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Help with Blocking Keys for Phone Numbers not generating results
Hi all, I'm trying to create two blocking keys for phone numbers, one that works off the first 5 digits, and one that works off the last 5 digits. I've tried several variations of this both in with other blocking keys and now on their own, and they are not generating any results, can anybody help with suggestions of where…
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How long can/should the "Analyze blocking keys" function take?
Morning all, I'm getting up and running with the find duplicates feature and have created my own blocking keys and matching rules now which are producing good results for the clustering, however when I try to analyse it in "Find Duplicates Workbench" the "Analyze blocking keys" tool is taking an extremely long time to…
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How to identify blocking keys for Find Duplicates
Blocking keys identifies records that are similar, creating blocks or potential groups of matches. Let’s look at an example where you have a list of names and date of birth that may contain duplicates. The rule of thumb is to be able to identify any possible chances of matches. Which elements would you use to say that any…
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Tips and Tricks to make Find Duplicates Blocking Keys and Ruleset more readable
What is your first impression of the blocking keys and ruleset definitions required for Find Duplicates? We have observed that it may take a bit of learning to understand the syntax and structure to correctly update the keys and rules. Here are a few tips and tricks to help ease your experience with reading and updating…
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Tuning Blocking Keys
Review Find Duplicates step results Reviewing the Find Duplicates results may not be the best way to confirm the effectiveness of the blocking keys. However, it does help to reveal obvious issues that may trigger further investigation. Once a set of Blocking Keys and Rules has been established at the Find Duplicates…
