To use a match model for the match and merge process, publish the model after you complete configuring it. After you publish a model, you can define match and merge jobs that use the model. You cannot delete or change a published model back to the draft state.
Important: You must configure and publish the match model after you configure the data model, but before the ingress job is run for the initial data load. If the match model configuration is published after the initial data load, the data that is already in the Business 360 data store is not considered by the match model and does not undergo matching.
If you publish a match model with changes to the candidate selection criteria, the model is applied to the data that loads after you publish the model.