When I am doing a find people search and setting a limit per company, the maximum results I get are 100, usually 50. But when I don't set it, I get full results in the hundreds or thousands. See screenshot, this is no limit per company set
This behavior is by design. When using the Find People search, you can set two types of limits:1. An overall limit - up to 50,000 records per search 2. A limit per company - up to 100 records per companyWhen you set a limit per company, it restricts the number of people that can be returned for each individual company to a maximum of 100 people. This means even if a company has thousands of matching profiles, only up to 100 will be included in your results.When you don't set a per-company limit, the search will return all matching profiles up to your overall search limit, regardless of how they're distributed across companies. Source: Find People overview | Documentation | Clay University
But if I set a limit of 100, I get just 50
If I set a limit per company of 10, I get 50 as well.
When you set a per-company limit in Find People search, the actual number of results you get may be less than your specified limit. This happens because the final number of results reflects any additional filtering or restrictions that are being applied to your search criteria. While you can set a limit of up to 100 records per company, the actual number returned will depend on how many profiles match all your search parameters.For reference, the maximum limits you can set are:** Up to 50,000 records per overall search ** Up to 100 records per companyTo get more results, you may want to review and adjust your search filters to ensure they're not too restrictive. Source: Find People overview | Documentation | Clay University
The number of results you get is based on how many profiles match all your search parameters and filters, not just the per-company limit you set. While you can set different per-company limits (like 10 or 100), the final number of results will reflect all the filtering criteria and restrictions being applied to your search. This means you may get the same number of results (50 in your case) regardless of the per-company limit you set, as long as there are at least that many profiles matching all your search criteria.
Ok, here's another look, this is just VPs. No limit? 250
But if I set a limit of 10 per company, i get only 43 people.
When you set a per-company limit of 10, the search will only return up to 10 profiles from each individual company, even if there are more matching profiles available at those companies. This means that if you had 50 VPs at one company, you'd only see 10 of them in your results with this limit. The total of 43 results reflects the sum of all matching profiles across companies while respecting this 10-person-per-company restriction.For reference, you can set:** Up to 50,000 records per overall search ** Up to 100 records per company Source: Find People overview | Documentation | Clay University
That desn't make sense when there's of the 43, 7, 7, 8, 10, 9 of different companies in there.
When you see discrepancies in the number of results with company limits, it's because the preview count and actual imported results can differ. The preview may show a higher total count, but the final results will reflect all applied search filters and restrictions.For example, if you see companies with 7, 8, or 9 people (below your limit of 10), this means those are all the available profiles that match your specific search criteria for those companies. The per-company limit of 10 is a maximum cap, not a guaranteed number - you'll only see profiles that match all your search parameters, up to that limit.
If the result is indeed only 43 people, then I would be missing 95% of the companies sourced.
The discrepancy you're seeing could be due to a few key factors:1. Data availability: Not all companies in your search will have profiles matching your specific job title and seniority criteria. Since Find People doesn't use semantic search, it looks for exact matches of job titles (e.g., "Revenue Operations", "RevOps", and "Rev Ops" are treated as different titles). 2. Search accuracy: Using company social URLs typically provides better results than domains, as they link to richer information in our database. If your setup isn't correctly linking to the right company data, you might be running a search unrelated to your target companies.To improve your results:** Include all variations of the job titles you're targeting ** Verify your company table is properly linked with correct domain/social URLs * Double-check that your search parameters aren't inadvertently excluding valid resultsThe preview count and actual imported results can differ due to these factors, even with per-company limits applied. Sources: Find People [Clay 101] - Clay University Find People [Clay 101] - Clay University
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