InfoSphere MDM Algorithms V11

This advanced course is for Business and Technical Specialist working with the Matching, Linking, and Search services of InfoSphere MDM.

• Understand how Matching and Linking work for both the Virtual Implementations of InfoSphere MDM
• Learn how Duplicate Suspect Processing and Search (using PME) work for Physical Implementations of InfoSphere MDM
• Know and understand the MDM configuration project and database tables used by the PME
• Understand the PME Algorithms (Standardization, Bucketing and Comparison steps) and how to create and customize the algorithms using the workbench
• Learn how to analyze the Bucketing steps in an algorithm
• Understand how to generate weights for a given algorithm and how those weights are generated based on a sample database set.
• Understand how to analyze the weights that are generated using the workbench
• Learn how to deploy the PME configuration for the Virtual implementations of InfoSphere MDM.
• Understand how to deploy the PME configuration for a Physical implementation of InfoSphere MDM.
• Understand the integration between the Physical module and the PME

You should have completed:

• (1Z801)

or experience with InfoSphere MDM

Content

PME and Virtual Overview

• Virtual MDM Overview
• Terminology (Source, Entity, Member, Attributes)
• PME and Virtual MDM ( Algorithms, Weights, Comparison Scores, Thresholds)
• Virtual MDM Linkages and Tasks

Virtual MDM Algorithms

• Standardization
• Bucketing
• Comparison Functions
• Exercise: Creating a new Algorithm

Virtual PME Data Model

• Algorithm configuration tables
• Member Derived Data
• Bucketing Data
• Exercise: Loading Members and viewing Algorithm and Derived data

Bucket Analysis

• Analysis Overview
• Attribute Completeness
• Bucket Analysis
• Exercise: Analyzing our Buckets

Weights

• Weights Overview (Frequency-based weights, Edit Distance weights and Parameterize weights)
• The weight formula
• Running weight generation
• Analyzing weights
• Exercise: Generate Weights and analyzing weight distribution

Threshold

• Bulk Cross Match process
• Pair Manager
• Threshold calculations
• Entity Analytics
• Exercise: Threshold Calculations
• Exercise: Pair Manager
• Exercise: Testing our algorithm

PME and Physical Overview

• Physical MDM Overview
• Terminology (Entity, Critical Data, Business Object)
• PME and Physical MDM ( Algorithms, Weights, Comparison Scores, Thresholds)
• Physical MDM Suspect Duplicate Processing
• Physical MDM Probabilistic Search
• Exercise: Testing the default Physical PME algorithm

Physical PME Data Model and Mapping

• Default Physical BObjs and mapping to PME
• Virtual Party Template
• Default Party Configuration project
• Exercise: Loading default Physical PME Configuration project

Physical MDM Algorithms

• Standardization
• Bucketing
• Comparison Functions
• Exercise: Explore and customize the default Physical Algorithm
• Exercise: Analyzing our Buckets
• Exercise: Generate Weights
• Exercise: Deploying the Physical MDM PME Configuration

Physical MDM PME Adapters and Converters

• MDM PME Adapter overview
• MDM Outbound and Inbound Converters
• Exercise: Creating a custom converter

Agenda:

Day 1

• Unit 1: PME and Virtual Overview
• Unit 2: Virtual MDM Algorithms
• Unit 3: Virtual PME Data Model

Day 2

• Unit 4: Bucket Analysis
• Unit 5: Weights
• Unit 6: Threshold

Day 3

• Unit 7: PME and Physical Overview
• Unit 8: Physical PME Data Model and Mapping
• Unit 9: Physical MDM Algorithms
• Unit 10: Physical MDM PME Adapters and Converters