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title: Duplicate Rule
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description: Describes a duplicate rule.
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# Duplicate Rule

Describes a duplicate rule.

<table class="featureTable sort_table" summary="">





          <thead class="thead sorted" align="left">
            <tr>
              <th class="featureTableHeader vertical-align-top " id="d103965e51">Property Name</th>

              <th class="featureTableHeader vertical-align-top " id="d103965e54">Type</th>

              <th class="featureTableHeader vertical-align-top " id="d103965e57">Description</th>

              <th class="featureTableHeader vertical-align-top " id="d103965e60">Filter Group and Version</th>

              <th class="featureTableHeader vertical-align-top " id="d103965e63">Available Version</th>

            </tr>

          </thead>

          <tbody class="tbody">
            <tr>
              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e51" data-title="Property Name"><samp class="codeph nolang">actionOnInsert</samp></td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e54" data-title="Type">String</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e57" data-title="Description">Whether users can create a duplicate record. Possible values are: <ul class="ul bulletList">
                  <li class="li">
                    <samp class="codeph nolang">Allow</samp>—duplicate records can be
                    created
                  </li>

                  <li class="li">
                    <samp class="codeph nolang">Block</samp>—duplicate records can't be
                    created
                  </li>

                </ul>
              </td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e60" data-title="Filter Group and Version">Small, 50.0</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e63" data-title="Available Version">50.0</td>

            </tr>

            <tr>
              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e51" data-title="Property Name"><samp class="codeph nolang">actionOnUpdate</samp></td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e54" data-title="Type">String</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e57" data-title="Description">Whether users can create a duplicate record while editing an existing record.
                Possible values are:<ul class="ul bulletList">
                  <li class="li">
                    <samp class="codeph nolang">Allow</samp>—users can create a duplicate
                    record while editing an existing record
                  </li>

                  <li class="li">
                    <samp class="codeph nolang">Block</samp>—users can't create a
                    duplicate record while editing an existing record
                  </li>

                </ul>
              </td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e60" data-title="Filter Group and Version">Small, 50.0</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e63" data-title="Available Version">50.0</td>

            </tr>


            <tr>
              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e51" data-title="Property Name"><samp class="codeph nolang">active</samp></td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e54" data-title="Type">Boolean</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e57" data-title="Description">Indicates whether the duplicate rule is active (<samp class="codeph nolang">true</samp>) or not (<samp class="codeph nolang">false</samp>).</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e60" data-title="Filter Group and Version">Small, 50.0</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e63" data-title="Available Version">50.0</td>

            </tr>

            <tr>
              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e51" data-title="Property Name"><samp class="codeph nolang">duplicateRuleFilters</samp></td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e54" data-title="Type">
                <a class="xref" href="https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.uiapi.meta/uiapi/ui_api_responses_duplicate_rule_filter.htm" title="A duplicate rule filter.">Duplicate Rule Filter</a>[]
              </td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e57" data-title="Description">A list of filters that are used by the duplicate rule.</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e60" data-title="Filter Group and Version">Small, 50.0</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e63" data-title="Available Version">50.0</td>

            </tr>

            <tr>
              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e51" data-title="Property Name"><samp class="codeph nolang">matchRules</samp></td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e54" data-title="Type">
                <a class="xref" href="https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.uiapi.meta/uiapi/ui_api_responses_match_rule.htm" title="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.">Match Rule</a>[]
              </td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e57" data-title="Description">A list of the match rules that are used by the duplicate rule.</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e60" data-title="Filter Group and Version">Small, 50.0</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e63" data-title="Available Version">50.0</td>

            </tr>

            <tr>
              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e51" data-title="Property Name"><samp class="codeph nolang">name</samp></td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e54" data-title="Type">String</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e57" data-title="Description">The name of the duplicate rule.</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e60" data-title="Filter Group and Version">Small, 50.0</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e63" data-title="Available Version">50.0</td>

            </tr>

            <tr>
              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e51" data-title="Property Name"><samp class="codeph nolang">operationsOnInsert</samp></td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e54" data-title="Type">String[]</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e57" data-title="Description">Actions to take when a user creates a duplicate record. Possible values are:<ul class="ul bulletList">
                  <li class="li"><samp class="codeph nolang">Alert</samp></li>

                  <li class="li"><samp class="codeph nolang">Report</samp></li>

                </ul>
              </td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e60" data-title="Filter Group and Version">Small, 50.0</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e63" data-title="Available Version">50.0</td>

            </tr>

            <tr>
              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e51" data-title="Property Name"><samp class="codeph nolang">operationsOnUpdate</samp></td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e54" data-title="Type">String[]</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e57" data-title="Description">Actions to take when the edits to a record cause it to become a duplicate
                record. Possible values are:<ul class="ul bulletList">
                  <li class="li"><samp class="codeph nolang">Alert</samp></li>

                  <li class="li"><samp class="codeph nolang">Report</samp></li>

                </ul>
              </td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e60" data-title="Filter Group and Version">Small, 50.0</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d103965e63" data-title="Available Version">50.0</td>

            </tr>

          </tbody>

        </table>