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## Query Customer Profile Information

The Profile API provides a powerful way to query and analyze customer profile information in Data 360. This API allows you to retrieve profile data, metadata, and computed insights for your customers.

*   **Profile Data Access**: Retrieve information about customer profiles, including individual data, contact points, and addresses
*   **Computed Insights**: Access calculated attributes and insights related to customer profiles
*   **Flexible Querying**: Search and filter profile data using various criteria
*   **Hierarchical Data**: Access related profile data through parent-child relationships
*   **Accelerated Response**: Unified profile objects with index column filtering provide faster response times

*   Data Cloud licenses must be provisioned for your org
*   Users must have appropriate roles and permissions assigned
*   Authentication requires a valid access token
*   External Client App must be properly configured

*   Maximum of 50 fields can be retrieved per request
*   Default return limit is 4,999 rows
*   Only AND logical operator and equality comparator are supported
*   No limit on the number of filters in a query
*   Date/time fields must use the format: `YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS`

*   [**GET /api/v1/profile/metadata**](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/data/data-cloud-query-guide/references/data-cloud-query-api-reference/c360a-api-profile-meta.html)

    *   Retrieves metadata for all profile data model objects
    *   Returns field definitions and categories

*   [**GET /api/v1/profile/metadata/{dataModelName}**](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/data/data-cloud-query-guide/references/data-cloud-query-api-reference/c360a-api-profile-meta-dmname.html)

    *   Retrieves metadata for a specific profile data model object
    *   Returns field definitions, data types, and available indexes

*   [**GET /api/v1/profile/{dataModelName}**](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/data/data-cloud-query-guide/references/data-cloud-query-api-reference/c360a-api-profile-dmname.html)

    *   Queries profile data based on search filters
    *   Returns matching profile records

*   [**GET /api/v1/profile/{dataModelName}/{Id}**](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/data/data-cloud-query-guide/references/data-cloud-query-api-reference/c360a-api-profile-dmname-id.html)

    *   Retrieves specific profile records by ID
    *   Supports primary and secondary key lookups

*   [**GET /api/v1/profile/{dataModelName}/{Id}/{childDataModelName}**](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/data/data-cloud-query-guide/references/data-cloud-query-api-reference/c360a-api-profile-dmname-id-child-dmname.html)

    *   Retrieves profile data with related child objects
    *   Supports hierarchical data access

*   [**GET /api/v1/profile/{dataModelName}/{Id}/calculated-insights/{ci-name}**](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/data/data-cloud-query-guide/references/data-cloud-query-api-reference/c360a-api-profile-dmname-id-ci-ci-name.html)

    *   Retrieves profile data with computed insights
    *   Returns calculated attributes and metrics

*   Profile API calls only support data model objects in the profile category
*   Engagement category data model objects are not supported
*   Unified profile objects with index column filtering have accelerated response rates
*   You must explicitly specify fields to retrieve more than 10 fields
*   The API follows REST standards for consistency and ease of use

*   [User Roles and Permission Sets in Data 360](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_userpermissions.htm&type=5)
*   [Set Up an External Client App](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.external_client_apps.htm&type=5)
*   [Getting Started with Data Cloud API](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/data/data-cloud-ref/guide/c360a-getting-started-with-cdp.html)
*   [API Limits for Profile, Query, and Calculated Insights](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_limits_and_guidelines_cdp.htm&type=5)


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