Name order, initialisms, and misspellings are all factors that can affect the match score between two versions of a name. You can edit various match parameters to control how much factors like these affect the match score of a given pair of names. The Compare page has additional features that will allow us to test out different match parameters.
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Select the Compare tab from the navigation bar.
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Type "Heart Kirsten" in the Person 1 Full Name field.
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Type "Kristy Hart" in the Person 2 Full Name field.
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Select Compare. Note that they have a match score of 62%, below the match threshold.
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Select the gear icon in the upper-right corner of the Compare page to open the Advanced Settings panel.
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Decrease the Token Reorder Penalty value to 0.01. This tells RMS that we don't really care if tokens are out of order as long as they match.
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Select Compare to update the match score. Notice how decreasing this parameter increased their match score to the default match threshold of 70%.