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1. Afghanistan Anguilla Belize Botswana Cameroon Chad Comoros Cote d lvoire Dominica Fiji Ghana Ireland Libya Mauritania Palaos Qatar Saint Vincent amp Grenadines Seychelles Tanzania Tonga Addressing Guide Albania Bahamas Benin Burkina Faso Cayman Islands Cocos Islands Congo Dem Rep Korea North Equatorial Guinea Gabon Grenada Jamaica Malawi Namibia Panama Rwanda Samoa Sierra Leone Timor Trinidad amp Tobago Angola Barbados Bhutan Burundi Central African Rep Columbia Congo Rep Djibouti Eritrea Gambia Guyana Kiribati Mali Nauru Peru Saint Lucia Sao Tome amp Principe Suriname Togo Tuvalu 171 Universal Addressing Module Uganda United Arab Emirates Vanuatu Yemen Zimbabwe 172 Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Notices 174 2013 Pitney Bowes Software Inc All rights reserved MapInfo and Group 1 Software are trademarks of Pitney Bowes Software Inc All other marks and trademarks are property of their respective holders USPS Notices Pitney Bowes Inc holds a non exclusive license to publish and sell ZIP 4 databases on optical and magnetic media The following trademarks are owned by the United States Postal Service CASS CASS Certified DPV eLOT FASTforward First Class Mail Intelligent Mail LACS NCOA PAVE PLANET Code Postal Service POSTNET Post Office RDI Suite United States Postal Service
2. FieldIndex e SearchValue Sessionld commit Assigns one of the values returned by the search action to the field The commit action requires the following input fields Alternativelndex AlternativeContext Sessionld clear Un commits the field specified in the FieldIndex field The clear action requires the following input fields FieldIndex e SessionID close Ends a session The close action requires the Sessionld input field AlternativeContext String For the commit action indicates whether you are choosing a value from the Alternatives InContext field or the Addressing Guide 25 Address Now Module Field Name Format Description Parameter Alternatives OutContext field This field is ignored for other actions One of the following in You are committing a value from the Alternatives InContext field This means that the value you specify in the Alternativelndex input field corresponds to a value in the Alternatives InContext output field out You are committing a value from the Alternatives OutContext field This means that the value you specify in the Alternativelndex input field corresponds to a value in the Alternatives OutContext output field Alternativelndex String For the commit action specifies the value you want to use in 79 the address you are building For example if you searched for a city and Build Global Address returns a list of three cities you would indicate the city you wan
3. Note County names are available for U S addresses only To obtain county names select the Include postal information check box on the Output Data Option tab This will return a variety of data about the address including county names For information on the specific data that this option will return see Postal Data Output on page 107 Table 43 County Name Output Field Name Description USCountyName County name Obtaining FIPS County Numbers Federal Information Processing Standards FIPS county numbers are numbers that identify each county in a state Note that these numbers are only unique at the state level not the national level For more information see http www census gov Note FIPS county numbers are available for U S addresses only To obtain FIPS county numbers select the Include postal information check box on the Output Data Options tab This will return a variety of data about the address including FIPS county numbers For information on the specific data that this option will return see Postal Data Output on page 107 Table 44 FIPS County Number Output Field Name Description USFIPSCountyNumber FIPS Federal Information Processing Standards county number Obtaining Carrier Route Codes Carrier route codes are unique identifiers assigned to each mail carrier who delivers mail allowing unique identification of each U S delivery route Validate Address can return the code that represents an address
4. ISO Codes Use two letter ISO abbreviation for the countries instead of country names UPU Codes Use Universal Postal Union abbreviation for the countries instead of country names Specifies the alphabet or script in which the output should be returned This option is bi directional and generally takes place from Native to Latin and Latin to Native Input Script Do not perform transliteration and provide output in the same script as the input default Native Output in the native script for the selected country wherever possible Latin English Use English values Indicates whether or not to return multiple address for those input addresses that have more than one possible match For more information see Returning Multiple Matches on page 154 153 Universal Addressing Module 154 Returning Multiple Matches If Validate Address Loqate finds multiple address in the postal database that are possible matches for the input address you can have Validate Address Loqate return the possible matches For example the following address matches multiple addresses in the U S postal database PO BOX 1 New York NY Options To return multiple matches use the options described in the following table Table 71 Multiple Match Option Option Name Description Valid Values Return multiple addresses Indicates whether or not to return multiple address for those input addresses that have more than one possible match Maxi
5. TH or E as in 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH or 1E 2E there will be no space between the number and the ordinal If the street name is alphanumeric there will be no space between the numeric and the alpha portion 14B ST instead of 14 B ST Street Type When an address is presented in English the street type always follows the street name When an address is presented in French the street type appears before the street name RUE RENE LEVESQUE unless the street name is an ordinal In this case the street type follows the street name 2061 36E RUE The street type is always identified by CPC symbols Street Direction Where required it should be identified by a one or two character symbol such as N S NE NW O NO and located as the last element of street information e Unit Designator tThe unit designator identifies the specific unit as assigned by the building The value can be alpha alphanumeric or numeric Where the unit identifier is a number it is presented in numeric format 2 instead of the word two If the unit designator is not used in the address the unit designator is placed before the street information separated by a hyphen 317 10228 148 ST Valid examples for placement of the unit designator include 1 MAIN ST APT 1 or APT 1 1 MAIN ST or 1 1 MAIN ST Delivery Address Information Non Civic Address Non civic addresses are used when the service provided to a customer is a lock box general delivery
6. The address must provide an exact match on all components for only one address in CPC s Postal Code Data Files allowing for acceptable alternate words and names listed in the CPC Postal Code Data Files Address components must be in a form that allows recognition without ambiguity Certain components may require qualifiers to identify them For instance a Route Service address requires the key words Rural Route or RR for differentiation from a Suburban Service or SS address with the same number The input was invalid An invalid address is one that does not meet CPC requirements for a valid address see above Examples of this include address components that are missing invalid or inconsistent The input was correctable A correctable address is one that can be corrected to match one and only one address The input was non correctable A non correctable address is one that could be corrected a number of different ways such that Validate Address cannot identify a single correct version The input address was foreign outside of Canada International Address Options Addresses outside of the U S and Canada are referred to as international addresses The following options control international address processing Option Name Description Enable international address processing Specifies whether to process international addresses addresses outside the U S and Canada If you enable international address
7. 2005 05 19 09 40 10 867 ERROR com gl dcg job server stages JobRunnerStages Error executing job com gl dcg stage StageException com gl dcg component ComponentException Feature Disabled LLB 1 In your browser go to http lt ServerName gt lt port gt lt product code gt lacslink jsp For example http localhost 8080 unc lacslink jsp for the Universal Addressing Module and http localhost 8080 geostan lacslink jsp for the Enterprise Geocoding Module 2 Enter the mailer s information into each field The number in parentheses after the field name indicates the maximum length of the field Click Submit when you re done A File Download dialog will appear 3 Click Save to save the file to your computer A Save As dialog will appear 4 Specify a file name and location on your local hard drive for example c lacslink txt and click Save 5 Go to www g1 com support and log in 6 Click DPV amp LACS False Positive 7 Follow the on screen instructions to attach your seed file and obtain a restart key Validate Address Confidence Algorithm 168 Introduction to the Validate Address Confidence Algorithm ValidateAddress computes a confidence score for each validated address This score describes how likely it is that the validated address is correct Confidence code values range from 0 to 100 with a zero confidence level indicating no confidence and 100 indicating a very high level of confidence that the match results are corr
8. Addressing Guide 99 Universal Addressing Module Click Configure SERP The SERP Report Fields dialog box appears Type your merchant CPC number Type the mailer Name Address and City State ZIP Click OK In Enterprise Designer drag the SERPReport from the Reports pallet to the canvas Veo foo es File Edit View Run Tools Window Help ayvQG Be Pla oo PON i gf Tasks a X ValidateUSAndCanadianAddresses Job x i Versions ax New S 79 Job Searci P Service Jul 10 2013 10 23 AM Subflow E lt Latest Saved gt Process Flow Open ValidateAddresses Ctandardizanl amar z i E Server Explorer ax SERE E a F Write Validated aw gi Global Sentry Address Check A igh Global Sentry Address Check Batch Read from File ValidateAddress Conditional E i Global Sentry ID Number Check Router i Global Sentry ID Number Check Batch Write Failed if Palette ax Stages Reports a SERPReport NameParserSummary g PointInPolygonSummary 1 TransactionalMatcherSummary gt ValidateAddressALUSSummary ValidateAddressGlobalDetail gt ValidateAddressGlobalSummary cm r v i ii E Servername config813vm0 Version SNAPSHOT User name admin Note You do not need to draw a connector between the Validate Address stage and the CASS3553 report 7 Double click the SERPReport icon on the c
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10. For example the field level result indicator for HouseNumber is contained in HouseNumber Result To enable field level result indicators check the Include result codes for individual fields check box For more information on this option see Output Data Options on page 79 The following table lists the field level result indicators If a particular field does not apply to an address the result indicator may be blank Table 55 Field Level Result Indicators Field Name Description AddressRecord Result These result codes apply to international addresses only M Multiple The input address matched multiple records in the postal database and each matching record has a different value in this field S Standardized This option includes any standard abbreviations U Unmatched Validated The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input ApartmentLabel Result A Appended The field was added to a blank input field U S and Canadian addresses only Corrected U S and Canadian addresses only Dropped The field provided on input was removed U S and Canadian addresses only For more information see About AdditionallnputData on page 124 Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Field Name Chapter 4 Stages Reference Description ApartmentNumber Result City Result Addressing Guide Formatted The spacing and or punctuation was changed to conform to postal standards Does not apply to U S or Canadi
11. LANHAM MD 20706 1844 Last Line For complete information on U S address standards see the U S Postal Service USPS publication Postal Addressing Standards USPS Publication 28 available on the USPS website Coding Accuracy Support System CASS 12 The Coding Accuracy Support System CASS is a United States Postal Service USPS program that certifies the accuracy of address validation software To qualify for certain postal discounts you must use software that is CASS Certified to assign ZIP Code ZIP 4 codes and delivery point barcodes to mail Makers of address validation software must pass a test designed by the USPS in order to have their software designated as CASS Certified CASS Certified software must pass tests of accuracy in the following areas e Five digit coding e ZIP 4 delivery point DP coding e Carrier route coding Delivery Point Validation DPV e Locatable Address Conversion System LAcsU Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 2 Addressing Concepts Enhanced Line of Travel eLOT e Residential Delivery Indicator RDI When you use a CASS Certified product you are assured of the following minimum levels of accuracy Table 1 CASS Certification Levels Certification Level Required Accuracy Level ZIP Carrier Route ZIP 4 Delivery Point Barcode eLOT Perfect Addresses Commercial Mail Receiving Agency CMRA A Commercial Mail R
12. Rural Route Highway Contract indicator Validated state or province name Street name for example 123 E Main St Apt 3 Street suffix for example 123 E Main St Apt 3 Trailing directional for example 123 Pennsylvania Ave NW 105 Universal Addressing Module 106 Field Name USUrbanName Parsed Input Description USPS urbanization name Puerto Rican addresses only The output can include the input address in parsed form This type of output is referred to as parsed input Parsed input fields contain the address data that was used as input regardless of whether or not Validate Address validated the address Parsed input is different from the parsed address elements output in that parsed address elements contain the validated address if the address could be validated and optionally the input address if the address could not be validated Parsed input always contains the input address regardless of whether or not Validate Address validated the address To include parsed input fields in the output select the Return parsed input data check box Table 52 Parsed Input Field Name ApartmentLabel Input ApartmentNumber nput CanadianDeliverylnstallationAreaName nput CanadianDeliveryInstallationQualifierName Input CanadianDeliverylnstallationType Input City Input Country Input FirmName Input HouseNumber Input LeadingDirectional Input POBox Input Description Apartment designator such as
13. Specifies which parts of the address to format with the standards of the appropriate country Validate Global Address parses the input address lines into the components referenced in these options Specifies how to format diacritics in the output address One of the following Retain diacritics No transliteration is performed Diacritic characters are left as specified in the input and or postal database Default Strip diacritics Diacritic characters are removed and replaced with the equivalent unadorned character Transliterate Diacritic characters are transliterated to an equivalent unadorned character or character sequence using language specific transliteration rules For example the following shows the effect of each of the three transliteration options on a Swedish address Note the differences in Vastra Fr lunda Retain diacritics Gustaf Wernersgata 12 S 42132 Vastra Fr lunda Strip diacritics Gustaf Wernersgata 12 S 42132 Vastra Frolunda Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference Option Description Transliterate Gustaf Wernersgata 12 S 42132 Vaestra Froelunda Output Address Data Output Table 16 Validate Global Address Address Data Output Field Name Format Description AddressLine1 String The formatted first address line 79 AddressLine2 String The formatted second address line 79 AddressLine3 String The formatted third address line 79 AddressLine4 String The for
14. Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference Option Name Description these fields are used there is an increased possibility that Validate Address will fail to correct values in these fields for example a misspelled city name Output The output from Validate Address contains different information depending on the output categories you select Standard Address Output Standard address output consists of four lines of the address which correspond to how the address would appear on an actual address label City state province postal code and other data is also included in standard address output Validate Address returns standard address output for validated addresses if you select the Include a standard address check box Standard address fields are always returned for addresses that could not be validated For non validated addresses the standard address output fields contain the address as it appeared in the input pass through data If you want Validate Address to standardize address according to postal authority standards when validation fails select the Include normalized data when no match is found check box Table 50 Standard Address Output Field Name Description AdditionallnputData Input data not used by Validate Address For more information see About AdditionallnputData on page 124 AddressLine1 If the address was validated the first line of the validated and standardized address
15. and country validated Specifies the minimum confidence level for address validation Addresses with a value in the Confidence output field greater than or equal to this value is validated and those that have a lower value will not be validated the output field Status will contain F 41 Address Now Module 42 Match score weightings Outer match score lines Output Format Options Description Specify any value between 0 and 100 The higher the value the higher the degree of confidence necessary for effective address validation The default is 60 These values specify the relative importance of the similarities or differences between the input data and the Address Now database for the specified fields This affects the confidence value and can be used to tailor the confidence to distinguish correct and incorrect updates For more information see The ACR Code on page 49 For each field specify a whole number from 0 to 10 indicating the relative importance of this field compared to the others The default values are Firm name 1 e Street 10 e City 8 Postal Code 8 A value from 0 to 8 indicating the number of address lines to use when calculating the outer match score The default is 8 For more information on the outer match score see The Outer Match Score on page 46 Table 15 Validate Global Address Output Format Options Include in formatted address output Transliteration Description
16. processing Validate Address will attempt to validate international addresses If you disable international address processing international addresses will fail meaning they is returned with an F in the Status output field The output field Status Code will say DisabledCoder If you are not licensed for international address processing you must disable international address processing in order for your jobs to complete successfully regardless of whether or not they contain international addresses Addressing Guide 101 Universal Addressing Module 102 Option Name Database International city and street searching Search address lines on fail Description Note You must have a valid license for international address processing to successfully process international addresses If you enable international address processing but are not licensed for this feature or your license has expired your entire job will fail Specifies which database you want to use for validating international addresses To specify a database for international address validation select a database in the Database drop down list Only databases that have been defined in the INTL Database Resources panel in the Management Console are available By default Validate Address provides a balance of good address matching accuracy with good performance If you are willing to trade matching accuracy for faster performance use the International city
17. results are correct String 79 Reports the success or failure of the match attempt Null Success F Failure Status Code String 79 Reason for failure if there is one e RequestFailed ServerError e CountryNotFound Status Description String 79 Description of the problem if there is one Maximum records This value will appear if cannot be set to 0 Status Code RequestFailed Minimum value should be 1 Address Not Found This value will appear if Status Code RequestFailed Module not licensed This value will appear if Status Code ServerError Could Not Identify This value will appear if Country Status Code CountryNotFound Reports There is one report available with Get Global Candidate Addresses the Get Global Candidate Addresses Report To create the report in Enterprise Designer drag the Get Global Candidate Addresses Report icon to the canvas You do not need to draw a connector to the report Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference Get Global Candidate Addresses Report The Get Global Candidate Addresses Report contains information about the settings and number of records processed for the job General Information The top of the report shows the date of the report as well as information on these settings Output Country Format The Country format setting in effect for this job For more information about this setting see Options on page 33 Output Text Casing The
18. such as whether or not Validate Address AUS validated the address and the reason for failure if the address could not be validated During address matching and standardization Validate Address AUS separates address lines into components and compares them to the contents of a Universal Addressing Module database If a match is found the input address is standardized to the database information Validate Address AUS is part of the Universal Addressing Module Input Validate Address AUS takes a standard address as input All addresses use this format Addressing Guide 127 Universal Addressing Module 128 Table 56 Input Format Field Name AddressLine1 AddressLine2 AddressLine3 AddressLine4 City StateProvince PostalCode Options Format Description String The first address line 288 String The second address line 288 String The third address line 288 String The fourth address line 288 String The city locality suburb name This can optionally be entered 48 into one of the AddressLine fields along with the State and Postal Code String 4 The state This can optionally be entered into one of the AddressLine fields along with the City and Postal Code String 8 The postal code This can optionally be entered into one of the AddressLine fields along with the State and City Validate Address AUS provides several options that enable you to control how addresses are processed an
19. uses the country you specify to attempt validation when it cannot determine the country from the StateProvince PostalCode and Country address fields Specifies the format to use for the country name in the output One of the following English names The country in the output in English default ISO codes The country in the output as the two character ISO code UPU codes The country in the output as the three character UPU code Specifies whether or not to use separators spaces or hyphens in ZIP Codes or Canadian postal codes For example a ZIP 4 Code with the separator would be 20706 1844 and without the separator it would be 207061844 A Canadian postal code with the separator would be P5E 1S7 and without the separator it would be P5E1S7 Note Spaces are used in Canadian postal codes and hyphens in U S ZIP 4 Codes 27 Address Now Module 28 Option optionName Show extra address line Maximum records to return Output Description Specifies whether or not to include the city state province and postal code in one of the AddressLine output fields Regardless of what you specify with this option the output fields City State Province and PostalCode will always contain the city state province and postal code Allows you to set the default value for this option to any value from 1 to 10000 it has a default value of 50 records Note that values set in Enterprise Designer override those set in
20. vV Validated The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input 160 Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Field Name Chapter 4 Stages Reference Description ApartmentNumber Result City Result Country Result Addressing Guide Appended The field was added to a blank input field U S and Canadian addresses only Corrected Canadian addresses only Dropped The field provided on input was removed U S addresses only For more information see About Additional Input Data Formatted The spacing and or punctuation was changed to conform to postal standards Does not apply to U S or Canadian addresses Pass through The data was not used in the validation process but it was preserved in the output U S addresses that are an EWS match will have a value of P U S and Canadian addresses only The apartment number is required but is missing from the input address U S addresses only Standardized This option includes any standard abbreviations Does not apply to U S addresses Unmatched Validated The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input Appended The field was added to a blank input field U S and Canadian addresses only Corrected U S and Canadian addresses only Hyphens missing or punctuation errors Canadian addresses only Multiple The input address matched multiple records in the postal database and each matching record has a different value in thi
21. B2G 2L2 The address data that is not used to standardize the address is returned in the AdditionallnputData field For more information on this option see Output Data Options on page 79 SERP Processing Validate Address allows for Software and Evaluation Recognition Processing SERP SERP processing enables you to qualify for Canada Post postal discounts Validate Address returns PoCAD data which improves accuracy for house number and apartment data Note You can return PoCAD data in batch mode only If you try to return PoCAD data in real time Validate Address will return with an error When you use SERP Certified processing Validate Address generates a Canada Post SERP Statement of Accuracy This form must be given to Canada Post along with the mailing to qualify for certain discounts The form contains information about the software you used for SERP processing information about your name and address list information about your output file information about the mailer and other statistics about your mailing For detailed information about Canada Post Address Accuracy Statement see http www canadapost ca cpo mc business productsservices atoz laddressaccuracy jsf To run Validate Address in SERP Certified mode follow these steps 1 Validate Address must be in SERP Certified mode If Not SERP Certified appears at the top of the window click the Enable SERP settings button The Configure SERP box will appear
22. Code 60655 1844 1844 is the 4 digit add on U S addresses only PostalCode Base The 5 digit ZIP Code for example 20706 U S addresses only StateProvince The validated state or province abbreviation USUrbanName The validated urbanization name U S addresses only Parsed Address Elements Output Output addresses are formatted in the parsed address format if you select the Include matched address elements check box If you want Validate Address to return formatted data in the Parsed Address format when validation fails that is a normalized address select the Return normalized data when no match is found check box Note If you want Validate Address to always return parsed input data regardless of whether or not validation is successful select Include standardized input address elements For more information see Parsed Input on page 106 Table 51 Parsed Address Output Field Name Description AdditionallnputData Input data not used by Validate Address For more information see About AdditionallnputData on page 124 ApartmentLabel Apartment designator such as STE or APT for example 123 E Main St APT 3 ApartmentLabel2 Secondary apartment designator for example 123 E Main St APT 3 4th Floor Note In this release this field will always be blank ApartmentNumber Apartment number For example 123 E Main St APT 3 ApartmentNumber2 Secondary apartment number For example 123 E Main St APT 3 4th F
