Causing investigations to merge

The caseSearchFlag parameter indicates whether the Counter Fraud system attempts to find an investigation with which to merge any new investigations. When this parameter is set to search, the merge is attempted. If this property is not set by the analysis flow before the Counter Fraud Analysis Director begins processing the assessment actions, no merge is attempted.

The analysis flow must also tell the system about the conditions for completing the merge. The analysis flow must set the systemKey property value. The recommended value uses the following format:

AnalysisFlowName.focalObjectRef_objectType:objectID{.object type:object id
    {, object_type:object_id
    {{, …}}}

The minimum string that is used to merge investigations would be from the same analysis flow and for the same focal object. For example, the minimal systemKey value might be exampleFlow.party:123 or exampleFlow.account:456.

A more complex systemKey value might also be exampleFlow.party:123.event:456, or exampleFlow.party:123.account:345. Since the systemKey property is set by the analysis, it is consistent for each investigation that the analysis flow generates. This consistent value instructs the Counter Fraud system to merge investigations based on these matching strings. This string is not meant to be recursive, meaning that a single object type instance, such as a single party or single account, occurs in the string. The goal is a proper match, not a string version of the related objects list.