Cleansing Batch Data and Matching Data

Batch processing provides a means to cleanse and match a large number of records from your base tables at one time. You can run batch jobs as stand-alone tasks or schedule batch tasks to run on a recurring basis. After the Data Quality Manager server component (DQMgr) is enabled and you have restarted the Siebel Server, you can start your data quality tasks.

You can start and monitor tasks for the Data Quality Manager server component by:

• Using the Siebel Server Manager command-line interface; that is, the srvrmgr program.

• Running Data Quality Manager component jobs from the Administration - Server Management screen, Jobs view in the application.

You can specify a data quality rule in the batch job parameters, which is a convenient way of consolidating and reusing batch job parameters and also of overriding vendor parameters. For more information about using the Siebel Server Manager and administering component jobs, see Siebel System Administration Guide. In particular, see the chapters about the Siebel Enterprise Server architecture, using the Siebel Server Manager user interface, and using the Siebel Server Manager command-line interface.

Caution: If you have written custom Siebel scripting for data matching on business components, such as Account, Contact, List Mgmt Prospective Contact, then the modifications of the fields that the script executes occur in the background, and they might not activate user interface features. A potential problem might be a script not triggering a UI feature, such as a window that shows a potential matching record.