23. Description VeriMoveDataBlock Indicates whether or not Validate Address should return a 250 byte field containing input data to pass to VeriMove Express This field contains the Detail Results Indicator data required by VeriMove For more information about the contents of this field see the VeriMove User s Guide One of the following Y Yes return the field VeriMoveDataBlock N No do not return the field VeriMoveDataBlock About AdditionallnputData Validate Address ignores some input data during the address standardization process This extraneous data sometimes referred to as dropped data is returned in the AdditionallnputData field Some examples of dropped data include Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference e Delivery instructions for example Leave at back door Phone numbers for example 555 135 8792 e Attention lines for example Attn John Smith Data such as this is generally not embedded in an address If it is embedded Validate Address can usually identify this extraneous data and return it in the AdditionallnputData field Note Validate Address does not return dropped data from split indicia addresses A split indicia address is one where a primary address is split between multiple address lines For example if the primary address is 1 Green River Valley Rd then the following would be a split indicia version of this address 1 Green River Valley Rd 01230 If there
24. Input String Sixth address line 79 City Input String City name 79 StateProvince Input String State or province 79 PostalCode Input String The postal code for the address In the U S this is the ZIP 79 Code One of these formats 99999 99999 9999 A9A9A9 A9A 9A9 9999 999 142 Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Field Name Contact Input Country Input FirmName Input Street Input Number Input Building Input SubBuilding Input DeliveryService Input Result Codes Chapter 4 Stages Reference Format Description String 79 String 79 The name of the addressee For example Mr Jones Specify the country using the format you chose for input country format English name ISO code or UPU code For a list of valid values see Country ISO Codes and Module Support Company or firm name Street Building Number 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 Building SubBuilding DeliveryService These output fields contain information about the result of the validation processing Table 68 Result Codes Field Name Result Code AddressType For United States and Canada addresses only the AddressType field indicates the type of address One of the following F B G H L M P R S U Addressing Guide The address was validated corrected to the firm name The address was validated corrected to the building name The address is a general delivery address
25. Input would contain the data specified in the input field AddressLine1 Specifies the format for the StateProvince field One of the following Abbreviation Return the abbreviation for the state or province For example North Carolina would be returned as NC Country Return either the abbreviation or the full name standard depending on the format used by the country s postal authority Default Extended Return the full name of the state or province not the abbreviation For example North Carolina Specifies the language or code to use for the country name returned by Validate Address Global Chinese Danish Dutch 135 Universal Addressing Module Description English default e Finnish e French e German e Greek e Hungarian ISO number returns the ISO number for the country ISO2 returns the two character ISO country code e ISO3 returns the three character ISO country code e Italian Japanese e Korean e Polish e Portuguese e Russian e Sanskrit e Spanish e Swedish Script Alphabet Specifies the alphabet in which the output should be returned The alphabet in which the data is returned differs from country to country For most countries the output will be Latin regardless of the selected preferred language ASCII extended ASCII characters with expansion of special characters e g A OE ASCII simplified ASCII characters Database default Latin or ASCII characters a
26. Loose The matching algorithm is loose The strictness of the firm name match U S addresses only Exact The input firm name must match the database exactly Tight The matching algorithm is tight Medium The matching algorithm is medium default Loose The matching algorithm is loose The strictness of the directional match Exact The input directional must match the database exactly Tight The matching algorithm is tight Medium The matching algorithm is medium default Loose The matching algorithm is loose Specifies whether or not to perform Enhanced Street Matching ESM ESM applies extra matching logic with additional data to any input address that is not matched through the regular address validation process ESM applies to U S addresses only Specifies whether ValidateAddress will search address lines for the city state province and postal code This option enables Validate Address to search the AddressLine input fields for the city state province postal code and country when the address cannot be matched using the values in the City StateProvince and PostalCode input fields Consider enabling this option if your input addresses have the city state province and postal code information in the AddressLine fields Consider disabling this option if your input addresses use the City State Province and PostalCode fields If you enable this option and these fields are used there is
27. Match Option Option Name Description Return multiple addresses Indicates whether or not to return multiple address for those input addresses that have more than one possible match Maximum results Next to the Return multiple addresses check box enter a number between 1 and 10 that indicates the maximum number of addresses to return The default value is 1 Note The difference between unchecking Return multiple addresses and checking Return multiple addresses and specifying a maximum number of results of 1 is that a multiple match will return a failure if Return multiple addresses is unchecked whereas a multiple match will return one record if Return multiple addresses is checked and the maximum number of results is 1 Include result codes for To identify which output addresses are candidate addresses you must individual fields check Include result codes for individual fields on the Output Data tab When you do this records that are candidate addresses will have one or more M values in the field level result indicators Output When you choose to return multiple matches the addresses are returned in the address format you specify For information on specifying address format see Output Data Options on page 79 To identify which records are the candidate addresses look for multiple M values in the field level result indicators For more information see Field Level Result Indicators on page 112 Addressing Guide 87 Un
28. No the address is not a candidate for LACS processing Lacs processing may still be attempted if Lacsun processing is requested the LAcs database is installed and one of the following is true The address matches to a Rural Route address and the RecordType Default field returns a Y e The input address could not be matched to any address in the U S Postal Database Failures due to multiple matches are not LACS candidates Indicates the success or failure of LACS processing U S addresses only A Lacs processing successful Record matched through LACS processing 00 Lacs processing failed No matching record found during LACS processing 09 LAos processing matched the input address to an older highrise default address The address has been converted Rather than provide an imprecise address LACS processing does not provide a new address 14 LAcs processing failed Match found during iAcs processing but conversion did not occur due to other USPS regulations 92 Lacs processing successful Record matched through LACSU processing Unit number dropped on input 121 Addressing Guide Universal Addressing Module Field Name Description null LACS did not process the record or Lacstink processing was not attempted RDI Output Field Name Description Return values indicating address type B The address is a business address The address is a residential address The address is bo
29. Postale etc and number The postcode for the address The format of the postcode varies by country The second part of a postcode For example for Canadian addresses this will be the LDU For U S addresses this is the ZIP 4 add on This field is not used by most countries The base portion of the postcode A room number in a building The name of a secondary street or rural route 141 Universal Addressing Module Field Name Description StateProvince The name of the state or province StreetName The name of street where property is located for example 123 E Main St Apt 3 StreetSuffix The street suffix for example 123 E Main St Apt 3 SubBuilding A portion of a building such as a suite For example Suite 102 Suburb Dependent place name that further subdivides a Locality An example would be Mahalle in Turkey Territory The name of a territory Territories are larger than a state province TrailingDirectional The trailing directional for example 123 Pennsylvania Ave NW Original Input Data This option outputs the original input data in lt FieldName gt Input fields Table 67 Original Input Data Field Name Format Description AddressLine1 Input String First address line 79 AddressLine2 Input String Second address line 79 AddressLine3 Input String Third address line 79 AddressLine4 Input String Fourth address line 79 AddressLine5 Input String Fifth address line 79 AddressLine6
30. RD RR 3 Specifies where to place station information An example of an address with station information is PO BOX 8625 STN A ST JOHN S NL Same as Place station information in the input same location as it is in the input address Default AddressLine1 Place station information on the same line as the address after the address information For example PO BOX 8625 STN A AddressLine2 Place station information on a separate address line For example PO BOX 8625 STNA Specifies whether Validate Address should return a street match or a PO Box non civic match when the address contains both civic and non civic information One of the following Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference Option Name Description Use default Use DualAddressLogic option Global Option Default PO Box Match Match to PO Box or other non street data Street Match Match to street For example given the following input address AddressLine1 36 GRANT RD AddressLine2 RR 4 City ANTIGONISH StateProvince NS Validate Address would return one of the following If Dual address logic is set to Street Match Validate Address returns the following AddressLine1 36 GRANT RD AddressLine2 RR 3 City ANTIGONISH StateProvince NS PostalCode B2G 2L1 If Dual address logic is set to PO Box Match Validate Address returns the following AddressLine1 RR 4 City ANTIGONISH StateProvince NS PostalCode
31. Standard Mail United States Post Office USPS ZIP Code and ZIP 4 This list is not exhaustive of the trademarks belonging to the Postal Service Pitney Bowes Inc is a non exclusive licensee of USPS for NCOA processing Prices for Pitney Bowes Software s products options and services are not established controlled or approved by USPS or United States Government When utilizing RDI data to determine parcel shipping costs the business decision on which parcel delivery company to use is not made by the USPS or United States Government Data Provider and Related Notices Data Products contained on this media and used within Pitney Bowes Software applications are protected by various trademarks and by one or more of the following copyrights Copyright United States Postal Service All rights reserved 2013 TomTom All rights reserved TomTom and the TomTom logo are registered trademarks of TomTom N V Copyright NAVTEQ All rights reserved Data 2013 NAVTEQ North America LLC Fuente INEGI Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia Based upon electronic data National Land Survey Sweden Copyright United States Census Bureau Copyright Nova Marketing Group Inc Portions of this program are Copyright 1993 2007 by Nova Marketing Group Inc All Rights Reserved Copyright Canada Post Corporation This CD ROM contains data from a compilation in which Canada Post Corporation is the copyright own
32. The field was added to a blank input field Canadian addresses only Corrected Canadian addresses only Dropped The field provided on input was removed U S addresses only For more information see About AdditionallnputData on page 124 F Formatted The spacing and or punctuation was changed to conform to postal standards Does not apply to U S or Canadian addresses O Out of range Does not apply to U S or Canadian addresses P Pass through The data was not used in the validation process but it was preserved in the output Canadian addresses only R The house number is required but is missing from the input address Canadian addresses only S Standardized This option includes any standard abbreviations Does not apply to U S or Canadian addresses U Unmatched vV Validated The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input 114 Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Field Name Chapter 4 Stages Reference Description LeadingDirectional Result POBox Result PostalCode Result Addressing Guide A Appended The field was added to a blank input field U S and Canadian addresses only Corrected Non blank input was corrected to a non blank value U S addresses only Dropped The field provided on input was removed U S addresses only For more information see About AdditionallnputData on page 124 Formatted The spacing and or punctuation was changed to conform to postal standa
