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Match rules for SAP S/4HANA

Learn about the match rules used in Reltio for SAP S/4HANA that are defined out-of-the-box.

Reltio for SAP S/4HANA brings together systems and most of these systems duplicate customer, vendor, and material information. Match rules define the criteria Reltio uses to determine whether two records are duplicates.

SAP S/4HANA comes with predefined match rules specific to enterprises running SAP S/4HANA or SAP ECC. Take a look at the match rules types defined for a specific entity in Console > Data Modeler > Entity Types > <entity> > Match rules.

For general information on match rules, see topic Reltio match and merge. For information on working with match rules, see topic Configure match rules overview. For descriptions of the match rules that come with Reltio for SAP S/4HANA, see the following sections.

Organization entity type match rules

This table identifies the Reltio for SAP S/4HANA match rules used to master data for the Organization entity type. Use these match rules to create a record for a specific customer account.

LabelDescriptionMatch queries
Fuzzy (Name); EOAN (Identifier); EON (Phone); Exact (Address1, Zip5, TaxID)Creates a potential match
Fuzzy on
    Name
and
Exact or all null on
    Identifier
and
Exact or null on
    Phone
and
Exact on
    Address1
    and
    Zip5
    and
    TaxID
Exact (Name, Identifier)Creates a potential match
Exact on
    Name
    and
    Identifier
Fuzzy (Name); Exact (TaxID)Creates a potential match
Fuzzy on
    Name
and
Exact on
    TaxID
Fuzzy (Name); Exact (Address1, City or Zip5)Creates a potential match
Fuzzy on
    Name
and
Exact on
    Address1
    and
    City or Zip5
Fuzzy (Name Metaphone); Exact (Address1, City or PostalCode)Creates a potential match
Fuzzy on
    Name Metaphone
and
Exact on
    Address1
    and
    City or PostalCode
Exact (Name, Address, Phone)Creates a potential match
Exact on
    Name
    and
    Address
    and
    Phone
Fuzzy (Name); Exact (Address1, PostalCode)Creates a potential match
Fuzzy on
    Name
and
Exact on
    Address1
    and
    PostalCode
Fuzzy (Name); Exact (Address1, State)Creates a potential match
Fuzzy on
    Name
and
Exact on
    Address1
    and
    State

Supplier entity type match rules

This table identifies the Reltio for SAP S/4HANA match rules used to master data for the Supplier entity type. Use these match rules to create a record for a specific vendor or supplier.

LabelDescriptionMatch queries
Fuzzy (Name); EOAN (Identifier); EON (Phone); Exact (Address1, Zip5, TaxID)Creates a potential match
Fuzzy on
    Name
and
Exact or all null on
    Identifier
and
Exact or null on
    Phone
and
Exact on
    Address1
    and
    Zip5
    and
    TaxID
Exact (Name, Identifier)Creates a potential match
Exact on
    Name
    and
    Identifier
Fuzzy (Name); Exact (TaxID)Creates a potential match
Fuzzy on
    Name
and
Exact on
    TaxID
Fuzzy (Name); Exact (Address1, City or Zip5)Creates a potential match
Fuzzy on
    Name
and
Exact on
    Address1
    and
    City or Zip5
Fuzzy (Name Metaphone); Exact (Address1, City or PostalCode)Creates a potential match
Fuzzy on
    Name Metaphone
and
Exact on
    Address1
    and
    City or PostalCode
Exact (Name, Address, Phone)Creates a potential match
Exact on
    Name
    and
    Address
    and
    Phone
Fuzzy (Name); Exact (Address1, PostalCode)Creates a potential match
Fuzzy on
    Name
and
Exact on
    Address1
    and
    PostalCode
Fuzzy (Name); Exact (Address1, State)Creates a potential match
Fuzzy on
    Name
and
Exact on
    Address1
    and
    State

Individual entity type match rules

This table identifies the Reltio for SAP S/4HANA match rules used to master data for the Individual entity type. Use these match rules to create a record for a specific person or contact.

