Deleting a Master Index Standardization Definition

You can delete an existing standardization definition. It is not recommended that a standardization definition be deleted after a system is in production since this can cause inconsistent matching results.

To Delete a Standardization Definition (Configuration Editor)

1. In the Projects window, right-click the Configuration node in the project you want to modify, and then click Edit.

   The Configuration Editor appears.

2. Click the Standardization tab.

   The Standardization page appears.

3. In the Standardization Types list, select the definition you want to delete.

4. Click Remove.

5. Click Yes on the dialog box that appears.

6. On the Configuration Editor toolbar, click Save.

To Delete a Standardization Definition (Configuration Editor)

1. In the Projects window, expand the Configuration node in the project you want to modify, and then double-click mefa.xml.

   The file opens in the NetBeans XML editor.

2. Scroll to the free-form-texts-to-standardize element in the StandardizationConfig element.

3. Do either of the following:

   • To delete an existing standardization structure, delete all text between and including the group element that defines the structure.

     Using the example below, to delete the Address object, delete all boldface text.

     <free-form-texts-to-standardize> <group standardization-type="BusinessName" domain-selector= "com.sun.mdm.index.matching.impl.SingleDomainSelectorUS"> ... </group> <group standardization-type="Address" domain-selector= "com.sun.mdm.index.matching.impl.SingleDomainSelectorUS"> ... </group> </free-form-texts-to-standardize>

   • To specify that no fields require standardization, delete all text between, but not including, the free-form-texts-to-standardize element.

     This deletes all standardization structures.

4. Save and close the file.