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Persistent-ID-Method

Use this parameter to specify the clustering method.

Choose one of the following clustering methods:

Best Method: The Best method uses the best match of a search record to cluster records and adds the search record to the cluster of its best match.
Merge Method: The Merge method uses all the accepted match records of a search record unlike the Best method, which uses only the best match. The Merge method adds all the accepted match records to the same cluster after merging all the existing clusters of the matched records.
Pre-clustered Method: The Pre-clustered method uses a specific column of an identity table to create initial clusters.
Seed Method: The Seed method creates a cluster for each record of an identity table.