Properties Tab

You can use the Properties tab to review and set properties for an entity resolution file in the entity resolution viewer. The tab contains the following elements:

Identification - Specifies the name and location of the entity resolution file.

Duplicate Elimination - Enables you to take temporary changes to the duplicate elimination settings for the entity resolution file. When the file is closed, the default duplicate elimination settings are restored. The following duplicate elimination settings are available:

Target destination - Determines whether the duplicate elimination results are sent to the current source table, a specified flat file, or an audit file only.

Audit file - Specifies the audit file where duplicate eliminations are recorded.

Data source - Specifies whether the source of the cluster record data is the current source table or embedded data in the entity resolution file. Select Embedded data in the Entity Resolution file when you use a text file as the input to the entity resolution data job.

NoteNote: Embedded data in an entity resolution file can be useful in a collaborative workflow. For example, a group of users can work on embedded data in a file. Then, one user can re-associate the file with embedded data to a database and commit the group's changes back to that database. Note that the selected database source table must have column names that match the field names in the text file. Perform the following steps to associate the database with a database:

  1. Click the browse button next to the Source table field in the Current source table section of the Properties tab.
  2. Select a database.
  3. Select Current source table in the Data source section of the Properties tab.

Current source table - Displays information about the currently associated source table.

Match Settings - Displays the current cluster field name, surviving record field name, and confidence value field name setting values.