is it possible to built search request just for a last name (without specifying company or permid)?
how such a request for 'Person' data should be constructed?
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search request for a last name
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The entity search doesn't support the person entity. Therefore, you need to use a matching API to match the name to the person entity.
However, to use the matching API with the person entity, it requires at least [firstname,lastname,companypermid] or [firstname,lastname,companyname].
person=""" LocalID,FirstName,MiddleName,PreferredName,LastName,CompanyPermID,CompanyName,NamePrefix,NameSuffix 1,Satya,,,Nadella,,Microsoft Corp,, 2,Satya,,,Nadella,4295907168,,, 3,Martin,,,Jetter,,International Business Machines Corp,, 4,Martin,,,Jetter,,IBM,, """ output,err = opid.match(person,dataType="Person", raw_output=False) output
