Personal information facet

Contacts

Version:

Format in Sitecore 8.x

In Sitecore 8.x, settings that store the contact’s personal information are stored in multiple properties on the contact. The names of the properties are Personal and Preferences.

The following is an example the Personal and Preferences properties on the contact:

"Personal" : {
    "Birthdate" : ISODate("1890-01-01T00:`00:00`.000Z"),
    "FirstName" : "Thomas",
    "Gender" : "Male",
    "JobTitle" : "Owner",
    "Surname" : "Shelby",
    "MiddleName" : "Michael",
    "Nickname" : "Tommy",
    "Title" : "OBE"
},
"Preferences" : {
    "Language" : "en"
},

Format in Sitecore 9

In Sitecore 9, personal information is associated with a contact through a contact facet:


Facet Name	`Personal`
Facet Type	`Sitecore.XConnect.Collection.Model.PersonalInformation`

Mapping details


Mapping definition	MongoDB to xConnect Contact Mappings > MongoDB Contact to xConnect Contact Personal Info Facet

Value to write to target object	Property on target object
`Personal.Birthdate` from source object	`Birthdate`
`Personal.FirstName` from source object	`FirstName`
`Personal.Gender` from source object	`Gender`
`Personal.JobTitle` from source object	`JobTitle`
`Personal.Surname` from source object	`LastName`
`Personal.MiddleName` from source object	`MiddleName`
`Personal.Nickname` from source object	`Nickname`
`Preferences.Language` from source object	`PreferredLanguage`
`Personal.Suffix` from source object	`Suffix`
`Personal.Title` from source object	`Title`

If you have suggestions for improving this article, let us know!