Mandatory, required, and optional fields

Each objective on the Deduplication tab specifies a set of fields that the deduplication process can analyze at run time. To get the best results from the deduplication operation, provide input data for every mandatory field that the objective specifies and provide data for at least one required field. You can also provide data for the other fields that the objective specifies.

Note: The mandatory and required fields can vary according to the index key that you select for the objective. The current index key on any objective is always a current mandatory field. For example, the deduplicate asset specifies Organization Name as a single index key option for the CC Issuer objective, which means that Organization Name is mandatory in all cases for CC Issuer.

The following tables list the default sets of mandatory, required, and optional fields on each objective:

Address

Field	Field Type
Address Part1	Mandatory
Code	Optional
Date	Optional
Exact	Optional
Geocode	Optional
Telephone Number	Optional

Address Code

Author ISBN

Field	Field Type
Email	Optional
Exact	Optional
Person Name	Mandatory
ISBN10	Required, unless you specify ISBN13
ISBN13	Required, unless you specify ISBN10

CC Issuer

Note: As the Organization Name is the single index key option on the CC Issuer objective, Organization Name becomes a mandatory key in addition to Credit Card.

Field	Field Type
Company Name	Required, unless you specify Organization Name
Credit Card	Mandatory
Exact	Optional
Organization Name	Required, unless you specify Company Name

CC Owner

Field	Field Type
Address Part1	Optional
CreditCard	Mandatory
Date	Optional
Email	Optional
Exact	Optional
Geocode	Optional
Person Name	Mandatory
Telephone Number	Optional

Contact

Field	Field type
Address Part1	Mandatory
Code	Optional
Company Name	Required, unless you specify Organization Name
Date	Optional
Email	Optional
Exact	Optional
Geocode	Optional
Person Name	Mandatory
Organization Name	Required, unless you specify Company Name
Telephone Number	Optional

Corp Entity

Note: As Organization Name is the single required field on the Corp Entity objective, Organization Name becomes a mandatory field.

Field	Field type
Address Part1	Optional
Code	Optional
Company Name	Required, unless you specify Organization Name
Date	Optional
Exact	Optional
Geocode	Optional
Organization Name	Required, unless you specify Company Name
Telephone Number	Optional

Division

Field	Field type
Address Part1	Mandatory
Code	Optional
Company Name	Required, unless you specify Organization Name
Exact	Optional
Geocode	Optional
Organization Name	Required, unless you specify Company Name
Telephone Number	Optional

Family

Field	Field type
Address Part1	Mandatory
Code	Optional
Email	Optional
Exact	Optional
Geocode	Optional
Person Name	Mandatory
Telephone Number	Mandatory

Fields

Note: In the core field list for the Fields objective, all fields are optional. The deduplicate asset identifies the current index key as a manadatory field.

Field	Field type
Address Part1	Optional
Code	Optional
Company Name	Optional
Credit Card	Optional
Date	Optional
Email	Optional
Exact	Optional
Geocode	Optional
ISBN10	Optional
ISBN13	Optional
Organization Name	Optional
Person Name	Optional
Product Description	Optional
Product Name	Optional
Telephone Number	Optional
VIN	Optional
Generic Field	Optional

Generic

Geocode

Household

Field	Field Type
Generic Field	Mandatory

Field	Field Type
Geocode	Mandatory

Field	Field type
Address Part1	Mandatory
Code	Optional
Email	Optional
Exact	Optional
Geocode	Optional
Person Name	Mandatory
Telephone Number	Optional

Individual

Field	Field type
Date	Required, unless you specify ID
Code	Optional
Email	Optional
Exact	Optional
Person Name	Mandatory

Organization

Field	Field type
Address Part1	Optional
Code	Optional
Company Name	Required, unless you specify Organization Name
Date	Optional
Exact	Optional
Geocode	Optional
Organization Name	Required, unless you specify Company Name
Telephone Number	Optional

Person Name

Field	Field type
Address Part1	Optional
Code	Optional
Date	Optional
Email	Optional
Exact	Optional
Geocode	Optional
Person Name	Mandatory
Telephone Number	Optional

Product

Field	Field type
Code	Optional
Company Name	Optional
Exact	Optional
Organization Name	Optional
Product Description	Required
Product Name	Required

Publisher ISBN

Field	Field Type
Address Part1	Optional
Company Name	Required, unless you specify Organization Name
Exact	Optional
Geocode	Optional
ISBN10	Required, unless you specify ISBN13
ISBN13	Required, unless you specify ISBN10
Organization Name	Required, unless you specify Company Name

Resident

Field	Field type
Address Part1	Mandatory
Code	Optional
Date	Optional
Email	Optional
Exact	Optional
Geocode	Optional
Person Name	Mandatory
Telephone Number	Optional

VIN Manufacturer

Field	Field Type
Address Part1	Optional
Company Name	Required, unless you specify Organization Name
Exact	Optional
Geocode	Optional
Organization Name	Required, unless you specify Company Name
VIN	Mandatory

VIN Owner

Field	Field Type
Address Part1	Mandatory
Code	Optional
Company Name	Required, unless you specify Organization Name
Date	Optional
Email	Optional
Exact	Optional
Geocode	Optional
Organization Name	Required, unless you specify Company Name
Person Name	Optional
VIN	Mandatory

Wide Contact

Field	Field type
Code	Optional
Company Name	Required, unless you specify Organization Name
Email	Optional
Exact	Optional
Organization Name	Required, unless you specify Company Name
Person Name	Mandatory

Wide Household

Field	Field type
Address Part1	Mandatory
Code	Optional
Email	Optional
Exact	Optional
Geocode	Optional
Person Name	Optional
Telephone Number	Mandatory