Source Dataset Requirements for the B2C Customers Data Product

The B2C Customers data product includes a predefined, standardized schema for customer contact data. When you add data to your data product, you identify how columns in your source datasets correspond to the attributes in the unified schema.

To prepare, review the general Requirements for Source Datasets.

The tables below describes these attributes and explains which are:

  • Required: You cannot refresh your data until you map source columns to these attributes.
  • Suggested: For optimal enrichment and clustering results, map source columns to these attributes.
  • Optional: These attributes have minimal impact on your clustering and enrichment results. If your source data includes columns that match these attributes, map them to include that source data in your completed data product.

Attributes Other than Addresses

Note that the matching model can use either the combination of first and family name values or full name values, whichever is mapped from the source data.

Unified Attribute Description Type
Primary Key The primary key used in the source dataset to uniquely identify each record. See About Primary Keys for more information. Required
Name Prefix The customer's prefix, such as Ms. or Mr. Optional
First Name The customer's first name. You are required to map either the first and family name or the full name attributes.
Middle Name The customer's middle name. Optional
Family Name The customer's last name. You are required to map either the first and family name or the full name attributes.
Full Name The contact's full name. You are required to map either the first and family name or the full name attributes.
Name Suffix The contacts's suffix, such as Jr. or Senior. Optional
Date of Birth The customer's date of birth. Optional
Gender The customer's gender. Optional
Email The customer's email address. Optional
Phone The customer's phone number. Suggested
National ID The customer's national identifier. For example, Social Security Number. Optional

Address Attributes

You can configure multiple address types in the B2C customers data product. Address attributes are organized into different groups, representing different types of addresses associated with the customers.

The data product schema includes Primary address attributes by default. You can choose to include attributes for additional address types, including: office, corporate, previous, mailing, shipping, registered, billing, and other addresses.

Within an attribute group, the attribute name is prefixed with the address type. For example: Primary: Address, Billing: City, and Mailing: Country.

Each attribute group includes the following address attributes:


Unified Address Attribute Description Type
Address Either line 1 of the address, or the complete address. Suggested for primary address. Optional for other address types.
Address Line 2 Line 2 of the address. Optional
City City of the address. Optional
State The state or region of the address. Optional
Postal Code Postal (zip) code of the address. Optional
Country Country of the address. Suggested for primary address. Optional for other address types.
Latitude The latitude of the address. Optional
Longitude The longitude of the address. Optional