Name (with Suggestions)

Match Definition

Name (with Suggestions)
Description  The Name (with Suggestions) match definition generates match codes which can be used to cluster records containing names of individuals.
Max Length of Match Code 21 characters
Example ID Data Cluster ID Score
1 Prais Hilton 0 75.14
2 Paris Hilton 0 75.14
3 Paris Hilten 0 70.75
4 Pris Hinton 0 75.01
1 Prais Hilton 1 70.98
2 Paris Hilton 1 70.98
1 Prais Hilton 2 70.77
2 Paris Hilton 2 70.77
4 Pris Hinton 2 79.42
1 Prais Hilton 3 73.08
2 Paris Hilton 3 79.64
3 Paris Hilten 3 75.24
4 Pris Hinton 3 70.80
1 Prais Hilton 4 68.93
2 Paris Hilton 4 75.48
1 Prais Hilton 5 68.71
2 Paris Hilton 5 75.26
4 Pris Hinton 5 75.21
2 Paris Hilton 9 75.14
3 Paris Hilten 9 70.75
Remarks

Note: The results listed above reflect the default match sensitivity (85).

If this definition is applied to preparsed data, the following input tokens are available:

Prefix
Given Name
Middle Name
Family Name
Suffix
Title/Additional Info

It is recommended that you map a correlating data field to each available token whenever possible.

For more information about suggestion-based match definitions, see the following documentation: