The Ignore Empty Value option is a setting for reconciliation rules, which determine the logic for data selection in a unified profile7. If this option is enabled, empty fields are ignored when applying the reconciliation rule. For example, if the rule is to select the most frequent value, and one of the values is empty, it will not be counted as a frequency.

Data Cloud can address these two common use cases by providing a platform that allows customers to ingest, map, enrich, and activate data from various sources using the Customer 360 data model, and byenabling customers to create segments, insights, and activations based on their customer data. References: [Data Cloud Overview], [Customer 360 Data Model], [Data Activation]

To create a Cloud File Storage activation target, you need to provide access and secret keys for authentication5. These keys are generated by your cloud storage provider, such as Amazon S3 or Google Cloud Storage.

These two applications automatically create activation targets when they are connected to Data Cloud.You can use these targets to activate segments or calculated insights to these applications.References:https://help.
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These are the three Data Model objectsthat Reconciliation Rules operate across. Reconciliation rules tell Data Cloud how to prioritize values for unified individual profiles when there is conflicting information in the data model. For example, if two profiles have different email addresses, reconciliation rules can determine which one to use for the unified profile. Reconciliation rules can operate on the Individual object, which represents a person or entity, the Party Identification object, which represents an identifier such as a social media handle or a loyalty card number, and the Contact Point Email object, which represents an email address.
References: Identity Resolution Reconciliation Rules