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title: Data Store Decision node
description: Verifies that the username and password values match those in the data store configured for the realm.
component: auth-node-ref
version: 7.3
page_id: auth-node-ref::auth-node-data-store-decision
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/auth-node-ref/latest/data-store-decision.html
llms_txt: https://docs.pingidentity.com/auth-node-ref/llms.txt
docs_for_agents: https://developer.pingidentity.com/build-with-ai/docs-for-agents.md
section_ids:
  outcomes: Outcomes
  properties: Properties
  alternative_nodes: Alternative nodes
---

# Data Store Decision node

Verifies that the username and password values match those in the data store configured for the realm.

## Outcomes

* `True`

* `False`

## Properties

This node has no configurable properties.

## Alternative nodes

The [LDAP Decision node](auth-node-ldap-decision.html) supports LDAP Behera Password Policies, with separate outcomes for accounts that are locked or password that have expired.