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Find Duplicates Accurately and Quickly
Finding Duplicates Can be An Art and a Science. Acuate’s Demystifies the Process
Watch Video for an explanation of how our De-duplication and matching process works.
Duplicates cause many problems, ranging from inaccurate reporting, reputational damage to poor account management.
Acuate’s rule-based De-duplication engine enables precision searching and classification of duplicates.
But before you embark on the task of finding duplicates, it’s worth knowing the fundamentals of the process as it will enable you take make better decisions.
The Art and Science of De-Duplication
The Two Most Important Questions to Ask Are:
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Which Records To Compare
In almost all cases, it’s impossible (or at least very inefficient) to compare all records with each other. Indexing provides a way to segment your database and significantly reduce the number of records compared
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How To Compare Records
When comparing two records as potential duplicate candidates, you must know all the ways of comparing data so that you identify a true duplicate rather than a false one (known as a False Positive)
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Here’s What is Possible to Match
You Will Need All These Features to Find All Your Duplicates
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Fuzzy
Matching
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Daniel Brown
Prince Al Thani
Rupert Sharpe
Homebase Ltd
Danial Browne
Prince Althan
Rupert Sharp, Jnr
Hombass ltd
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Alias
Matching
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Robert Alvarez
Blake Little, III
USA
Mumbai
Bob Alvarez
Blake Little, 3rd
United States of America
Bombay
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Abbreviation
Matching
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Bath Univ
CEO
ICST
Mat. Dept.
Bath University
Chief Executive Officer
Imperial College of Science & Technology
Mathematics Department
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Out of
Sequence
Matching
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Pierce Brosnan
Sales & Marketing
The RBS
John Nick Richards
Brosnan, Pierce
Marketing and Sales
RBS, The
Richard, Nick John
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Phonetic
Matching
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Smythe
Krisp
Phone
Cheque
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Miss-Placed
Field
Matching
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Try Our De-Duplication Software
Download a Trial and See For Yourself…
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Using our advanced rules based engine, find duplicate accurately and quickly
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