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Oracle Data Quality Matching Server

The Oracle Data Quality Matching Server provides real-time and batch data matching functionality using licensed third-party Informatica Identity Resolution software.

The Oracle Data Quality 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, Oracle Data Quality 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 Oracle Data Quality Matching Server

You can use the Oracle Data Quality 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.

The Oracle Data Quality Matching Server connector uses the Universal Connector in a mode where match candidate acquisition takes place within the Oracle Data Quality Matching Server, not within Siebel CRM. Since the match keys are generated and stored within the Oracle Data Quality Matching Server, key generation and key refresh operations are eliminated within Siebel CRM. This integration, whereby match candidate acquisition takes place within the Oracle Data Quality Matching Server cannot be used by other third-party data quality matching engines.

For more information about Oracle Data Quality Matching Server installation and configuration, see Process of Installing the Oracle Data Quality Matching Server and Configuring Data Quality for Oracle Data Quality Matching Server.

For more information about Informatica Identity Resolution, see the relevant documentation included in Siebel Business Applications Third-Party Bookshelf in the product media pack on Oracle Software Delivery Cloud.