Why the search results are different

[smehtaAA]

Hi,

I have been running some tests to figure out the search results and what to expect. I tried for a single word "Nicolas" in watchman.

The same search run on the OFAC sanctions search is different.

What can be reason for this? Is there a recommended search option to get accurate results?

Thanks,

[adamdecaf]

EXACT_MATCH_FAVORITISM is included if you want to match the Treasury tool. Their search produces tons of false positives so we have purposefully designed Watchman to return better match rankings.

EXACT_MATCH_FAVORITISM=1.0 would produce results similar to the Treasury OFAC search tool.

[smehtaAA]

Thanks. I will check it out. Also, does it affect the results which are not an exact match?

[adamdecaf]

does it affect the results which are not an exact match?

Nope. The match has to be exact. https://github.com/moov-io/watchman/blob/v0.21.3/cmd/server/search.go#L848-L850