Consolidation Rate: The consolidation rate in Salesforce Data Cloud refers to the effectiveness of unifying records into a single profile. A low consolidation rate indicates that many records are not being successfully unified.

Matching Rules: Matching rules are critical in the identity resolution process. They define the criteria for identifying and merging duplicate records.

Solution:

Increase Matching Rules: Adding more matching rules improves the system's ability to identify duplicate records. This includes matching on additional fields or using more sophisticated matching algorithms.

Steps:

Access the Identity Resolution settings in Data Cloud.

Review the current matching rules.

Add new rules that consider more fields such as phone number, address, or other unique identifiers.

Benefits:

Improved Unification: Higher accuracy in matching and merging records, leading to a higher consolidation rate.

Comprehensive Profiles: Enhanced customer profiles with consolidated data from multiple sources.

References:

Salesforce Data Cloud Identity Resolution

Salesforce Help: Matching Rules