Candidate Select

In the Candidate Select file, you configure the Query Builder component of the master index application and define the available queries. In this file, you define the types of queries that can be performed from the Enterprise Data Manager (EDM) and the queries that are used during the match process. You can define both phonetic and alphanumeric searches for the EDM. By default, these are called basic queries. You can also define blocking queries, which define blocks of criteria fields for the match process. The master index application queries the database using the criteria defined in each block, one at a time. After completing a query on the criteria defined in one block, it performs another pass using the next block of defined criteria. Blocking queries can also be used in place of the basic phonetic query in the EDM.