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Duplicate Customer Detection

uniquenesshigh

Flags potential duplicate customer records by identifying rows with the same legal name, same date of birth, and similar address within the customer base. Duplicate records can lead to fragmented transaction monitoring, missed suspicious activity, and regulatory reporting failures.

v1.0.0by dqhub1,036 downloads4.3 (73)
cipdata-integrityamlkycdeduplicationcustomer-matching
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Parameters

column_namestringrequired

The column containing email addresses

thresholdfloatdefault: 0.99

Minimum fraction of valid emails (0.0 to 1.0)

Compliance Mapping

BSA/AML31 CFR 1020.210 - CDD Rule

FATFRecommendation 10 - Customer Due Diligence

eIDASAMLD5 Directive (EU) 2018/843 Article 13

Install

soda
checks for {{table_name}}:
  - invalid_percent({{column_name}}) < {{(1 - threshold) * 100}}:
      valid regex: '^[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}$'
dbt
{% test valid_email(model, column_name) %}
select {{ column_name }}
from {{ model }}
where {{ column_name }} not regexp '^[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}$'
{% endtest %}
sql
SELECT COUNT(*) as total,
  SUM(CASE WHEN {{column_name}} REGEXP
    '^[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}$'
    THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) as valid
FROM {{table_name}}
Great Expectations
{
  "expectation_type": "expect_column_values_to_match_regex",
  "kwargs": {
    "column": "{{column_name}}",
    "regex": "^[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}$",
    "mostly": {{threshold}}
  }
}
spark
from pyspark.sql.functions import col
pattern = r'^[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}$'
invalid = df.filter(~col("{{column_name}}").rlike(pattern)).count()

Test Data

Passing Examples

idvalue
1alice@example.com
2bob.smith@company.co.uk
3charlie+tag@domain.org

Failing Examples

idvalue
1not-an-email
2@missing-local.com
3spaces in@email.com

CLI

Terminal
npx dqhub install duplicate-customer-detection --format soda --table YOUR_TABLE
npx dqhub install duplicate-customer-detection --format dbt --model YOUR_MODEL
npx dqhub install duplicate-customer-detection --format sql --dialect snowflake