Add matching knowledge to a knowledge base in DQS

A matching knowledge can be useful when building and maintaining unique, unduplicated
lists as Customers, Products, and Suppliers. You can use a DQS knowledge base to maintain unduplicated lists of Suppliers for example, by building a DQS knowledge base and setting up a DQS Matching Policy. During a matching activity, DQS evaluates the matching rules setup in the Matching Policy against the records being processed. It then provides a matching score for each record. If the matching score is greater than the minimum matching score configured then the two records are considered matches.

Create a matching policy
Follow the steps below to create a matching policy.
  • Open the Data Quality Services client and connect to the DQS instance
  • Click on Open Knowledge Base button from the Knowledge Base Management section
  • Select Suppliers from the Knowledge Base list
  • Click on Matching Policy under the Select Activity list, then click Next
  • Select Excel file from the Data Source drop-down list
  • Browse and select the SuppliersDomain.xlsx file
  • Select the SupplierforMatchingPolicy worksheet from the Worksheet drop-down list
  • Under the Mappings section, select SupplierName (nvarchar) from the Source Column drop-down list, then select SupplierName from the Domain drop-down list in the corresponding row. Click Next
  • Click the Create A Matching Rule icon on the menu bar
  • Type a name and description for the Matching Rule
  • Set the Min. matching score 
  • Under Rule Editor add SupplierName, then select Similarity from the Similarity dropdown list and set the Weight to 100%
  • Click the Start button to preview the matching results
  • Click Next, then click Finish













To add matching knowledge to a knowledge base, follow the steps below.
  • To add matching knowledge to a knowledge base, follow the steps below
  • Click on New Data Quality Project button from the Data Quality Projects section
  • Type a name and description for the Data Quality Project
  • Select Suppliers from the Use Knowledge Base drop-down list
  • Click on Matching Policy under the Select Activity list, then click Next
  • Select Excel File from the Data Source drop-down list
  • Browse and select the SuppliersDomain.xlsx Excel file containing the list of Suppliers to be matched
  • Select the worksheet containing the list of Suppliers to be matched from the Worksheet drop-down list
  • Under the Mappings section, select SupplierName (nvarchar) from the Source Column drop-down list, then select SupplierName from the Domain drop-down list in the corresponding row
  • Click Start to preview the matching results, then click Next
  • Select Excel file from the Destination Type drop-down list
  • Check the Survivorship Results check box, browse and select the Excel file to export
  • Click Finish

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