{"article":{"id":36104796802199,"url":"https://plaid.zendesk.com/api/v2/help_center/en-us/articles/36104796802199.json","html_url":"https://support.plaid.com/hc/en-us/articles/36104796802199-What-conditions-cause-a-Partial-Match-for-a-data-attribute","author_id":5390778350871,"comments_disabled":true,"draft":false,"promoted":false,"position":0,"vote_sum":0,"vote_count":0,"section_id":36096054299287,"created_at":"2025-11-04T20:00:35Z","updated_at":"2026-05-31T03:46:21Z","name":"What conditions cause a “Partial Match” for a data attribute?","title":"What conditions cause a “Partial Match” for a data attribute?","source_locale":"en-us","locale":"en-us","outdated":false,"outdated_locales":[],"edited_at":"2026-05-31T03:46:20Z","user_segment_id":null,"permission_group_id":1121774,"content_tag_ids":[],"label_names":[],"body":"<p>A \"Partial Match\" occurs when there are slight variations between the input data and the data in Plaid's external data sources — for example, a typo, or input that contains only part of the data in the external data source (e.g. \"Knope\" vs. \"Knope-Wyatt\").</p>\n<p>Example: In Sandbox, if you search by the exact same name as the one contained in the test record, you will get a match on name. Include a typo in the name input, and you will get a partial match. Use a completely different name, and you will get no match.</p>\n<p>The same logic can be applied to any of the attributes. By modifying the sample record to use a search input, you should be able to simulate any outcome you'd like to test for.</p>","user_segment_ids":[]}}