Understanding Match Rule Conditions

Setting rule conditions determines which attributes must be matched together, and whether they must exactly match, or whether a tolerance is allowed.

Rule conditions makes it easier to define matching rules in multiple source match processes by defining the default relationship between attributes in Source System and Sub System.

If the source system or subsystem contains a group attribute, all its member attributes can be used when defining a rule condition.

The list of rule types is dependent on the format. For example,

• Balance Comparison with Transaction Matching corresponds to a two source match and can be: 1 to 1, 1 to Many, Many to 1, and Many to Many.

  1 to 1 means 1 transaction from Source System will be matched to 1 transaction from Sub System.

  1 to Many means 1 transaction from Source System will be matched to all transactions from Sub System that meet the rule conditions.

• Account Analysis with Transaction Matching corresponds to a one source match and can be: 1 to 1, 1 to Many, Many to 1, and Many to Many.

  1 + to 1- means 1 positive transaction will be matched to 1 negative transaction.

  1+ to Many – means 1 positive transaction will be matched with all negative transactions that meet the rule conditions.

For example, if three data sources are defined, and Match Process 1 uses two sources and Match Process 2 uses one, then you select the name of the data sources to assign to Source System and Sub System. Then you select the format and the list of available formats is dependent on the number of data sources assigned to the match process.