Master Index Variants Properties (Configuring Sun Master Indexes)

Configuring Sun Master Indexes

Master Index Variants Properties

The following table lists and describes the Configuration Editor fields and XML elements that define a variant for normalization or standardization. In the XML file, each value and locale pair are defined within a locale_codes element. A list of locale_codes elements can be defined in the locale_maps element.

Configuration Editor Field	XML File Element or Attribute	Description
Value	value	A value that indicates to the standardization engine which variant to use to standardize the data. When the value is contained in the Variant Field Name field (or the `locale-field-name` element), the standardization engine uses the corresponding Variant field (or locale element) to determine the variant. To specify a default variant, enter “Default”.
Variant	locale	A code indicating which variant to use to standardize data when the identifying field value in a transaction matches the corresponding Value field or element. Select one of the following codes. AU - Australia FR - France UK - United Kingdom US - United States

Configuration Editor Field

XML File Element or Attribute

Description

Value

value

A value that indicates to the standardization engine which variant to use to standardize the data. When the value is contained in the Variant Field Name field (or the locale-field-name element), the standardization engine uses the corresponding Variant field (or locale element) to determine the variant. To specify a default variant, enter “Default”.

Variant

locale

A code indicating which variant to use to standardize data when the identifying field value in a transaction matches the corresponding Value field or element. Select one of the following codes.

AU - Australia
FR - France
UK - United Kingdom
US - United States