How to use the Similarity Search node

Hello,

I’ve been using Knime for only about a year for very basic string manipulation. Now, I need to do a bit of more advanced analysis trying to determine where names may have been truncated unexpectedly by comparing them with a table of established names to identify potential issues. My workflow has two Table Creator nodes with a single column each. I then try to use each as an input to a Similarity Search node. When I attempt to configure the search node, however, no column names appear for inclusion or exclusion and the node will not execute. Is there a tutorial on how to use this node? I’m sure my setup must be off (or I simply misunderstand its purpose), so any help would be appreciated. Here are screen shots of my workflow:

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Thanks,
Dave

Hi Dave -

Give this example workflow a try:

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Take a look at this post.

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Thank you, ScottF! I’ll check it out.

Dave

Thanks, rfeigel! I’ll check it out.

Dave

@dwilson here is an example where you loop thru a list of correct names and try to match wrong ones with a similarity search.

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