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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.

id_types:
    - name: id_type_name
      filters:
          - type: include/exclude
            value: "value"
          - type: include/exclude
            regex: "regex expression"
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.
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
    - 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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