IM Relationship Resolution Information Center, Version 4.2

Finding entities by resolution

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:
  1. In the Visualizer, do one of the following:
    1. From the View menu, select Find By, and then select Resolution.
    2. From the toolbar, click on the down arrow to the right of the (Find) icon, and then select Resolution.
    3. From the Find By window, select Resolution from the Find By drop-down list.
  2. 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.
  3. Click the Search button.


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Last updated: 2009