Output

Table 1. Candidate Finder Outputs

Field Name

Format

Description / Valid Values

CandidateGroup

String

This field identifies a grouping of a suspect record and its candidates. Each suspect record is given a CandidateGroup number. The candidates for that suspect are given the same CandidateGroup number. For example, if John Smith is a suspect record and its candidate records are John Smith and Jon Smth, then all three records would have the same CandidateGroup value.

TotalMatchCount

String

This field indicates the total number of matches that were made during processing.

TransactionRecordType

String

One of the following:

Suspect
A suspect record is used as input to a query.
Candidate
A candidate record is a result returned from a query.