1.3.4 Match Processors

Match processors allow you to match records either from the same source, or from several sources, and to review the results of the matching process.

These tailored processors guide you through the configuration of matching using default configurations suited to the business problem being addressed.

Note that all match processors except arrayand Group and Merge accept more than one source of data. To connect more than one source of data to a process for matching, add a Reader (from the Read/Write family) for each source of data that you want to involve in matching.

Reviewing match results

Reviewing results is a key part of the match process, as one of the key principles of EDQ is that not every match decision can be automated. Reviewing match results manually allows users to apply specific intelligence to individual cases, thereby validating and refining the match process.

EDQ provides two review applications - Match Review and Case Management. These applications divide up the match results in different ways, so match processors must select, in advance, which review application will be used to review their results. Once a match processor has been defined and executed, its results can be reviewed by the configured application.