The Relationship Linker process generates a set of output attributes that identifies the match/suspect conditions. You can review those attributes by opening the Relationship Linker output entity in List View. The same information is displayed in the statistics file in the graphic and text versions.
You can also use the Relationship Linker Results Analyzer which lets you closely examine the relationships between the matched data. Once you have run the Relationship Linker, you can open the Relationship Linker Results Analyzer and display match results.
- Match/Suspect keys. The numbers that identify the match/suspect results. Matched or suspect records receive the same keys and are grouped together in the List View. A single number without duplicate means that the record did not match any other record. The match/suspect keys are generated in the attributes, lev1_matched, lev2_matched_in_lev1_matched, lev1_suspect and so on.
- Match/Suspect patterns. User-defined pattern ID numbers that provide the reason for match/suspect results. The Pattern IDs are stored in the following attributes: lev1_matched_ pattern, lev1_suspect_pattern, lev2_matched_pattern, and lev2_suspect_ pattern. See Determining Matches for details of pattern IDs.
- Match/Suspect number members. Number of members in each match/suspect group. The number 00000001 means that the record did not match any other record. The match/suspect number members are generated in the attributes, lev1_matched_number_members, lev2_matched_in_lev1_matched_number_members and so on.
- Window numbers. The numbers for each match window (window key group). They are generated in the window_number attribute.
- Record numbers. Sequential numbers assigned by the Relationship Linker during linking process. They are generated in the record_number attribute.
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In this example, record 3 and 4 matched each other (match key = 00000003, number members = 00000002) with the pattern ID 100 for both level 1 and level 2. Record 5 and 6 also matched each other (match key = 00000004, number members = 00000002) with the pattern ID 100. Record 1 and 2 did not match any other records because there is no duplicate match keys and matched number members are '00000001'.