- Browse to the input file you have created.
- Select the three key fields so they are correctly mapped to the Origins database.
- Process the file - Origins will process an input file, even with millions of records, within a few minutes.
- Choose the reporting options to meet your needs and export subsets for further scrutiny, as required.
- If required, create profiles against standard geographical, or user-defined, base files. These are packaged with the product and will help assess under or over-representation in your customer file and provides important insight for business strategy and action.
- Create an output file with the appended data fields to meet your needs and export to your preferred location.
Using Origins
Licensees of Origins are set up with access to the software either through delivery of software on recorded media or via the internet.
In preparation for using the software, you would typically create an input file that includes three key fields - Personal Name, Family Name, and a unique record number (URN). The URN will allow matching back to your customer database. The fields may be in any sequence. This becomes the input file for processing in Origins.
After launching the software, follow these major steps:
