Data Director User Guide

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Extended Search

Extended Search uses matching logic and match-enabled attributes to search for records. Extended Search is not case sensitive.

Consider using an Extended Search in the following circumstances:

You want to expand your search because you did not get the expected results from a Basic Search.

You want to search using fuzzy logic, which can make reliable matches by taking into account spelling variations, possible misspellings, and other differences that can make matching data non-identical. For example, using fuzzy logic, you can match on variations of the word "Street", such as "St." or "St".

If you use Extended Search, note the following restrictions:

Fewer attributes might be available to search on. For Extended Search, you can search only on attributes that are configured as match-enabled attributes. On the Search tab, attributes that are not match-enabled are unavailable (grayed out) for search.

If Extended Search is not available (grayed out) on the

tab, it means that the selected subject area or subject area group does not have an available match-enabled attribute.

On the

tab, one attribute (identified by an asterisk) is always required.

To optimize results and performance, you must define extended searches appropriately.

When running an Extended Search, you can view the match score for the searched query. You can use the match score to determine how proximate the search result is when compared to the searched query. The maximum value for a match score is 100.

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