FieldDiff

Represents the name of a matching rule field and how the values of the field compare for the duplicate and its matching record.

Fields

difference

Type: differenceType

Description: How the values of the matching rule field compare for the duplicate and its matching record. Possible values include:

Same: Indicates the field values match exactly.
Different: Indicates that the field values do not match.
Null: Indicates that the field values are a match because both values are blank.

name

Type: string

Description: The name of a field on a matching rule that detected duplicates.

Java Sample

Here is a sample that shows how to display the matching rule field differences when a duplicate is detected. See DuplicateResult for a full code sample that shows how to block users from entering duplicate leads and display an alert and a list of duplicates.

1for (FieldDiff f : mr.getFieldDiffs()) {
2    System.out.println("For field " + f.getName() + " field difference is "
3        + f.getDifference().name());
4}