33. U S address processing Only databases that have been defined in the US Database Resources panel in the Management Console are available Specifies whether or not to process Canadian addresses If you enable Canadian address processing Get Candidate Addresses will attempt to retrieve candidate addresses for Canadian addresses If you disable Canadian address processing Canadian addresses will fail meaning they are returned with an F in the Status output field The output field Status Code will say DisabledCoder If you are not licensed for Canadian address processing you must disable Canadian address processing in order for your jobs to complete successfully regardless of whether or not they contain Canadian addresses Note You must have a valid license for Canadian address processing to successfully process Canadian addresses If you enable Canadian address processing but are not licensed for this feature or your license has expired your entire job will fail Specifies the database to be used for Canadian address processing Only databases that have been defined in the Canadian Database Resources panel in the Management Console are available Specifies whether or not to process international addresses addresses outside the U S and Canada If you enable international address processing Get Candidate Addresses will attempt to retrieve candidate addresses for international addresses If you disable international address process
34. addresses into eLOT sequence To perform eLOT processing you must have the eLOT database installed For a listing of the output fields returned by this option see Enhanced Line of Travel Output on page 120 Residential Delivery Indicator RDI processing checks if an address is a residential address not a business address To perform RDI processing you must have the RDI database installed If you enable both DPV and RDI processing RDI information is only returned if the address is a valid delivery point If DPV does not validate the address no RDI data is returned Enhanced Street Matching ESM applies additional matching logic to correct misspelled or complex street names and obtain a match ESM enables Validate Address to validate more addresses but it reduces performance You cannot perform ESM when ASM is enabled All Street Matching ASM applies ESM processing as well as additional matching logic to correct errors in street names and obtain a match It is effective at matching streets when the first letter of the street is incorrect ASM provides the best address validation but reduces performance Delivery Point Validation DPV validates that a specific address exists as opposed to validating that a specific address is within a range of valid addresses CMRA processing checks if an address is for a mailbox rented from a private company referred to as a Commercial Mail Receiving Agent CMRA Spectru
35. an increased 63 Universal Addressing Module 64 Option Name Description possibility that Validate Address will fail to correct values in these fields for example a misspelled city name Output Get Candidate Addresses returns the following output Table 24 Get Candidate Addresses Output Field Name AddressLine1 AddressLine2 AddressLine3 AddressLine4 AddressLine5 City Country FirmName HouseNumberHigh HouseNumberLow HouseNumberParity MatchLevel PostalCode PostalCode AddOn Description The first address line The second address line The third address line The fourth address line For U K addresses only If the address was validated the fifth line of the validated and standardized address If the address could not be validated the fifth line of the input address without any changes The city name The three character ISO 3116 1 Alpha 3 code for the country For a list of ISO codes see Country ISO Codes and Module Support The firm name The ending house number for the range in which the candidate address s house number falls The beginning house number for the range in which the candidate address s house number falls Indicates the numbering scheme for the house numbers between HouseNumberLow and HouseNumberHigh as follows E Only even values Oo Only odd values B Both For addresses outside the U S and Canada identifies the match level for the candidate ad
36. and street searching field to increase processing speed When you do this some accuracy is lost This option only controls performance for addresses outside the U S and Canada This setting affects a small percentage of records mostly addresses in the U K There is no performance control for U S and Canadian address processing If you use Get Candidate Addresses the candidate addresses returned by Get Candidate Addresses may differ from the multiple matches returned by Validate Address if you set the performance tuning option for international addresses to any value other than 100 To control performance for addresses outside the U S and Canada use the International city and street searching slider To increase matching accuracy move the slider to the right A value of 100 results in the greatest accuracy To increase processing speed move the slider to the left A value of 0 results in the greatest processing speed This option enables Validate Address to search the AddressLine input fields for the city state province postal code and country when the address cannot be matched using the values in the City StateProvince and PostalCode input fields Consider enabling this option if your input addresses have the city state province and postal code information in the AddressLine fields Consider disabling this option if your input addresses use the City State Province and PostalCode fields If you enable this option and
37. are enabled see Address Line Processing for U S Addresses on page 78 for more information Data on other address lines is returned in AdditionallnputData In the following address John Smith would be returned in AdditionallnputData because it is in the third non blank address line and Validate Address only uses the first two non blank address lines for U S addresses Addressing Guide 125 Universal Addressing Module 126 123 Main St Apt 5 John Smith 05674 If one of either of the first two non blank address lines contains extraneous data that data is returned in AdditionallnputData For example in the following addresses John Smith would be returned in AdditionalAddressData 123 Main St John Smith 05674 John Smith 123 Main St 05674 In the following address both John Smith and Apt 5 would both be returned in AdditionallnputData John Smith would be returned because it is extraneous data in one of the first two address lines and Apt 5 would be returned because U S address data must be in the first two non blank address lines John Smith 123 Main St Apt 5 05674 Extraneous Data Within an Address Line Extraneous data that is within an address line is returned in AdditionallnputData For example in the following addresses John Smith would be returned in AdditionallnputData 123 Main St John Smith 05674 123 Main St Apt 5 John Smith 05674 123 Main St John Smith Apt 5 05674 123 Main St Apt 5 Joh
38. charge a higher price for delivery to a residential address than they do to a business address Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 2 Addressing Concepts Street Name Aliases Street name aliases in the United States are alternative names given to sections of a street There are four types of street name aliases Preferred A preferred alias is the street name preferred locally It typically applies only to a specific range of addresses on the street Abbreviated An abbreviated alias is a variation of the street name that can be used in cases where the length of AddressLine1 is longer than 31 characters For example the street name 1234 BERKSHIRE VALLEY RD APT 312A could be abbreviated to 1234 BERKSHIRE VLLY RD APT 312A e Changed There has been an official street name change and the alias reflects the new name For example if SHINGLE BROOK RD is changed to CANNING DR then CANNING DR would be a changed alias type e Other The street alias is made up of other names for the street or common abbreviations of the street The non alias version of the street name is called the base street name Link Suite Suite corrects secondary address information for U S business addresses whose secondary address information could not be validated If Suite processing is enabled the firm name is matched to a database of known firm names and their secondary address information Link For example Firm Name Pitney Bowe
39. country name is returned using the Universal Postal Union country name Note that the option Country format does not affect the country name in the address block it only affects the name returned in the Country output field For addresses outside the U S and Canada if Validate Address Loqate is unable to validate the address no address Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Default country Country format Script Alphabet Return multiple addresses Addressing Guide Chapter 4 Stages Reference Description blocks are returned For addresses in the U S and Canada address blocks are returned even if validation fails Specifies the casing of the output data One of the following Mixed The output in mixed case default For example 123 Main St Mytown FL 12345 The output in upper case For example 123 MAIN ST MYTOWN FL 12345 Specifies the default country You should specify the country where most of your addresses reside For example if most of the addresses you process are in Canada specify Canada Validate Address Loqate uses the country you specify to attempt validation when it cannot determine the country from the StateProvince PostalCode and Country address fields Specifies the format to use for the country name returned in the Country output field For example if you select English the country name Deutschland would be returned as Germany English Names Use English country names default
40. different character sets Formats addresses according to the postal rules of the country of destination e Standardizes address elements such as changing AVENUE to AVE Global Address Validation Address validation is the correction process where properly parsed address data is compared against reference databases supplied by postal organizations or other data providers Validate Address Global validates individual address elements to check for correctness using sophisticated fuzzy matching technology and produces standardized and formatted output based on postal standards and user preferences FastCompletion validation type can be used in quick address entry applications It allows input of truncated data in several address fields and generates suggestions based on this input In some cases it is not possible to fully validate an address Here Validate Address Global has a unique deliverability assessment feature that classifies addresses according to their probable deliverability Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference Input Validate Address Global takes a standard address as input All addresses use this format no matter what country the address is from Table 62 Validate Address Global Input Field Name Format Description AddressLine1 through String These fields contain address line data AddressLine1 contains AddressLine6 79 the first address line AddressLine2 contains the second address line and
41. e committed a value One of the following Y Yes the value of this field has been committed N No the value of this field has not been committed Field n Index String 79 An index value used to refer to field n where n is 0 though 10 For example for U S addresses the index value of the ZIP field is 0 Field n Name String 79 The name of the address element contained in field n where n is 0 through 10 For example for U S addresses Field 0 Name is ZIP Field n Value String 79 The value that has been committed to field n where nis O through 10 This field is blank on the init call FieldIndex String 79 Shows the value specified in the FieldIndex input field for this call For more information on this input field see Input on page 25 FirmName String 79 The name of a company For example Pitney Bowes Software 4200 PARLIAMENT PL STE 600 LANHAM MD 20706 1844 USA Addressing Guide 29 Address Now Module Field Name Format Description HouseNumber String 79 House number For example 123 E Main St Apt 3 POBox String 79 The post office box number If the address is a rural route address the rural route box number will appear here PostalCode String 79 The postal code In the U S this is the ZIP Code PostalCode AddOn String 79 The 4 digit add on part of the ZIP 4 Code For example in the ZIP Code 60655 1844 1844 is the 4 digit add on U S addresses only PostalCode Bas
42. if there is one The USPS provides abbreviations for city names that are 14 characters long or longer City abbreviations are 13 characters or less and ca n be used when there is limited space on the mailing label If there is no short city name for the city then the full city name is returned Dual address match logic U S addresses only Controls whether Get Candidate Addresses should return a street match or a PO Box Rural Route Highwa y Contract match when the address contains both street and PO Box Rural Route Highway Contract information For more information see About Dual Address Logic on page 86 Normal Match Default USPS CASS regulations Street Match 62 determine the address returned based on the following order of priority PO Box Firm Highrise Street Rural Route General Delivery oar oN gt Return a street match regardless of the address line Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Option Name Chapter 4 Stages Reference Description Street matching Firm matching Directional matching Perform enhanced street matching Search address lines on fail Addressing Guide PO Box Match Return a PO Box match regardless of the address line The strictness of the street name match U S addresses only Exact The input street name must match the database exactly Tight The matching algorithm is tight Medium The matching algorithm is medium default
