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ODQ Matching Server

Oracle Data Quality (ODQ) Matching Server provides real-time and batch data matching functionality using licensed third-party Informatica Identity Resolution (IIR) software Version 2.7.

The ODQ Matching Server is an identity search application that searches your identity data, finds duplicates in it, and matches any duplicates found to other identity data. Running as an application server or suite of servers, ODQ Matching Server does the following:

• Reads identity data from your databases, using specified instructions and permissions.
• Does not change your data but instead keeps a copy of it, thereby ensuring data consistency.
• Builds the SSA_NAME3 fuzzy indexes, thereby enabling the right identity data to be found.
• Provides several simple search client procedures including, single search, batch search, and duplicate finder.

About Using the ODQ Matching Server

You can use the ODQ Matching Server to do the following:

• Perform real-time search for people, companies, contacts, addresses, and households.
• Discover duplicates and establish relationships in real time.
• Build relationship link tables.
• Match external files and databases.

For more information about ODQ Matching Server installation and configuration, see Setting Up Oracle Data Quality Matching Server for Data Matching.