Before You Begin Developing a Master Index

Creating a master index application requires in-depth analyses of your business requirements, legacy data, and data processing requirements. After the initial analysis, you can plan and design how you will create the master index application framework and how you will customize that configuration after creating the framework. After creating the master index application, you should perform an in-depth data analysis using the tools provided. This analysis will help you define matching and standardization rules and logic. .

The following topics provide information about what you need to know and do before you begin to create a master index application.

• Preliminary Data Analysis for a Master Index

• Planning a Master Index Project

• Master Index Project Initiation Checklist