Case Sensitivity

Case Sensitivity allows users to decide whether case sensitivity should impact accuracy during comparison style checks.

The Case Sensitivity setting can be enabled or disabled for any qualifying Quality Control (QC Quality Control) check. When the setting is enabled, upper or lower text casing must match as the comparison is carried out. When disabled (default), upper or lower text casing is not considered during the comparison.

Note: In most cases, turning case sensitivity on and enforcing match casing provides stricter criteria requiring more precise data.

  • The Point to Polygon Attribute Compare QC check is configured on an MSAG Community polygon and MSAG Community field and it finds the following:

    • Point record’s MSAG Community Field Value: My Awesome Community

    • Polygon record’s MSAG Community Field Value: MY AWESOME COMMUNITY

      • Case Sensitivity is Enabled: When case sensitivity is enabled, match casing is enforced. Therefore, this scenario would flag and create a fallout because one example is upper cased while the other is proper cased. They do not match but should.

      • Case Sensitivity is Disabled: If case sensitivity is disabled, casing is not considered. Therefore, the example shown does not create a fallout because the values are a direct match.

  • The Duplicate Value check is the only check made stricter by ignoring casing. For example, the Duplicate Value QC check is configured on a street full name field and finds two records:

    • N Main St

    • N MAIN ST

      • Case Sensitivity is Enabled: When case sensitivity is enabled, match casing is enforced. Therefore, this scenario would not flag a fallout because one instance is upper cased while the other is proper cased.

      • Case Sensitivity is Disabled: If case sensitivity is disabled, casing is not considered. Therefore, this example is flagged as a fallout.

NENA standards and Esri Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. A company that designs and develops GIS technology. do not enforce case sensitivity. However, the following QC checks can be configured to apply case sensitivity.

  1. In the Navigation Bar, select Account Settings.
  2. From Account Settings, select Data Target Configuration.
  3. Locate the Data Target Configuration you want to edit.

  4. In the Actions column, select Here is an image of an ellipsis, or dot dot dot, that when selected opens the Actions box with a list of available options. to view available actions and select Edit.

    The Target Configuration - Layers window opens.

  1. Locate the layer you want to edit and select Edit Layer.

    The Target Configuration - Layers window opens for the layer selected.

  2. Scroll to the Quality Control (QC) Checks section.

  3. Expand Quality Control (QC) Checks to view a list of QC Checks for the layer.

  4. In the Quality Control Check column, locate the QC check you want to edit and click the row to expand and view settings.

  5. In the Case Sensitivity section, click the Match Case check box to enable or disable case sensitivity.

    When the Match Case check box is checked, case sensitivity is enabled. When unchecked, casing is disabled.

  6. To save, click Done in the lower right corner.