relationship Resolution Information Center, Version 4.2

System Preferences tab

Use this tab to configure system preferences for your Visualizer sessions. Configuring preferences here only affects the system settings for the local Visualizer client.

File Paths section
Use this section to specify which default file paths the Visualizer uses to load and validate UMF files and to open the Centrifuge Desktop graphing tool.
Default path for File Load
Enter the file path you want to use as a starting point to load and validate UMF files through the Visualizer.
Centrifuge Path
(Optional) If you use Centrifuge Desktop to visualize entity graphs and entity data, enter the full path to the Centrifuge Desktop executable. After you specify the path, the Visualizer displays the Centrifuge button on the Role Alert ID and Entity Resume screens, so you can access Centrifuge directly from the Visualizer.
Minimum Score Values section
Use this section to define the values for the four minimum score thresholds that you select when you configure a Find by Resolution or attribute alert generator.
This section contains the recommended default values for each of the four thresholds, which are conservative values intended to return fewer false positives. But you can redefine the values to suit your goals.
Generally, the higher the value of a minimum score threshold, the fewer results – so you will see fewer attribute alerts returned from an attribute alert generator, and fewer results returned from a Find by Resolution. The lower the value, the more results.
Is Entity
Enter the lowest resolution score that you want to mean that the search entity defined by a Find by Resolution or an attribute alert generator and an identity in the entity database are the same entity.
The default value is 100. This means that when the search entity and an identity are compared, if the resolution score is 100, the entity returned is the same as the search entity.
Close Entity Match
Enter the lowest resolution score that you want to mean that the search entity defined by a Find by Resolution or an attribute alert generator and an identity in the entity database are a close match.
The default value is 85. This means that when the search entity and an identity are compared, if the minimum resolution score is equal to or greater than 85, but less than the Is Entity score, the entity returned is a close entity match to the search entity.
Good Relationship
Enter the lowest score that defines when there is a close or strong relationship between the search entity defined by a Find by Resolution or an attribute alert generator. (The value represents the strength of the relationship.)
The default value is 35, which means that when the search entity and an identity are compared, if the minimum resolution score is equal to or greater than 35, the relationship between the two is good.
Any Relationship
Enter the lowest score that defines when there is any relationship between the search entity defined by a Find by Resolution or an attribute alert generator. (The value represents the strength of the relationship.)
The default value is 1. This means that when the search entity and an identity are compared, if the minimum resolution score is equal to or greater than 1, the two have a relationship.
Alert Settings section
Use this section to configure how you want to display role alerts in the Visualizer.
Lines to display in Role Alert List
Enter the maximum number of role alerts to display in the Role Alert List window.
The default value is blank, which means that, by default, all role alerts display.
Relationship score filter value
Enter the lowest relationship score to use as a threshold to filter which role alerts display in the Role Alert List window.
For example, if you want to only see role alerts where the relationship score between the two compared identities is equal to or greater than 50, enter a 50 in this field.
Hide role alerts below filter value
Select this check box to hide all role alerts below the specified relationship score filter value. The role alerts are not deleted, they just do not display in the Role Alert List window.
Miscellaneous Settings section
Use this section to enable tool tips and exit confirmation dialog window.
Enable Tooltips
If tooltips are enabled, when your cursor is positioned directly over a toolbar icon, a tooltip describing the icon displays. By default, tooltips are enabled.
  • Select this check box to turn on tool tips.
  • Clear this check box to turn off tool tips.
Show Exit Confirmation Dialog:
This option determines whether or not the system displays a confirmation dialog when you exit the Visualizer.
  • Select this check box to turn on the Exit Confirmation dialog option. When you exit the Visualizer, the Exit Confirmation dialog displays.
  • Clear this check box to turn off the Exit Confirmation dialog option. When you exit the Visualizer, the Exit Confirmation dialog does not display.
Submit button
Use this button to submit changes that you made to any Configure Screen Preferences tab. Because changes on this tab affect your Visualizer sessions, before the changes go to into effect, you must exit the Visualizer, reopen the Visualizer, and log in again.
Restore Defaults button
Use this button to restore all values in all fields on this tab to their original, default values. (The default values are the recommended Visualizer system values.)
Cancel button
Use this button to exit preferences without saving any changes that you made.


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Last updated: 2009