How DataFox Matching Works
The algorithms match company names and URL records to establish a match between suppliers and companies in Oracle DataFox.
It’s important to standardize your records before searching for potential matching companies. For example, removing common designations like Corporation and LLC, and standardizing www.oracle.com/index.html as oracle.com.
The matching tools also update and match outdated company names and URLs from your records. For example, a record with an outdated company name is identified and matched with the Oracle DataFox company name that has the latest branding.
This table shows examples of how data is matched. The values mentioned in these columns are examples.
| Match Type | Name in Oracle Fusion Cloud Procurement | URL in Oracle Fusion Cloud Procurement | Oracle DataFox Name | Oracle DataFox URL | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match | Seven Corporation | NA | Seven Corporation | www.sevencorporation.com | This example is a straightforward auto match. Even though there was no customer-provided URL, the name of Seven Corporation was enough to ensure a match. |
| Fantastic Laptops | www.fantasticlaptops.co.jp/fcom/officelist | F-Laptops Co. Ltd. | www.fantasticlaptops.co.jp | This is an auto match and the URL is standardized. | |
| Probable Match | PennyPack Systems | https://www.pennypacksystems.com | Penny Systems | www.pennysystems.com | Oracle DataFox found the correct name and updated the URL. |
| Duplicate | Tall Manufacturing | NA | Tall Manufacturing | tallmanufacturing.com | Matched to same Oracle DataFox ID, but two different records exist. |
| Tall Manufacturing | www.tallmanufacturing.com | Tall Manufacturing | tallmanufacturing.com | Matched to same Oracle DataFox ID, but two different records exist. | |
| Unmatched | Large and Associates | NA | NA | NA | Not a legitimate company. |
| Large and Associates | www.largeandassociates.com | Large and Associates | largeandassociates.com | Name and URL don’t match. |