43. in the United States and is updated on a monthly basis The database files contain the following information subscription Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference Database Name amp Description Required or Supplier Optional e ZIP 4 Code e Standardized address elements e City and state information The U S Postal Database also contains the data needed to perform Enhanced Street Matching ESM and All Street Matching ASM ESM and ASM apply extra matching logic to any input address that is not matched through the regular address validation process Canadian Postal Database Required for Pitney Bowes The Canadian Postal database is in Pitney Bowes Software keene eddies ee proprietary format The database files contain the following processing ee information e Postal code e Standardized address elements e Municipality and province information International Postal Database Required for Pitney Bowes International Software quarterly The International Postal Database is a collection of postal address data from around the world Data from each country is categorized according to the level of data available The categories are address processing subscription e Category A Enables the validation and correction of an address s postal code city name state county name street address elements and country name e Category B Enables the validation and correction of an address s postal co
44. mailpieces For example if most of your mailpieces are going to Canada specify Canada Get Global Candidate Addresses uses the country you specify to attempt validation when it cannot determine the country from the StateProvince PostalCode and Country address fields Specifies the format to use for the country name in the output One of the following English names The country in the output in English default ISO codes The country in the output in the two character ISO code UPU codes The country in the output in the three character UPU code Specifies the casing of the output data One of the following Mixed The output in mixed case default For example 123 Main St Mytown FL 12345 Upper The output in upper case For example 123 MAIN ST MYTOWN FL 12345 Specifies whether or not to use separators spaces or hyphens in ZIP Codes or Canadian postal codes 33 Address Now Module 34 Show extra address line Maximum records to return Return non validated input data Output Description For example a ZIP 4 Code with the separator would be 20706 1844 and without the separator it would be 207061844 A Canadian postal code with the separator would be P5E 1S7 and without the separator it would be P5E1S7 Note Spaces are used in Canadian postal codes and hyphens in U S ZIP 4 Codes Specifies whether or not to include the city state province and postal code in one of the AddressLine output fi
45. other address Formatted addresses are returned using the format specified by thelnclude a standard address Include address line elements and Include postal information check boxes Note that if you select Include address line elements the parsed address elements will contain the parsed validated address for addresses that could be validated If the address could not be validated the parsed address elements will contain the input address in parsed form If you always want the output to contain the input address in parsed form regardless of whether or not Validate Address Loqate could validate the address select Include standardized input address elements If you check this option you must select Include a standard address and or Include address line elements Specifies whether to return a formatted version of the address as it would be printed on a physical mailpiece Each line of the address is returned in a separate address block field There can be up to nine address block output fields AddressBlock1 through AddressBlock9 For example this input address AddressLine1 4200 Parliament Place AddressLine2 Suite 600 City Lanham StateProvince MD PostalCode 20706 Results in this address block output AddressBlock1 4200 PARLIAMENT PL STE 600 AddressBlock2 LANHAM MD 20706 1882 AddressBlock3 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Validate Address Loqate formats the address into address blocks using postal authority standards The
46. province abbreviation Reports the success or failure of the match attempt null Success F Failure The reason for failure if there is one e DisabledCoder e RequestFailed e NoLookupAddressFound A description of the problem if there is one Did not return The input address matched only one address multiples in the database Auto Complete Loqate returns data only if multiple possible matches were found Addressing Guide 57 Universal Addressing Module Field Name Description Not able to look up the Auto Complete Loqate is not able to process address pattern the partial address Auto Complete Loqate Sample Web Application You can access a sample web application that demonstrates the Auto Complete Loqate functionality When you enter a partial address this application makes a call to the Auto Complete Loqate REST web service which returns a suggested address Note Prior to using this feature you must add an Auto Complete Loqate database resource in Management Console and save the database resource in the Auto Complete Loqate Service 1 Be sure the Spectrum Technology Platform server is running 2 Open a web browser and go to http lt servername gt lt port gt autocomplete For example if your server is named myserver and it uses the default HTTP port 8080 you would go to http myserver 8080 autocomplete Note This site is best viewed in Internet Explorer 8 0 or later Chrome or Mozilla Fire
47. record level result indicators returned by Validate Address Loqate Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference Table 76 Record Level Indicators Field Name Description Confidence The level of confidence assigned to the address being returned Range is from zero 0 to 100 zero indicates failure 100 indicates a very high level of confidence that the match results are correct For multiple matches the confidence level is 0 For details about how this number is calculated see Introduction to the Validate Address Confidence Algorithm on page 168 CouldNotValidate If no match was found which address component could not be validated e ApartmentNumber e HouseNumber StreetName PostalCode e City Directional StreetSuffix e Firm e POBoxNumber Note More than one component may be returned in a comma separated list MatchScore MatchScore provides an indication of the similarity between the input data and the closest reference data match It is significantly different from Confidence in that Confidence indicates how much the input address changed to obtain a match whereas the meaning of Match Score varies between U S and non U S addresses The int getFieldMatchscore unit record const char field is a decimal value between 0 and 100 that reflects the similarity between the identified input data and the closest reference data match A result of 100 indicates that no changes other than alias ca
48. so forth Note that the city state province and postal code information should be placed in their respective fields not address line fields For example AddressLine1 17413 Blodgett Road AddressLine2 PO Box 123 City Mount Vernon StateProvice WA PostalCode 97273 Country USA If the input address is not already parsed into the appropriate address line and City StateProvice and PostalCode fields use the UnformattedLine fields instead of the address line fields City String City name 79 StateProvince String State or province 79 PostalCode String The postal code for the address In the U S this is the ZIP 79 Code 99999 90009009 A9A9A9 A9A 9A9 9999 999 Contact String The name of the addressee For example Mr Jones 79 Country String The country name If no value is specified in the Force 79 country ISO3 or Default country ISO3 option you must specify a country FirmName String Company or firm name 79 Street String Street 79 Number Building Number 79 Addressing Guide 133 Universal Addressing Module Field Name Format Description Building Building SubBuilding SubBuilding DeliveryService DeliveryService UnformattedLine1 through Use these fields if the input address is completely unparsed UnformattedLine10 and you want Validate Address Global to attempt to parse the address into the appropriate fields For example UnformattedLine1 17413 Blodgett Road UnformattedLin
49. the Options tab specify the options you want For information on the options see Options on page 27 Click the Preview tab In the Action field type init In the Country field enter the country of the address you want to build Click Run Preview Under Preview Output find the Sessionld field right click the value and select Copy from the pop up menu oNnNoga sh BuildGlobalAddress v 1 0 m1 0 SNAPSHOT ae Options Preview Preview Input Action Country FieldIndex Altemativelndex AltemativeContext SearchValue Sessionld gt init united states 4 Import Data Delete Rowfs View Z Run Preview Preview Output a Action init Country united states Fieldindex Altemativelndex AltemativeContext SearchValue Sessionld Field 2 Name Field 9 Name Field 5 CommitFlag Altematives InContext Count Field 2 Index Alanat inn Qi Hantot 9 Under Preview Input right click the Sessionld field and select Paste Addressing Guide 23 Address Now Module 24 BuildGlobalAddress v 1 0 m1 0 SNAPSHOT Options Preview Preview Input Action Country Fieldindex Alternativelndex AlterativeContext Pe init united states es Import Data Delete Row s View X Run Preview Preview Output Action Country Fieldindex Altemativelndex AlternativeContext SearchValue S
50. 9 Country recognized from province C Country recognized from territory D Country recognized from name with errors E Country recognized from name without errors F Country recognized from ForceCountrylSO3 setting Reports Validate Address Global Summary Report The Validate Address Global Summary Report lists summary statistics about the job such as the total number of records processed the number of addresses validated and more For instructions on how to use reports see the Spectrum Technology Platform Dataflow Designer s Guide Job Summary This section contains summary information about the job Started The date and time that the job started Finished The date and time that the job ended Processing time The duration of the job Total Records tThe total number of records presented to Validate Address Global for processing This may be different from the number of input records for the job depending on how the job is designed Processed Records tThe number of addresses that were successfully processed by Validate Address Global This is the total number of records less records not processed Default country The default country specified in the Default country ISO3 format option Casing The casing selected in the Casing option Script Alphabet The script specified in the Script Alphabet option Countries The number of countries represented in the input addresses Status Summary This section list
51. ApartmentLabel ApartmentNumber ApartmentNumber2 FirmName HouseNumber LeadingDirectional POBox PostalCode StateProvince StreetName StreetSuffix TrailingDirectional Description address block output fields AddressBlock1 through AddressBlock9 For example this input address AddressLine1 4200 Parliament Place AddressLine2 Suite 600 City Lanham StateProvince MD PostalCode 20706 Results in this address block output AddressBlock1 4200 PARLIAMENT PL STE 600 AddressBlock2 LANHAM MD 20706 1882 Apartment designator such as STE or APT for example 123 E Main St APT 3 Apartment number For example 123 E Main St APT 3 Secondary apartment number For example 123 E Main St APT 3 4th Floor Note In this release this field will always be blank Validated city name Country Format is determined by what you selected in Country format ISO Code UPU Code e English The validated firm or company name House number for example 123 E Main St Apt 3 Leading directional for example 123 E Main St Apt 3 Post office box number If the address is a rural route address the rural route box number will appear here Validated postal code For U S addresses this is the ZIP Code Validated state or province name Street name for example 123 E Main St Apt 3 Street suffix for example 123 E Main St Apt 3 Trailing directional for example 123 Pennsylvania Ave NW Spectrum T
52. Canadian addresses only Corrected U S and Canadian addresses only Dropped The field provided on input was removed U S addresses only For more information see About Additional Input Data F Formatted The spacing and or punctuation was changed to conform to postal standards Does not apply to U S or Canadian addresses M Multiple The input address matched multiple records in the postal database and each matching record has a different value in this field U S addresses only P Pass through The data was not used in the validation process but it was preserved in the output Does not apply to U S addresses S Standardized This option includes any standard abbreviations U S and Canadian addresses only U Unmatched V Validated The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input A Appended The field was added to a blank input field U S and Canadian addresses only Corrected U S and Canadian addresses only Dropped The field provided on input was removed U S and Canadian addresses only For more information see About Additional Input Data F Formatted The spacing and or punctuation was changed to conform to postal standards Does not apply to U S or Canadian addresses M Multiple The input address matched multiple records in the postal database and each matching record has a different value in this field U S addresses only P Pass through The data was not used in the validation
53. Casing setting in effect for this job For more information about this setting see Options on page 33 Maximum Results The Maximum records to return setting in effect for this job For more information about this setting see Options on page 33 Input Address This section contains statistics about the input used in the job Input Record Count The total number of input addresses for the job e Address Records Processed The number of addresses for which Validate Global Address attempted to validate Total Records For Which Address Search Attempted The number of input records for which a search was attempted Total Records Successfully Searched The number of input addresses that returned candidates This is the number of input addresses that did not result in a status of F Total Unsearched Records The number of input addresses that did not return candidates This is equal to the number of input addresses that resulted in a status of F Output Address This section contains statistics about the output from the job Search Results Count The total number of addresses including candidates that the job returned Validate Global Address Validate Global Address provides enhanced address standardization and validation for addresses outside the U S and Canada Validate Global Address can also validate addresses in the U S and Canada but its strength is validation of addresses in other countries If you need to
