Importing sample data into the Standardization Rules Designer

To inform the changes that you make in the Standardization Rules Designer, you can import a representative sample data set.

Before you begin

In the Standardization Rules Designer, open a revision for a rule set that you want to enhance.

About this task

Files that contain sample data must meet the following requirements:
  • Files must be plain text files that are smaller than 100 MB.
  • Files must use UTF-8 character encoding.
  • Files must have only one record per line and a maximum of 4097 Unicode characters per record.

After you choose a file to import sample data from, the sample data is parsed by using the separation and strip characters. All of the characters in the sample data are converted to uppercase.

Procedure

  1. In the Standardization Rules Designer, click the Home tab.
  2. From the navigation pane, click Import Sample Data.
  3. Click Import.
  4. Browse to the file that contains the sample data set, and then click Open.
Parent topic: Enhancing standardization rule sets by using the Standardization Rules Designer