Data Director User Guide

10.3

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Establish the Best Version of the Truth

Data stewards can use the

Cross-reference Records

view to examine the composition of the master record. Data stewards can then make adjustments to ensure the master record genuinely represents the best version of the truth.

If your MDM administrator created a custom view for this purpose, the name of the view might be different.

If the most trusted fields do not contain the best data, a data steward can perform the following actions to establish the best version of the truth:

Action	Description	How-to
Enter the correct value	If the correct value does not exist in any cross-reference record, a data steward can enter the correct value in the master record.	Click the incorrect value in the Master Record column, and then enter the correct value. Press Enter, and then click Save.
Select the correct contributing field	If the field with the highest trust score does not contain the best version of the truth, a data steward can select the field that does contain the correct data to contribute the data to the master record.	Click the field that contains the correct data. Click Save
Remove mismatched source data	If a cross-reference record should not be associated with a particular master record, a data steward can unmerge the cross-reference record. A new master record is created from the unmerged cross-reference record.	Select the checkbox for the cross-reference records that contain the mismatched data, and then click Unmerge . For more information about unmerging, see Unmerge Cross-reference Records.