7.8 Managing Flag Duplicate Alerts Utility

The Flag Duplicate Alerts Utility enables you to run a script daily after the generation of alerts. This script identifies the pairs of alerts that are possible duplicates. It then adds a system comment to each alert and identifies the paired alert in the comment as a Possible Duplicate.

External Entity-focused scenarios in Behavior Detection can generate alerts either on external identifiers , such as external account ID, or on names of parties outside the bank. The logic of the scenarios only generates the name-focused alerts when the name has been found with multiple (or no) external identifiers. This check is made across all transactions, not just the transactions involved in a particular alert. As a result, a single run of an External Entity-focused scenario can generate alerts involving the exact same transactions, one alert focused on the external Party ID, and one alert focused on the external Party Name.

Using Flag Duplicate Alerts Utility

The Flag Duplicate Alerts Utility looks at alerts that meet the following criteria:

• Entity focus (EN)
• Status of New (NW)
• Generated in the current running batch on the current date

The utility selects and compares alerts that meet the listed criteria above. It then determines whether generation of the alert is based on the same set of transactions for the same scenario and with different focuses , such as if one alert is an ID and the other is a Name. The utility flags these alerts as possible duplicates and adds a system comment which can be viewed on the Audit tab of the alert (each alert cross-references the other). For example:

Possible duplicate of alert xxxxx.

Executing Flag Duplicate Alerts Utility

To execute the Flag Duplicate Alerts Utility, run the following script after the Alert Creator, Assigner, and Auto-Close processes (jobs) have completed: <OFSAAI Installed Directory>/database/db_tools/bin/flag_duplicate_alerts.sh

The system writes log information for this process to the following location: <OFSAAI Installed Directory>/database/db_tools/logs/run_stored_procedure.log