About this task
Prerequisite(s): You have selected the Profiling perspective of the studio.
Procedure
- In the DQ Repository tree view, expand Libraries > Rules.
- Right-click Match and select New Match Rule.
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In the New Match Rule wizard, enter a
name and set other metadata, if required.
Note:
Avoid using special characters in the item names including:
"~", "!", "`", "#", "^", "&", "*", "\\", "/", "?", ":", ";", "\"", ".", "(", ")", "'", "¥", "'", """, "«", "»", "<", ">".
These characters are all replaced with "_" in the file system and you may end up creating duplicate items.
Consider as an example that you want to create a rule to match customer full names. -
Click Finish.
A match rule editor opens in the studio and the new match rule is listed under Libraries > Rule > Match in the DQ Repository tree view.In the Record Linkage algorithm view, the Simple VSR Matcher algorithm is selected by default.
- Start defining the match rule items as described in Rules with the VSR algorithm and Rules with the T-Swoosh algorithm.