LabelDescriptionMatch queries
Exact (FirstName, LastName, DOB, Address1, City); EON (MiddleName, NamePrefix, NameSuffix)Creates a potential match
Exact on
    FirstName
    and
    LastName
    and
    DOB
    and
    Address1
    and
    City
and
Exact or null on
    MiddleName
    and
    NamePrefix
    and
    NameSuffix
Fuzzy (FirstName, LastName); Exact (Address1, Zip5); EON (NameSuffix, Email)Creates a potential match
Fuzzy on
    FirstName
    and
    LastName
and
Exact on
    Address1
    and
    Zip5
and
Exact or null on
    NameSuffix
    and
    Email
Fuzzy (FirstName, LastName); Exact (IdentifierValue, IdentifierType)Creates a potential match
Fuzzy on
    FirstName
    and
    LastName
and
Exact on
    IdentifierValue
    and
    IdentifierType
Fuzzy (FirstName, LastName); Exact (Email)Creates a potential match
Fuzzy on
    FirstName
    and
    LastName
and
Exact on
    Email
Fuzzy (FirstName, LastName); Exact (Phone)Creates a potential match
Fuzzy on
    FirstName
    and
    LastName
and
Exact on
    Phone
Exact (LastName, Address1, Zip5 OR PostalCode); EOAN (Address2); EON (AddressType, State)Creates an automatic grouping
Exact on
    LastName
    and
    Address1
    and
    Zip5 OR PostalCode
and
Exact or all null on
    Address2
and
Exact or null on
    AddressType
    and
    State

Material entity type match rules

This table identifies the Reltio for SAP S/4HANA match rules used to master data for the Material entity type. Use these match rules to create a record for a specific material or product.

LabelDescriptionMatch queries
Exact (Material Number)Creates a potential match
Exact on
    Material Number
Exact (GTIN)Creates a potential match
Exact on
    GTIN

Location entity type match rules

This table identifies the Reltio for SAP S/4HANA match rules used to master data for the Location entity type. Use these match rules to create a record for a specific address.

LabelDescriptionMatch queries
Automatic match on exact address components once Loqate-verifiedAutomatically merges recordsCleansed addresses are matched exactly rather than fuzzily, since Loqate has already normalized them

Plant entity type match rules

This table identifies the Reltio for SAP S/4HANA match rules used to master data for the Plant entity type. Use these match rules to create a record for a specific plant.

LabelDescriptionMatch queries
Exact (PlantCode)Creates a potential match
Exact on
    PlantCode

ChartOfAccounts entity type match rules

This table identifies the Reltio for SAP S/4HANA match rules used to master data for the ChartOfAccounts entity type. Use these match rules to create a record for a specific chart of accounts.

LabelDescriptionMatch queries
Exact (Chart of Accounts key)Creates a potential match
Exact on
    Chart of Accounts key

GLAccount entity type match rules

This table identifies the Reltio for SAP S/4HANA match rules used to master data for the GLAccount entity type. Use these match rules to create a record for a specific general ledger account.

LabelDescriptionMatch queries
Exact (GLAccountNumber, ChartOfAccounts)Creates a potential match
Exact on
    GLAccountNumber
    and
    ChartOfAccounts

CostCenter entity type match rules

This table identifies the Reltio for SAP S/4HANA match rules used to master data for the CostCenter entity type. Use these match rules to create a record for a specific cost center.

LabelDescriptionMatch queries
Exact (CostCenter, ControllingArea)Creates a potential match
Exact on
    CostCenter
    and
    ControllingArea

ProfitCenter entity type match rules

This table identifies the Reltio for SAP S/4HANA match rules used to master data for the ProfitCenter entity type. Use these match rules to create a record for a specific profit center.

LabelDescriptionMatch queries
Exact (ProfitCenter, ControllingArea)Creates a potential match
Exact on
    ProfitCenter
    and
    ControllingArea

BillOfMaterial entity type match rules

This table identifies the Reltio for SAP S/4HANA match rules used to master data for the BillOfMaterial entity type. Use these match rules to create a record for a specific bill of material.

LabelDescriptionMatch queries
Exact (BOMNumber)Creates a potential match
Exact on
    BOMNumber

BOMItem entity type match rules

This table identifies the Reltio for SAP S/4HANA match rules used to master data for the BOMItem entity type. Use these match rules to create a record for a specific bill of material item.

LabelDescriptionMatch queries
Exact (BOMItemNodeID)Creates a potential match
Exact on
    BOMItemNodeID