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title: getDistinctValuesCount
slug: campaign/docs/getdistinctvaluescount
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createdAt: 2026-07-02T19:01:45.097Z
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You can replace this method by the .NET replacement method [getDistinctValuesCountFlat](docId\:t4-EtPcEamfxpxwzLiqQS).

:::hint{type="warning"}
**Caution**
Using this method with the wrong argument (e.g., no threshold) can lead to huge amount of data returned.
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**Type**: String\[ ] \[ ]

**Parameters**

| Name              | Type   | Value                                                                                                                                               |
| ----------------- | ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| sessionId         | String | ID of the session                                                                                                                                   |
| recipientListId   | long   | ID of the recipient list                                                                                                                            |
| recipientFilterId | long   | (optional) ID of the target group<br /><br />If the value is greater than 0, only recipients that match the target group with this ID are returned. |
| attributeName     | String | Field name of the field (e.g., firstname, lastname etc.) that is to be queried for distinct values                                                  |
| threshold         | int    | Number of characters that are examined<br /><br />Example: With a threshold of 4 the values Test-A and Test-B will be summed up to Test.            |

**Return values**

Multidimensional arrays. Odd indices contain the value and even indices contain the corresponding count

Example: result\[0]=="Value 1", result\[1]=="234", result\[0]=="Value 2", result\[1]=="678"

:::hint{type="info"}
**Note**
A maximum of 10,000 values are returned.
:::

**Code structure**

```javascript
String[][] getDistinctValuesCount(String sessionId, long recipientListId, long recipientFilterId, String attributeName, int threshold)
```