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August 11, 2025

# What is the meaning of the 'searchStatus' field?

The *searchStatus* field means whether a particular search was successful or not.

If the system was able to carry out a search for an individual in a specific data source then the *searchStatus* will be 'Successful', even if a match was not found.  
On the other hand, if for some reason the search for a person was not completed, the *searchStatus* will be 'Unsuccessful'.

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**How does it relate to the 'status' field for each individual data source?**  
The *searchStatus* will be 'Successful' if the *status* returned is 0, 1 or 2. These correspond to Full Match, Partial Match or No Match respectively. All these three values indicate that the search was successully carried out.  
If, however, the *status *is 3*, *which indicates an error at the data source's end, the *searchStatus *will be Unsuccessful' since the search was not finished. One of the reasons for that is temporary outage of the data source. 

**Note: **The above explanation will be helpful when using a single data source for performing a search. In case of a composite query (using two or more data sources), the following article gives a comprehensive overview of the role of *searchStatus*:

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