54. Each address line represents an actual line of the address as it would appear on an envelope For more information see Output on page 154 If Validate Address Loqate could validate the address the address lines contain the standardized address When addresses are standardized punctuation is removed directionals are abbreviated street suffixes are abbreviated and address elements are corrected If Validate Address Loqate could not validate the address the address lines contain the address as it appeared in the input pass through data Non validated addresses are always included as pass through data in the address line fields even if you uncheck this option Each part of the address such as house number street name street suffix directionals and so on is returned in a separate field For more information see Parsed Address Elements Output on page 155 Note that if you select this option and also select Return normalized data when no match is found the address elements will contain the input address for addresses that could not be validated This option returns the input address in parsed form regardless of whether or not Validate Address Loqate is able to validate the address Each part of the input address such as house number street name street suffix directionals and so on is returned in a separate field Selecting this option differs from selecting the combination of Include matched address elements Return normalize
55. Home country Description Specifies the default country You should specify the country where most of the addresses are located For example if most of the addresses you process are in Canada specify Canada Validate Global Address uses the home country to attempt validation when it cannot determine Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference Description the country from the StateProvince PostalCode and Country address fields For a list of valid values see Country ISO Codes and Module Support Output Data Options Table 12 Validate Global Address Output Data Options Description Country format Casing Insert postal code separation character Show extra address line Return standardized data when no match is found Return formatted data when no match is found Enable address validation Addressing Guide Specifies the format to use for the country name in the output One of the following English names The country in the output is English default ISO codes The country in the output in the two character ISO code UPU codes The country in the output in the three character UPU code Specifies the casing of the output data One of the following Mixed The output in mixed case default For example 123 Main St Mytown FL 12345 Upper The output in upper case For example 123 MAIN ST MYTOWN FL 12345 Specifies whether to use a separator spaces or hyphens in ZIP Co
56. If the address could not be validated the first line of the input address without any changes AddressLine2 If the address was validated the second line of the validated and standardized address If the address could not be validated the second line of the input address without any changes AddressLine3 If the address was validated the third line of the validated and standardized address If the address could not be validated the third line of the input address without any changes AddressLine4 If the address was validated the fourth line of the validated and standardized address If the address could not be validated the fourth line of the input address without any changes AddressLine5 For U K addresses only If the address was validated the fifth line of the validated and standardized address If the address could not be validated the fifth line of the input address without any changes City The validated city name Country The country in the format determined by what you selected in Country format e ISO Code UPU Code Addressing Guide 103 Universal Addressing Module Field Name Description e English e French e German e Spanish DepartmentName For U K addresses only a subdivision of a firm For example Engineering Department FirmName The validated firm or company name PostalCode The validated ZIP Code or postal code PostalCode AddOn The 4 digit add on part of the ZIP Code For example in the ZIP
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58. Management Console Build Global Address returns address data and return codes for each input address Address Data Table 4 Build Global Address Output Field Name Action AddressLine1 AddressLine2 AddressLine3 AddressLine4 AddressLine5 AddressLine6 AddressLine7 AddressLine8 AlternativeContext Alternativelndex Alternatives InContext Alternatives InContext Count Alternatives OutContext Format String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 Description Shows the value specified in the Action input field for this call For more information on this input field see Input on page 25 The formatted first address line The formatted second address line The formatted third address line The formatted fourth address line The formatted fifth address line The formatted sixth address line The formatted seventh address line The formatted eighth address line Shows the value specified in the AlternativeContext input field for this call For more information see Input on page 25 Shows the value specified in the Alternativelndex input field for this call For more information on this input field see Input on page 25 A comma delimited list of the possible values for the field you searched on which fit the context of fields you have already committed For informati
59. Positive table in the DPV database A match to this table will stop DPV processing USPS licensing also prohibits exporting the DPV data outside the United States eLOT Database The Enhanced Line of Travel eLOT database is a U S address database that ensures that Enhanced Carrier Route mailings are sorted as close as possible to the actual delivery sequence the eLOT database is required for certain types of postal discounts You will receive monthly updates to your eLOT database on the same media as the U S Postal database You must install the U S Postal database and eLOT database from the same month i e September eLOT data must be processed with a September U S Postal database If the U S Postal database and the eLOT database are not from the same month there may be ZIP 4 Codes for which eLOT numbers cannot be assigned The ZIP Code ZIP 4 Code carrier route code and the delivery point of an address must be provided to assign a eLOT code EWS Database The Early Warning System EWS database prevents address validation errors that can result due to a delay in postal data reaching the U S Postal database The EWS database consists of partial address information limited to the ZIP Code street name pre and post directionals and a suffix For an address record to be EWS eligible it must be an address not present on the most recent monthly production U S Postal database The USPS refreshes the E
60. ProvinC nsisesesccn niente 69 Get City State Province LOQate isis secs so aessdedelnasen estes Seidabnidas 71 Get Postal CODSS i cxsccag she seceted cxtanaasaaacadtesazangudsencaadaancsaniusisaatansa aartadeenas 73 Get Postal Codes LOG ate ss xi actisaseduyisacencwaytersasvaedivaaass seiesocdueaisesanstaeeaaarees 75 Validate Addie SS 2h cisdedexssicsd iolon iiini it i i a 76 Validate Address AUS narines a 127 Validate Address Global rizie daateseemmeelidsizadh 131 Validate Address 0G ate ssion aaa aaa 149 Encountering False Positives is2se ccsscgsheensstsn sienna hcantulantenwihadslaanweicces 166 Validate Address Confidence AIQorithim c cceeeeceeeeeteeeeeeeentteeeeeee 168 Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Getting Started In this section e Introduction to Address Quality 000 10 Introduction to Address Quality Introduction to Address Quality The Addressing Solution ensures quality addressing by providing tools that verify and standardize addresses in over 220 countries Spectrum Technology Platform supports address quality initiatives by adhering to postal guidelines which enables the timely delivery of mail at a discounted rate 10 Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Addressing Concepts In this section e U S Addressing Concepts 0 00 eee eee eee 12 e Canadian Addressing Concepts 0 00005 15 e Australian Addressing 00 000e eee eee 17 International Add
61. STE or APT for example 123 E Main St APT 3 Apartment number for example 123 E Main St APT 3 Delivery installation name Canadian addresses only Delivery installation qualifier Canadian addresses only Delivery installation type Canadian addresses only Validated city name Country Format is determined by what you selected in Country format e ISO Code e UPU Code e English e French German e Spanish The validated firm or company name House number for example 123 E Main St Apt 3 Leading directional for example 123 E Main St Apt 3 Post office box number If the address is a rural route address the rural route box number will appear here Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Field Name PostalCode Input PrivateMailbox Input PrivateMailbox Type Input RRHC Input StateProvince Input StreetName Input StreetSuffix Input TrailingDirectional Input USUrbanName Input Postal Data Output Chapter 4 Stages Reference Description Validated postal code For U S addresses this is the ZIP Code Private mailbox indicator The type of private mailbox Possible values include Standard e Non Standard Rural Route Highway Contract indicator Validated state or province name Street name for example 123 E Main St Apt 3 Street suffix for example 123 E Main St Apt 3 Trailing directional for example 123 Pennsylvania Ave NW USPS urbanization name If you select Includ
62. Spectrum Technology Platform Version 9 0 Addressing Guide Notices 2013 Pitney Bowes Software Inc All rights reserved MapInfo and Group 1 Software are trademarks of Pitney Bowes Software Inc All other marks and trademarks are property of their respective holders USPS Notices Pitney Bowes Inc holds a non exclusive license to publish and sell ZIP 4 databases on optical and magnetic media The following trademarks are owned by the United States Postal Service CASS CASS Certified DPV eLOT FASTforward First Class Mail Intelligent Mail LACS NCOA PAVE PLANET Code Postal Service POSTNET Post Office RDI Suite United States Postal Service Standard Mail United States Post Office USPS ZIP Code and ZIP 4 This list is not exhaustive of the trademarks belonging to the Postal Service Pitney Bowes Inc is a non exclusive licensee of USPS for NCOA processing Prices for Pitney Bowes Software s products options and services are not established controlled or approved by USPS or United States Government When utilizing RDI data to determine parcel shipping costs the business decision on which parcel delivery company to use is not made by the USPS or United States Government Data Provider and Related Notices Data Products contained on this media and used within Pitney Bowes Software applications are protected by various trademarks and by one or more of the following copyrights Co
63. Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference Address Now Summary Report By Country This report lists a summary of the results for each country including the number of addresses processed for each country and the level of validation obtained Address Now Detailed Report By Country This report lists the validation results for each address element for each country The ACR Code The Address Correction Result ACR code describes what data has been changed in each record An example of an ACR is L5 POSOA5T1ROZ0C4 098 ACR codes consist of three parts e Validation Level e Component Status e Validation Match Score Validation Level The first two characters of the address correction result state the type and level of validation The first character which is always alphabetic specifies the type of validation e U Unable to standardize address e C Address is in component form e L Address has been formatted into address lines e R Address has been reverted and has not reached acceptable level The second character which is always numeric specifies the level of validation The higher the level the better the validation will be The levels that can be achieved are as follows 0 No components validated e 1 Country only validated e 2 City and country validated e 3 City postal code and country validated e 4 Street city postal code and country validated e 5 Premise number building name sub
64. The address was validated corrected to the high rise default The address is a large volume receiver The address is a military address The address was validated corrected to PO box The address was validated corrected to a rural route The address was validated corrected to a street address The address could not be validated corrected so the type is unknown 143 Universal Addressing Module Field Name Result Code Confidence CountOverflow ElementlnputStatus ElementRelevance ElementResultStatus MailabilityScore ModeUsed MultimatchCount ProcessStatus 144 The level of confidence assigned to the address being returned Range is from zero 0 to 100 zero indicates failure 100 indicates a very high level of confidence that the match results are correct Indicates whether the number of candidate addresses exceeds the number returned One of the following Yes Yes there are additional candidate addresses To obtain the additional candidates increase the Maximum number of results returned value No No there are no additional candidates ElementinputStatus provides per element information on the matching of input elements to reference data The values in this field vary depending on whether you are using batch mode or parse mode For information about the value in this field see Interpreting ElementInputStatus ElementResultStatus and ElementRelevance on page 146 Indicates which address elemen
65. U Unmatched v Validated The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input PostalCode Source These result codes apply to U S addresses only FinanceNumber The ZIP Code in the input was verified by using USPS Finance Number groupings ZIPMOVE The ZIP Code in the input address was corrected because the USPS redrew ZIP Code boundaries and the address is now in a different ZIP Code PostalCode Type P The ZIP Code contains only PO Box addresses U S addresses only U The ZIP Code is a unique ZIP Code assigned to a specific company or location U S addresses only M The ZIP Code is for military addresses U S addresses only null The ZIP Code is a standard ZIP Code 116 Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference Field Name Description RRHC Result Cc Corrected Canadian addresses only Dropped The field provided on input was removed U S addresses only For more information see About AdditionallnputData on page 124 M Multiple matches The input address matched multiple records in the postal database and each matching record has a different value in this field U S addresses only P Pass through The data was not used in the validation process but it was preserved in the output Canadian addresses only R The rural route highway contract is required but is missing from the input address U S addresses only S Standardized This option includ
66. USUrbanName field is blank and there is more than one address line To identify urbanization names Validate Address scans the address lines for keywords and patterns that help it identify which fields are address lines and which are urbanization name lines Since this is done based on patterns it is possible for Validate Address to incorrectly identify fields To help ensure optimal urbanization extraction place the primary address elements in AddressLine1 the secondary elements in AddressLine2 Urbanization in AddressLine3 and firm in AddressLine4 if possible For example Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Option Name Suite Link support Preferred street name alias processing Addressing Guide Chapter 4 Stages Reference Description AddressLine1 A1 Calle A AddressLine2 AddressLine3 URB Alamar AddressLine4 Pitney Bowes Software Specifies whether to perform Suite processing Suite corrects secondary address information for U S business addresses whose secondary address information could not be validated If Suite processing is enabled the firm name is matched to a database of known firm names and their secondary address information For example Firm Name Pitney Bowes Software Address Line 1 4200 Parliament Place Address Line 2 STE 1 Postal Code 20706 In this case Suite processing would change the suite number to the correct suite number Firm Name Pitney Bowes Software Addres
67. Validate Address Global provides enhanced address standardization and validation for addresses outside the U S and Canada Validate Address Global can also validate addresses in the U S and Canada but its strength is validation of addresses in other countries If you process a significant number of addresses outside the U S and Canada you should consider using Validate Address Global e Validate Address Loqate Validate Address Loqate standardizes and validates addresses using postal authority address data Validate Address Loqate can correct information and format the address using the format preferred by the applicable postal authority It also adds missing postal information such as postal codes city names state province names and so on Universal Addressing Databases The Universal Addressing Module uses a number of required and optional databases The databases are installed on the Spectrum Technology Platform server Some of the databases are available by subscription from Pitney Bowes Software and are updated monthly or quarterly Others are licensed from the USPS The following table lists the Universal Addressing databases Table 18 Universal Addressing Module Databases Database Name amp Description Required or Supplier Optional U S Postal Database Required for U S Pitney Bowes address processing Software monthly The U S Postal Database is in a Pitney Bowes proprietary format It contains every house number range
68. WS file on a weekly basis Thursdays You can download the EWS file from the USPS website at ribbs usps gov LAcs Database The LACS database allows you to correct addresses that have changed as a result of a rural route address converting to street style address a PO Box renumbering or a street style address changing USPS licensing prohibits using LACS for the generation of addresses or address lists To prevent the generation of address lists the LACS database contains false positive records False positive records are artificially manufactured addresses For each negative response that occurs ina Link Required or Supplier Optional Optional U S Pitney Bowes addresses only Software monthly subscription Optional U S Download for free addresses only from USPS website Optional but Pitney Bowes required for CASS Software monthly Certified subscription processing U S addresses only Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference Database Name amp Description Required or Supplier Optional LACS query a query is made to the False Positive table in the LACS database A match to this table will stop LACS processing USPS licensing also prohibits exporting the LAcst database outside the United States RDI Database Optional U S License directly The Residential Delivery Indicator RDI database contains addresses Only rom CSES data that can he
69. address missing PO RR or HC Box number Input address matched to CMRA Input address matched to CMRA but secondary number not present Indicates whether the building is vacant unoccupied for 90 days One of the following Y N Yes the building is vacant No the building is not vacant The Determine if address is vacant option was not turned on Indicates whether the building is a no stat building and therefore unable to receive mail One of the following Y Yes the building is a no stat building which means the building is not receiving mail No the building is not a no stat building which means the building does receive mail The Determine if delivery point is active option was not turned on Description SuiteLinkReturnCode SuiteLinkMatchCode Addressing Guide Indicates whether or not Validate Address corrected the secondary address information U S addresses only One of the following A 00 null Provides additional information on the Suite Validate Address corrected the secondary address information Validate Address did not correct the secondary address information Link Suite was not performed Link Processing encountered an error For example Link database is expired Suite an error would occur if the Suite Link match attempt U S addresses only A Validate Address corrected the secondary address information 123 Universal Addressing Modul
70. ail delivery point such as a street address Status The success or failure of the match attempt F Failure no DPID or CCD found null Success Status Code Reason for failure if there is one Addressing Guide 129 Universal Addressing Module Field Name Description e UnableToValidate e InsufficientInputData Status Description A description of the problem if there is one AMAS ResultCode The result code returned by the underlying engine AMAS ResultMessage Any result messages returned by the underlying engine Result Codes This option outputs result fields that are associated with certain output elements as well as a result code for each result field if available If a result field does not have an accompanying result code it may indicate one of the following No change was made to the parsed element The parsed element was standardized e g Street changed to ST e No data was parsed into a corresponding parsed address element Table 59 Result Codes Field Name Result Code City Result Corrected HouseNumber Result Unmatched missing or ambiguous PostalCode Result Corrected PostalDelivery Result c Corrected Dropped Unmatched StateProvince Result Corrected StreetName Result Cc Corrected Unmatched missing or ambiguous StreetSuffix Result Corrected Parsed Address Elements This option outputs parsed address elements Table 60 Parsed Address Elements Field Name Description Apar
71. al for example 123 E Main St Apt 3 Post office box number If the address is a rural route address the rural route box number will appear here Validated postal code For U S addresses this is the ZIP Code Validated state or province name Street name for example 123 E Main St Apt 3 Street suffix for example 123 E Main St Apt 3 Trailing directional for example 123 Pennsylvania Ave NW Validate Address Loqate returns the latitude longitude geocoding match code dependent and double dependent localities dependent thoroughfare subadministrative and superadministrative areas and the search distance as output Match codes describe how well the geocoder matched the input address to a known address they also describe the overall status of a match attempt Search distance codes Addressing Guide 157 Universal Addressing Module 158 represent how close the geocode is to the actual physical location of an address If you are using the Spectrum API the output returned is in the DataTable class For information on the DataTable class see the API Fundamentals section of the Spectrum Technology Platform API Guide Table 75 Standard Address Output Field Name Description Geocode MatchCode This two byte code reflects the status and level of geocode matching for an address The first byte represents the geocoding status and is one of the following A Multiple candidate geocodes were found to match the input addre
72. al Address looks at the address elements that you have already committed and splits up the values it returns based on whether or not the returned values exist within the context of the address elements you have already committed For example in the U S the following cities exist In Illinois e CHICAGO Addressing Guide 31 Address Now Module e CHICAGO HTS e CHICAGO RIDGE e NORTH CHICAGO e WEST CHICAGO In Indiana e EAST CHICAGO In Nevada e CHICAGO PARK If you have already committed a value of IN Indiana for the state and then searched for the city chicago Build Global Address would return EAST CHICAGO as an in context result because it exists in Indiana and it would return all the other matches for chicago as out of context results Likewise if you committed a value of IL Illinois for the state Build Global Address would return EAST CHICAGO and CHICAGO PARK as out of context and CHICAGO CHICAGO HTS CHICAGO RIDGE NORTH CHICAGO and WEST CHICAGO as in context Get Global Candidate Addresses 32 Get Global Candidate Addresses returns a list of addresses that are considered matches for a given input address If the input address matches multiple addresses in the Address Now database the possible matches are returned If the input address matches only one address in the Address Now database no address data is returned Get Global Candidate Addresses is part of the Address Now Module Input Get Glob
73. al Candidate Addresses takes a standard address as input All addresses use this format no matter what country the address is from AddressLine1 and Country are required input fields The other fields are optional Table 6 Get Global Candidate Addresses Input Field Name Format Description AddressLine1 String First address line This is a required field 79 AddressLine2 String Second address line 79 AddressLine3 String Third address line 79 AddressLine4 String Fourth address line 79 AddressLine5 String Fifth address line 79 AddressLine6 String Sixth address line 79 AddressLine7 String Seventh address line 79 Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Field Name Format AddressLine8 amp City StateProvince PostalCode FirmName Options Chapter 4 Stages Reference Description Eighth address line City name State or province The postal code for the address in one of these formats 99999 99999 9999 A9A9A9 A9A 9A9 9999 999 The country Specify the country using the format you chose for input country format English name or ISO code For a list of ISO codes see Country ISO Codes and Module Support Company or firm name Table 7 Get Global Candidate Addresses Options Description Home country Country format Casing Insert postal code separation character Addressing Guide Specifies the default country Specify the country that is the destination of most of your
74. an addresses Pass through The data was not used in the validation process but it was preserved in the output U S and Canadian addresses only The apartment label is required but is missing from the input address U S addresses only Standardized This option includes any standard abbreviations Unmatched Does not apply to Canadian addresses Validated The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input Appended The field was added to a blank input field U S and Canadian addresses only Corrected Canadian addresses only Dropped The field provided on input was removed U S addresses only For more information see About AdditionallnputData on page 124 Formatted The spacing and or punctuation was changed to conform to postal standards Does not apply to U S or Canadian addresses Pass through The data was not used in the validation process but it was preserved in the output U S addresses that are an EWS match will have a value of P U S and Canadian addresses only The apartment number is required but is missing from the input address U S addresses only Standardized This option includes any standard abbreviations Does not apply to U S addresses Unmatched Validated The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input Appended The field was added to a blank input field U S and Canadian addresses only Corrected U S and Canadian addresses only Hyphens missing o
75. and clear 26 Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Field Name Parameter SearchValue Sessionld Options Chapter 4 Stages Reference Format Description For the search action specifies the value you want to search for This value must be appropriate for the field you specified in FieldIndex For example if you specified the ZIP Code field in FieldIndex then you would enter a ZIP Code or partial ZIP Code in this field Likewise if you chose the city field in FieldIndex you would specify a city name or partial city name in this field if you leave the field blank the search will return all values that are in context For more information about in context and out of context values see What Is Context on page 31 This input field is ignored for actions other than search Specifies the session ID you want to use for this call To obtain a session ID use the init action If a session is inactive for 5 minutes it will expire and you will need to perform a new init call to start a new session This field is required for all actions except init Table 3 Build Global Address Options Option optionName Home country Country format Insert postal code separation character Addressing Guide Description Specifies the default country You should specify the country where most of the addresses in your data are located For example if most of your addresses are in Canada specify Canada Build Global Address
