1. Customer Hub (UCM) Master Data Management Reference
  2. Definitions of Survivorship Terms

Definitions of Survivorship Terms

This topic describes terms used in the implementation of survivorship.

  • Cross-Reference. Tables within Oracle Customer Hub (UCM) to link the Unique Id (UID) within Oracle Customer Hub (UCM) to the Source Id from each subscribed application.

  • Data Consolidation. The process of consolidating incoming records contributed by source systems with matching best version records within Oracle Customer Hub (UCM), while applying survivorship to govern the update of fields.

  • Merge. The process of combining two or more duplicate best version records into a single surviving record. During the merge process, survivorship is applied, and appropriate audit trail information is recorded.

  • Data Recovery. The process of reverting to historical versions of the best version record from an erroneous update or merge operation.

  • Victim Record. The record that is merged into another record during the merge process. This record is usually not retrievable after a merge.

  • Surviving Record. The record into which another record or records are merged during a merge process. This record remains in Oracle Customer Hub (UCM) after a merge.

  • Source Confidence Level. The level of confidence on the validity of given attribute group field values from a specific source. Even though the source confidence level is specified in numbers, the importance is the relative value among sources, not the absolute value.