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ID Types

Learn about the Entity ID types in your Profiles project.

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You can use id_types to list the type of identifiers used in an ID stitcher. You can also use this parameter for creating entity_var and input_var. The data type of these identifiers must be string.

id_types:
  - name: user_id
    filters:
      - type: include/exclude
        value: "value"
      - type: include/exclude
        regex: "regex expression"
  - name: email
    maximum_edges:
      - user_id: 1
FieldDescription
name
Required		Name of the ID type.
filtersFilter(s) the ID types to include/exclude specific values. The filters are processed in the listed order.
maximum_edgesDefines cardinality rules that limit how many connections a node of an ID type can have to another node of other ID types.
typeFilter type - accepted values are include or exclude.
valueSpecify the value that should be matched exactly.
regexRegular expression to match.

Example

entities:
  - name: user
    id_column_name: user_rud_id
    id_types:
      - user_id
      - anonymous_id
      - email

id_types:
  - name: user_id
    maximum_edges:
      - email: 2
      - anonymous_id: 5
  - name: anonymous_id
    extends: user_id
    filters:
      - type: exclude
        value: "unknown"
      - type: exclude
        value: "NaN"
  - name: email
    filters:
      - type: include
        regex: "[A-Za-z0-9+_.-]+@(.+)"

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