If an object you are correlating has a name, the software will look for a corresponding shared object based on the name and the classes that can be correlated with your object.
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If only one corresponding shared object is found, then your object will be correlated to it.
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If multiple objects were found with a matching name and valid class, the secondary criteria, such as an auto-correlate rule, is applied if any rules are configured for the class.
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If only one corresponding object is found after applying the secondary criteria, then the object will be correlated to that.
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If multiple shared objects are determined to be potential targets for correlation and they are not of the same type or cannot be converted to the same type with the inclusion of your object, then you will be asked to make the decision using the To Do List.
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A Resolve-Conflicts task is added to your To Do List after the document is loaded and consolidated. Once you click the Correlate command from this task, a dialog box displays all the objects that were found to have conflicts during correlation, along with all the potential matching shared objects. Choose the appropriate shared object for each of the objects. Once you approve the task, these correlations are updated in the database.
The criteria used when correlating objects are honored in the following priority:
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SameAs relationship published by a tool
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Custom SameAs relationship (provided by a user during auto-correlate step)
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Applied auto-correlate rule
Correlating an unnamed object
Objects without names can be correlated only if secondary auto-correlation rules have been defined. WIth the exception of the name criteria, the same logic applies for correlating objects without names as for named objects.