USNAME Standardizaton rule

jaksani · Post by **jaksani** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 3:13 am

Hi,

When I am trying to understand USNAME.PAT file I could not understand how 'user_option' variable is assigned.I pasted below that peice of code present in the pattern file.

;-------------------------------------------------
; Check for Default and Process Option Delimiters
;-------------------------------------------------

& =T= "ZQDINDZQ" ; Default Option Activated: Default Unhandled Data as Individual Name
COPY "DIND" User_Option
RETYPE [1] 0

& =T= "ZQDORGZQ" ; Default Option Activated: Default Unhandled Data as Organization Name
COPY "DORG" User_Option
RETYPE [1] 0

& =T= "ZQPINDZQ" ; Process Option Activated: Process all Input Data as Individual Name
COPY "PIND" User_Option
RETYPE [1] 0

& =T= "ZQPORGZQ" ; Process Option Activated: Process all Input Data as Organization Name
COPY "PORG" User_Option
RETYPE [1] 0
It would be highly appreciated if I can get some help on this.
Thanks in advance.

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 4:32 am

User_option is being assigned by the COPY actions directly.

jaksani · Post by **jaksani** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 6:02 am

ray.wurlod wrote:User_option is being assigned by the COPY actions directly. ...

I think I did not question properly.I understand that COPY is used to assign value.What I could not get is on what basis it is assigning that 4 values to user_option.

& =T= "ZQDINDZQ" ;
& =T= "ZQDORGZQ" ;
& =T= "ZQPINDZQ" ;
& =T= "ZQPORGZQ" ;

My question is how/where from we are getting these values(starting and ending with ZQ)?
Thanks for your response.

rjdickson · Post by **rjdickson** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 11:50 am

Hi,

When you use the Standardize Stage and a rule set that ends in NAME (like USNAME), there is a 'Optional Name Handling' drop down box with the following options:
- Process all as Individual (ZQPINDZQ)
- Process all as Organization (ZQPORGZQ)
- Process Undefined as Individual (ZQDINDZQ)
- Process Undefined as Organization (ZQDORGZQ)

When you select the option on in the stage, it creates the ZQxxxxZQ literal automatically.

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 3:14 pm

The other possible part of the answer to your question is to observe that what you posted is pattern action language. There is a pattern preceding each COPY action, which specifies the condition under which each constant will be assigned to the variable. The =T= operator forces the comparison to be against the actual text value (rather than the standardized, or "abbreviation").

jaksani · Post by **jaksani** » Thu Mar 03, 2011 7:42 am

rjdickson wrote:Hi,

When you use the Standardize Stage and a rule set that ends in NAME (like USNAME), there is a 'Optional Name Handling' drop down box with the following options:
- Process all as Individual (ZQPINDZQ)
- Process all as Organization (ZQPORGZQ)
- Process Undefined as Individual (ZQDINDZQ)
- Process Undefined as Organization (ZQDORGZQ)

When you select the option on in the stage, it creates the ZQxxxxZQ literal automatically.

Thanks for your response.
Is it necessary to select any one option?

rjdickson · Post by **rjdickson** » Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:50 am

Hi,

No, it is not required But it can, in some cases, improve processing. If, for example, you ONLY have Individual names, then you can use the 'Process all as Individual' to tell QualityStage to NOT try to figure that out.