Prerequisite: Before searching, you must have created an index by uploading a recordset.
The search panel is on the left side of the window. By default, the fields in your index are displayed. Use the field configuration to remove fields from the search panel.
Search returns a list of records from your index which are potential matches, as determined by the calculated match score. Scores higher than the display threshold are shown.
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Enter one or more values into the search fields.
You can put in a partial name, or an initial.
You can enter partial dates in date fields. 1955-12-30, 1955--03, 12/30, -12, 1955 are all supported date formats.
Run Search
Search returns all records with a match score greater than the display threshold. They are listed by match score, with the highest scores at the top.
Match values greater than the match threshold are highlighted in green.
Click on a record to see more information.
Under Action, select 
to go to the Compare window. The name fields are preloaded with the search and selected values. Compare shows how the scores were calculated. You can modify match parameters and see the resulting change in match scores.
Each Rosette Match Studio query is processed in two passes to provide the best combination of speed and accuracy.
The first pass is designed to quickly generate a set of candidates for the second pass to consider.
The second pass compares every value returned by the first pass against the value in the query and computes a similarity score. Multiple scorers are applied in the second pass, to generate the best possible score.
The first pass gives the system the speed necessary for high-transaction environments, eliminating values in the index from consideration. The slower, second pass, re-compares each selected value directly in their original script, using enhanced scoring algorithms.
The scores from the first pass are discarded and the match candidates are re-ranked according to the similarity scores returned by the second pass. The match scores for all search terms are combined to generate a match score. All entries with a match score equal to or greater than the display threshold are displayed in a list. Those values that are equal to or greater than the match threshold will be highlighted with their match score.