Data 360 Consultant Identity Resolution Practice Question
A consultant is configuring identity resolution and wants to ensure that exact phone matching takes country code formatting differences into account. How does Data Cloud handle phone number matching?
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Data Cloud normalizes phone numbers into a standard international format during ingestion and mapping before evaluating exact phone rules.
Data Cloud standardizes phone numbers during ingestion and normalization before applying exact phone match rules.
Answer analysis
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Data Cloud normalizes phone numbers into a standard international format during ingestion and mapping before evaluating exact phone rules.
Why this is correct
Normalization standardizes phone formatting to ensure accurate exact phone matching.
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Phone match rules require exact string matches without any prior formatting normalization.
Why it's wrong here
Data Cloud normalizes contact points automatically to handle formatting discrepancies.
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Phone matching requires manual Apex code to strip country codes.
Why it's wrong here
Apex code cannot be used on Data Cloud ingestion streams; normalization is built-in.
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Phone matching only evaluates the last 4 digits of the phone string.
Why it's wrong here
Evaluating only 4 digits would cause extreme over-merging.
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