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title: collectiveConflictBehavior
description: Indicates how to handle conflicts between real (stored) and virtual (computed) attribute values.
component: pingds
version: 8.1
page_id: pingds:schemaref:at-collectiveConflictBehavior
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingds/8.1/schemaref/at-collectiveConflictBehavior.html
---

# collectiveConflictBehavior

Indicates how to handle conflicts between real (stored) and virtual (computed) attribute values.

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| --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| *OID*                       | 1.3.6.1.4.1.26027.1.1.606                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| *Names*                     | collectiveConflictBehavior                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| *Syntax*                    | [CollectiveConflictBehavior](s-CollectiveConflictBehavior.html)                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| *Equality matching rule*    | [caseIgnoreMatch](mr-caseIgnoreMatch.html)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| *Ordering matching rule*    | [1.3.6.1.4.1.26027.1.4.8.1.3.6.1.4.1.26027.1.3.6](mr-1.3.6.1.4.1.26027.1.4.8.1.3.6.1.4.1.26027.1.3.6.html)                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| *Substring matching rule*   | [caseIgnoreSubstringsMatch](mr-caseIgnoreSubstringsMatch.html)                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| *Single value*              | true                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| *User modification allowed* | true                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| *Usage*                     | userApplications                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| *Origin*                    | OpenDS Directory Server                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| *Schema file*               | 00-core.ldif                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| *Used by*                   | [inheritedCollectiveAttributeSubentry](oc-inheritedCollectiveAttributeSubentry.html), [inheritedFromDNCollectiveAttributeSubentry](oc-inheritedFromDNCollectiveAttributeSubentry.html), [inheritedFromRDNCollectiveAttributeSubentry](oc-inheritedFromRDNCollectiveAttributeSubentry.html) |