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Understanding the Master Index Standardization Engine: Merged Business Name Category File
 

Understanding the Master Index Standardization Engine

Master Index Standardization Engine Overview

Finite State Machine Framework Configuration

FSM–Based Person Name Configuration

FSM–Based Telephone Number Configuration

Rules–Based Address Data Configuration

Rules-Based Business Name Configuration

Business Name Standardization Overview

Business Name Standardization Components

Business Name Standardization Files

Business Name Adjectives Key Type File

Business Alias Key Type File

Business Association Key Type File

Business General Terms Reference File

Business City or State Key Type File

Business Former Name Reference File

Merged Business Name Category File

Primary Business Name Reference File

Business Connector Tokens Reference File

Business Country Key Type File

Business Industry Sector Reference File

Business Industry Key Type File

Business Organization Key Type File

Business Patterns File

Business Name Standardization and Sun Master Index

Business Name Processing Fields

Configuring a Standardization Structure for Business Names

Configuring Phonetic Encoding for Business Names

Custom FSM–Based Data Types and Variants

Merged Business Name Category File

The merged business name category file (bizCompanyMergerNames.dat) provides a list of companies whose name changed because of a merger along with the name of the company after the merge. It also classifies the business names into industry sectors and sub-sectors. This enables the standardization engine to recognize the current company name and determine the sector of the business. You can add entries to the business merger name file using the following syntax.

former-name/merged-name sector-code

The following table describes each column in the merged business name category file.

Merged Business Name Category File

Column
Description
former-name
The name of the company whose name was not kept after the merger.
merged-name
The name of the company whose name was kept after the merger.
sector-code
The industry sector code of the business. Sector codes are listed in the bizIndustryCategoriesCode.dat file.

Below is an excerpt from the merged business name category file.

DUKE/FLUOR DANIEL                                 20005
FAULTLESS STARCH/BON AMI                          09004
FIND/SVP                                          10013
FIRST WAVE/NEWPARK SHIPBUILDING                   27005
GUNDLE/SLT                                        19020
HMG/COURTLAND                                     23004
J BROWN/LMC                                       10014
KORN/FERRY                                        10020
LINSCO/PRIVATE LEDGER                             14005
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