Blocking Query for Matching

The blocking queries you define here are referenced in master.xml, which specifies which one of the defined blocking queries to use for match processing. They might also be referenced in midm.xml if a blocking query is used for phonetic searches from the MIDM. To enable extensive searching (that is, searching against additional tables, such as an alias table for a person index), you must add the fields from that table to the blocking query.

Certain fields used as criteria in the blocking query might contain known default or invalid values. You can define exclusion lists to filter out unwanted or invalid values from the blocking query. For more information, see SBR, Matching, and Blocking Filter Configuration.