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 26 characters
Example ID Data Cluster ID Score
1 Gérald LasSalle 0 73.17
2 Gérald LeSalle 0 68.68
3 Gérard LesSalle 0 77.24
4 Gérard LaSalle 0 77.08
1 Gérald LasSalle 1 76.18
2 Gérald LeSalle 1 71.69
3 Gérard LesSalle 4 75.74
4 Gérard LaSalle 4 75.58
  Remarks

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

Some data used in support of this definition were provided by the National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies in France on February 11, 2013.

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

Prefix
Given 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: