---
title: "FacetKind"
description: "a kind of facet, a closed register a person extends by a row"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/facetkind
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# FacetKind

a kind of facet, a closed register a person extends by a row

[figure: FacetKind is a row at platform scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | row |
| scope | platform |
| key | its name |
| store | postgres |
| family | rules_engine |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `name` | `text` | yes | place, condition, profession, life stage, interest, brand affinity, institution, firmographic, role, language, a need state, a rung, a posture of trust, a role of influence, a routing role |
| `aggregate_only_by_rule` | `bool` | yes |  |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns FacetKind directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.