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Match Process

The Match process reads the User Database files referenced in the User Databases section of the UUID tool and correlates the Users with the account details in each of the systems. The results of the Match Process are stored in a configuration file.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Load in the UUID Mapping file section and load a Mapping XML file.

   The UUID Tool is populated with the parameters stored in the selected UUID file.

2. Click Run Index in the Users Databases section.

   The listed User Databases are indexed. Depending on the size of the Databases the indexing process may take a few minutes.

3. Click Run Match in the Match Process section.

The UUID tool processes the databases and tries to correlate every account in each User Database to one or more potential owners in the Master Database. The correlation is based on the fields defined for matching, weighted accordingly. The result is a Matching Configuration, where each of the users in the Master Database appears In the configuration's User Pane, and each of the users in the other User Databases (representing accounts) appear in the configuration's Resource. Res Name 1 is the account ID, taken from the <Database Name>_ID field in the User Database The name of the source system appears as Res Name 2. The degree of match is represented in the score (0-100) and appears as Res Name 3.This information is saved in the configuration file listed in the Output Config field of the Match Process section. You can now open the Output Configuration file in the client tools and view each person in the organization and the accounts on each system to which they have access.

Because the matches are represented as a regular CA GovernanceMinder configuration, you can also:

• Review and add/remove/change correlations manually, using the client tools Workstation
• Report all correlations, using the CA GovernanceMinder Reporting facilities
• Run a certification to confirm the correlations, using the CA GovernanceMinder Portal

See the respective user manuals for more details.

When reviewing and correcting correlation in the client tools Workstation, pay special attention to:

• Accounts that were not matched at all (Res Name 3 will be empty for these)
• Accounts that were matched but with a low probability (low score in Res Name 3) and thus represent more of a guess than a deterministic matching
• Accounts that were matched to multiple people (first note accounts with Total Number of Users greater than 1; note also that same account may be matched with different scores, so look out for those as well).