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Matching View

The Matching View in Accurids provides a comprehensive interface for identifying, reviewing, and consolidating equivalent or similar entities across datasets. It includes three dedicated modes: Match, Align, and Merge, each serving a specific purpose.

Match Mode

Match Mode is the starting point for evaluating potential matches. It allows users to inspect candidate matches that are suggested based on configurable matching rules.

Key Features:

  • Configuration of Proposal Rules: Users can define flexible rules for proposals.
  • Filter Options: Users can filter proposed matches by source dataset and target dataset, selecting multiple options for each.
  • Manual Review: Users can evaluate each match pair individually and confirm or reject them.

Tip: Confirmed matches can be further refined in Align Mode.

Align Mode

Align Mode supports detailed comparison between two matched entities, especially useful in regulated or high-accuracy domains.

Key Features:

  • Overview Table: Users see a list of all confirmed matches with their alignment percentage.
  • Alignment Score: A percentage showing how well the values align based on defined comparison rule
  • Side-by-Side Comparison: For each match, users can open a detailed alignment view displaying both entities in parallel.
  • Value-Level Decisions: Users can manually align or unalign individual property values, including many-to-many mappings.

Alignment is especially helpful when reconciling structured product information from various systems.

Merge Mode

Merge Mode is designed for consolidating entities that have been identified as potential duplicates.

Key Features:

  • Configuration of Proposal Rules: Users can define flexible rules to generate proposals.
  • Merge Proposal Overview: Users see a list of entities suggested for merging based on configured proposal rules.
  • Unified Entity View: When a merge is accepted, merged entities are combined into a single global entity view, preserving all relevant properties.

Merge mode is especially useful for data stewardship teams ensuring no duplication exists across large integrated datasets.

Accessing the Matching View

  1. Navigate to the Matching section via the sidebar.
  2. Select the mode: Match, Align, or Merge.
  3. Use dataset and further filters at the top to narrow results.
  4. In Align Mode, there is displayed table listing the matched entity pairs along with their alignment percentages.
  5. To open the side-by-side comparison view, hover over the percentage score for any pair and click the Align entities icon.