IM Relationship Resolution Information Center, Version 4.2

Validating a UMF file before loading the data

To avoid UMF errors that prevent a record in a UMF file from loading, use the UMF validation feature in the Visualizer to validate the file. The validation process checks the file to make sure that the data in that file meets the minimum requirements for data to be processed through entity and relationshp resolution.

Procedure:
  1. In the Visualizer, do one of the following actions:
    1. From the View menu, select UMF, and then select UMF Validate File.
    2. From the toolbar, select the down arrow to the right of the (UMF) icon, and then select UMF Validate File .
    3. From the UMF window, in the UMF drop-down field, select UMF Validate File.
  2. Click the Validate File... button.
  3. From the UMF Validation Setup dialog, click the Browse... button to the right of the File to Validate field to browse to and select the UMF file that you want to validate. Then, from the UMF Validate File dialog, click the Open button. The full path to the file displays on the UMF Validation Setup dialog in the File to Validate field.
  4. Optional: If you want to change the directory path or filename of the validation process log file, from the UMF Validation Setup dialog, click the Browse... button to the right of the Error/Warning File field to browse to and select the directory and filename to use (or type the filename). Then, from the UMF Validate File dialog, click the Open button. The default log file that displays on the UMF Validation Setup dialog is located in the same directory where the selected data file is located. The default log file is a text file, withe the same name as the data file with the .LOG file extension.
  5. After the validation process is finished, click the View Results button to see a summary of the validation results. A summary of the UMF file validation displays in the UMF Validation Results View window.
What to do next:
Use the information provided to correct any UMF inconsistencies or errors identified by the validation process.


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Last updated: 2009