Rematch Address Improvement

[SDague_FSMAR]

I am currently doing some address geocoding and noticed where some improvement could be made to the rematch address geoprocessing tool.

I started with over 1600 tied address records and I am rematching them over time. Normally, there are numerous matches with equal scores and you just select the best option. However, some addresses do not have a good match and must be skipped and require further review.  This process is taking weeks to complete and I have built up a large list of addresses to skip. Each time I start the rematch address process, I have to manually click through all the skipped addresses to reach the point where I can continue rematching the tied addresses.

So here is the improvement I am suggesting, instead of only allowing the user to click from one to the next address to rematch, please make it possible to type in the number of the rematch address I need to go to.  The current tool only allows a forward or backward arrow to proceed one address at a time. If there was a way to click on the number and type in my desired rematch record, that would greatly improve the efficiency in which I can complete this task. So instead of going from record 1 to record 2 to record 3 etc. I could jump to record 55 or 100 or 1200 without having to click through all the other records that I do not need to look at right now. The attached image has a red box around the area that I am referring to.

I think this would help with any workflow that requires geocoding addresses, rematching those addresses and having to skip numerous records for any reason during the process.

[BorgmeyerBen]

does someone have a workaround for what this user is suggesting? i deal with the same issue and spend hours of my life clicking

[bradenmiller]

Seconded.  This is a real step backwards in usability. 

In ArcMap you saw all the records that met your filter criteria during rematch; tied, unmatched, etc.  You could sort those results, then quickly scroll down the rows, or type in a row number to return to where you left off.

[JoeBryant1]

You could add a new binary field for ReviewLater. Then, while you are in an edit session rematching, you could update this field with a value to filter out with a query. The next time you go to rematch addresses, turn a definition query on the layer to filter out the records you want to skip.

Since you know the record number you've already reviewed, I'm guessing you could create this new field, Select by Attributes and Field Calculate all the records you've already touched but want to skip so you can put this into practice right away.

Going forward, add the new field to the Rematch Address Pane and make sure to update the value when you get to a record you want to skip (setting a domain would be a good idea) while you work your way through the list.

[ShanaBritt]

When the Rematch Addresses pane is active, what ever selections are made in the attribute table of the geocoded feature class will be reflected in the Rematch Addresses pane. So if you could query all of the records using Select By Attributes, only those selected records would be reflected in the Rematch Addresses pane. You can also use Control+F in the table attribute view to find the record number and select it in the table and have the selection be reflected in the pane.