ProviderSourceType property on Entity.sources

I have a query concerning the

ProviderSourceType property on Entity.sources array. When you retrieve a screened profile for a given entity, this property for each of the sources never seems to have a value in them.

Is this the case for the majority of Entities? I am finding it hard to find an entity with values in these optional properties.

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  • brian.bourgault
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    @john.crocker,

    Yes, LOCATION will work...here's an example...it will get documented going forward.

             "countryLinks": [
    {
    "country":
    {
    "code": "CAN",
    "name": "CANADA"
    },
    "countryText": "CANADA",
    "type": "POB"
    },
    {
    "country":
    {
    "code": "USA",
    "name": "UNITED STATES"
    },
    "countryText": "UNITED STATES",
    "type": "RESIDENT"
    },
    {
    "country":
    {
    "code": "MEX",
    "name": "MEXICO"
    },
    "countryText": "MEXICO",
    "type": "RESIDENT"
    },
    {
    "country":
    {
    "code": "CAN",
    "name": "CANADA"
    },
    "countryText": "CANADA",
    "type": "RESIDENT"
    },
    {
    "country":
    {
    "code": "USA",
    "name": "UNITED STATES"
    },
    "type": "LOCATION"
    },
    {
    "country":
    {
    "code": "MEX",
    "name": "MEXICO"
    },
    "countryText": "MEXICO",
    "type": "LOCATION"
    },
    {
    "country":
    {
    "code": "CAN",
    "name": "CANADA"
    },
    "countryText": "CANADA",
    "type": "LOCATION"
    },
    {
    "country":
    {
    "code": "CAN",
    "name": "CANADA"
    },
    "countryText": "CANADA",
    "type": "NATIONALITY"
    }
    ],

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  • Hi @john.crocker,

    There are a few places where this file is implemented, can you be more specific and include a sample of which occurrence you're referring to....

    Thanks,

    Brian

  • Hi Brian

    I am talking about when you screen an individual. You get back an IndividualEntity as per the API documentation, this has a sources property with the property I am referring to above. However we are yet to see any values appearing in these optional properties of the "sources" records. See example:

    "sources":[{"abbreviation":"WCDATA","creationDate":"2013-03-21T13:41:09Z","identifier":"b_trwc_4","name":"World-Check Data","providerSourceStatus":"ACTIVE","subscriptionCategory":"STANDARD"}]

    Note it doesnt contain a "type" (ProviderSourceType) property. and these never seem to?

    Is there any examples of this value populated in this context?

  • Brian

    I think we have solved it now, however I have noticed one more thing. With the CountryLinkType enum, we have got an unexpected value. One of our profile queries returned a enum value with type of "LOCATION" According to the documentation, valid values for this enum are

    NATIONALITY, OPERATESIN, POB, POD, REGISTEREDIN, RESIDENT, VESSELFLAG

    Can you clarify please?

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