---
title: "PartialAnswer"
description: "which bound was reached, what was dropped, and which way that biases the count"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/partialanswer
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# PartialAnswer

which bound was reached, what was dropped, and which way that biases the count

[figure: PartialAnswer is a value at none scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | value |
| scope | none |
| key | none |
| store | none |
| family | rules_engine |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `bound` | `one of units \| time \| expansion` | yes |  |
| `dropped` | `text` | yes |  |
| `bias` | `one of an upper bound \| a lower bound \| neither` | yes |  |



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