Value suggestion is a feature of Data Cloud that allows you to identify and select text attributes from a picklist of options. You can use value suggestion to standardize values across different data sources and improve data quality. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.c360_a_data_cloud_value_suggestion.htm &type=5

The Source Sequence reconciliation rule allows you to sort your data sources in order of most to least preferred for inclusion in a unified profile9. For example, you can specify that data from Marketing Cloud should have higher priority than data from Service Cloud when selecting attributes such as first name or last name.

These three features can be used to validate the data in the unified profile object. Data Explorer allows you to view the ingested data from different sources and how it is mapped to the unified profile object. Query API allows you to query the unified profile object using SOQL or SQL queries. Profile Explorer allows you to view the unified profile records and their attributes. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.c360_a_data_explorer.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.c360_a_query_api.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.c360_a_profile_explorer.htm &type=5

To pause a segment activation but with the intent of using that segment again, the administrator should stop the publish schedule for that segment. This will stop the segment from being refreshed and activated, but it will not delete or inactivate the segment. The administrator can resume the publish schedule at any time.

According to the Data Cloud documentation, segments can only be created on the Unified Individual entity, which represents the result of Identity Resolution. The other data model object categories, such as Profile, Engagement, and Other, are not available for segmentation.

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.

Reducing the number of matching rules can increase the consolidation rate for Identity Resolution, because it reduces the chances of finding multiple matches for the same individual. Matching rules tell Data Cloud which profiles to unify during the identity resolution process. If there are too many matching rules, Data Cloud might find more than one match for a given profile, resulting in a lower consolidation rate. References: Identity Resolution Match Rules