Prerequisite: Before searching, you must have uploaded an index.
The search panel is on the left side of the window. The fields displayed in the panel, along with their associated labels, are defined in the field configuration.
Search returns a list of records from your index which are potential matches, meaning the calculated match score is above the display threshold.
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Enter one or more values into the search fields.
At least one field must be a name, either person name, organization name, or location name.
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.
Select Run Search
The list of matching identities is displayed in descending order by match score.
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.
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Select Run Search. Match values greater than the Match Threshold are highlighted in green.
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Click on a record to see more information.
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Under Action, select 
to go to the Compare window using the search and selected values. Compare shows how the scores were calculated and allows you to modify match parameters and see how that changes the match scores.
Each Rosette Match Studio query is processed in two passes to provide the best combination of speed and precision.
The first pass is designed to quickly generate a set of candidates for the second pass to consider, eliminating most of the values in the index from consideration, preparing the data for the slower second pass.
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 most of the values in the index from consideration. The slower, second pass, re-compares each value returned directly in their original script over the smaller pool of candidates.
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 match scores 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.