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Match Rule

A match rule defines how duplicate records are identified in duplicate rules and duplicate jobs. Learn about one of the match rules for the specified object, including the match rule's name and the fields that the match rule checks.
Property Name Type Description Filter Group and Version Available Version
matchEngine String The type of matching used by the match rule. Possible values are:
  • ExactMatchEngine—use exact matching rules to decide if the field values match.
  • FuzzyMatchEngine—use fuzzy matching rules to decide if the field values match.
Small, 50.0 50.0
matchFields String[] Fields that the match rule uses when checking for matching records. Small, 50.0 50.0
name String The name of the match rule. Small, 50.0 50.0
objectApiName String The API name of the object to which the match rule belongs. Small, 50.0 50.0