76. anged from 298 to 00298 If a match is not made then all digits in the DPID field will be zero For example 00000000 If amatch is not made then all return fields parsed address elements will be blank except numeric fields which will contain all zeros e The CCD field is not output Output Ata minimum the output of Validate Address AUS consists of the standard output fields listed in Standard Output Fields on page 129 In addition to these standard fields the output may also include other information depending on the output options you select For more information on the optional output fields see Result Codes on page 130 Parsed Address Elements on page 130 and Original Input Data on page 131 Standard Output Fields The following table lists the standard fields that are output by Validate Address AUS Table 58 Output Fields Field Name Description AddressLine1 A formatted address line BuildingName The building name City The city locality suburb name 1 City2 The city locality suburb name 2 split names e g VIA StateProvince The state PostalCode The postal code CCD The Census Collection District The basic geographic unit for collection processing and output of census data In general there are about 200 to 250 households per CCD and about 37 000 CCDs throughout Australia DPID The Delivery Point Identifier An eight digit number from the Australia Post Postal Address File that uniquely identifies a m
77. anvas 8 On the Stages tab ensure that the Validate Address checkbox is checked Note that if you have renamed the Validate Address stage to something else you should check the box with the name you have given the address validation stage 9 On the Parameters tab select the format for the report You can create the report in PDF HTML or plain text format PDF format is the default 10 Click OK Obtaining SERP Return Codes SERP return codes indicate the quality of the input address as determined by the Canada Post s Software Evaluation and Recognition Program regulations To obtain SERP return codes on the Output Data tab select the Include postal information check box This will return a variety of data about the address including the SERP return codes For information on the specific data that this option will return see Postal Data Output on page 107 SERP return codes are provided in the following output field Table 49 SERP Return Code Output Field Name Description CanadianSERPCode Validation correction return code Canadian addresses only 100 Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference Field Name Description The input was valid Canada Post defines a valid address as an address that meets all the following requirements Note There are exceptions For further information contact the CPC The address must contain all required components as found in CPC s Postal Code Data Files
78. apartment information on address line a separate line Same as Place apartment information in input the same location as the input address Specifies whether to use the long medium or short version of the city if the city has a long name For example Long BUFFALO HEAD PRAIRIE Medium BUFFALO HEAD PR Short BUFFALO HD PR Use default Use the default option specified on option the Default Options tab City format field Default If you select Non mailing vanity inthe City format field the city is formatted as if you select Long for this option see below and check the Return city alias box Short Output short city name 97 Universal Addressing Module Option Name Description Place rural route into in Place delivery office info in Dual address logic 98 Long Output the long city name Medium Output the medium city name Same as Use the same city format as used input in the input address Output is L M or S Specifies where to place rural route delivery information An example of an address with rural route delivery information is 36 GRANT RD RR 3 ANTIGONISH NS In this address RR 3 is the rural route delivery information AddressLine1 Place rural route delivery information on the same line as the address after the address information Default For example 36 GRANT RD RR 3 AddressLine2 Place rural route delivery information on a separate address line For example 36 GRANT
79. appropriate fields City StateProvince and PostalCode Country The country code or name in any of the following formats e Two character ISO 3116 1 Alpha 2 country code Three character ISO 3116 1 Alpha 3 country code English country name French country name e German country name e Spanish country name For a list of ISO codes see Country ISO Codes and Module Support FirmName String The company or firm name 50 USUrbanName String The U S address urbanization name This is used primarily 50 for Puerto Rico addresses CustomerID String 9 If this mailpiece uses a generic barcode specify your USPS assigned customer ID in this field The Validate Address generic barcode is used for mailpieces that use the OneCode ACS service CanLanguage For Canadian addresses only indicates whether the address is in English or French if the option the Determine language using field on the Canadian Address Options tab is set to CanLanguage input field If this field is blank the address is formatted in English If the field contains any non blank value the address is formatted in French Note that addresses in Quebec are always formatted in French regardless of the value in this field Address Line Processing for U S Addresses The input fields AddressLine1 through AddressLine4 are handled differently for U S addresses depending on whether the firm name extraction or urbanization code extraction options are enabled If eithe
80. are unlikely to be deliverable S Parsed Addresses that were successfully parsed F Failed Addresses that could not be verified corrected or parsed Validate Address Loqate Validate Address Loqate standardizes and validates addresses using postal authority address data Validate Address Loqate can correct information and format the address using the format preferred by the applicable postal authority It also adds missing postal information such as postal codes city names state province names and so on Validate Address Logqate also returns result indicators about validation attempts such as whether or not Validate Address Loqate validated the address the level of confidence in the returned address the reason for failure if the address could not be validated and more During address matching and standardization Validate Address Loqate separates address lines into components and compares them to the contents of the Universal Addressing Module databases If a match is found the input address is standardized to the database information If no database match is found Validate Address Loqate optionally formats the input addresses The formatting process attempts to structure the address lines according to the conventions of the appropriate postal authority Validate Address Loqate is part of the Universal Addressing Module Input Validate Address Loqate takes an address as input All addresses use this format regardless o
81. ased on the house number by selecting Prefer house number on postal code conflict If you do not select this option the house number is changed to match the postal code Specifies whether or not to return the city alias when the alias is in the input address This option Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Option Name Abbreviate non civic keywords Enable SERP settings Secondary address format City format Addressing Guide Chapter 4 Stages Reference Description is disabled when you select Use default option in the City format field Specifies whether or not non civic keywords are abbreviated in the output For example Post Office Box vs PO Box Specifies whether or not to use SERP options Specifies where to place secondary address information in the output address Secondary address information refers to apartment numbers suite numbers and similar designators Use default Place apartment information in option the location specified in theSecondary address format field in the Default Options tab Default End of Place apartment information at address line the at the end of the AddressLine1 field Front Place the apartment number only number only no label at the beginning of the AddressLine1 field For example 400 123 Rue Main Front Place the apartment number and number and label at the beginning of the label AddressLine 1 field For example Apt 400 123 Rue Main Separate Place
82. atch regardless of the address line PO Box Match Return a PO Box match regardless of the address line For more information see About Dual Address Logic on page 86 About Dual Address Logic For U S addresses only the Dual address logic option controls whether Validate Address should return a street match or a PO Box Rural Route Highway Contract match when the address contains both street and PO Box Rural Route Highway Contract information in the same address line Note The Dual address logic option has no effect if the street information is in a different address line input field than the PO Box Rural Route Highway Contract information For example given the following input address AddressLine1 401 N Main St Apt 1 POB 1 City Kemp StateProvince TX PostalCode 75143 Validate Address would return one of the following If Dual address logic is set to either Normal Match or PO Box Match Validate Address returns the following AddressLine1 PO Box 1 City Kemp StateProvince TX PostalCode 75143 0001 e If Dual address logic is set to Street Match Validate Address returns the following AddressLine1 401 N Main St Apt 1 City Kemp StateProvince TX PostalCode 75143 4806 The address data that is not used to standardize the address can be returned in one of two places AddressLine2 The address information not used to standardize the address is returned in the AddressLine2 field if you select Dual a
83. ateAddresses CASS3553 AddressNowSummaryReport AddressNowSummaryReportByCountry AssignGeoT AXInfoSummar C CASS3553 TlosestSteSummary it z v a w p Server name configB13vm0 Version SNAPSHOT User name admin 7 Double click the CASS3553 icon on the canvas 8 Onthe Stages tab check the Validate Address checkbox Note that if you have renamed the Validate Address stage to something else you should check the box with the name you have given the address validation stage Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference 9 On the Parameters tab select the format for the report You can create the report in PDF HTML or plain text format 10 Click OK 11 Repeat steps 6 10 for CASSDetail if you want to produce the CASS Detail Report Note You do not need to draw a connector between the Validate Address stage and the reports Canadian Address Options Option Name Description Enable Canadian address processing Database Determine language using Addressing Guide Specifies whether to process Canadian addresses If you enable Canadian address processing Validate Address will attempt to validate Canadian addresses If you disable Canadian address processing Canadian addresses will fail meaning they is returned with an F in the Status output field The output field Status Code will say DisabledCoder If you are not licensed for Canadian address pro
84. ational addresses BuildGlobalAddresses Allows you to interactively build an address by searching for individual address elements GetGlobalCandidateAddresses Returns a list of addresses that are considered matches for a given address ValidateGlobalAddress Standardizes addresses using international postal data ValidateGlobalAddress can also validate addresses in the U S and Canada but its strength is validation of addresses in other countries If you have a significant amount of non U S and non Canadian address data you should consider using ValidateGlobalAddress In cases where ValidateGlobalAddress returns multiple address matches for a given input address you can use GetGlobalCandidateAddresses to return the address stack GetGlobalCandidateAddresses is designed to return additional information from the postal databases to help you determine which of the returned addresses is the best match Address Now Database The Address Now database contains postal data from all supported countries You can install the entire database or the data for specific countries only The database is installed on the server This database is available by subscription from Pitney Bowes Software and is updated monthly Build Global Address Build Global Address allows you to build a valid address starting with just a single address element or a few address elements Build Global Address is part of the Address Now Module 22 Spectrum Technolo
85. balance between processing speed and quality One of the following Narrow The parser will honor input assignment strictly with the exception of separation of House Number from Street information Standard The parser will separate address element more actively as follows e Province will be separated from Locality information PostalCode will be separated from Locality information House Number will be separated from Street information Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference Description SubBuilding will be separated from Street information e DeliveryService will be separated from Street information e SubBuilding will be separated from Building information e Locality will be separated from PostalCode information Wide Parser separation will happen similarly to Standard but additionally up to 10 parsing candidates will be passed to validation for processing Validation will widen its search tree and take additional reference data entries into account for matching Please note that adjusting the optimization level might have no effect for countries that lack the postal reference data information required for the kind of separation described above Increasing separation granularity from Narrow to Standard consumes some processing power but the major impact on processing speed is from validation processing a larger search tree thus increasing the number of data accesses and comparisons for the optim
86. ber of False Positives Numeric The trailer record contains information regarding the DPV false positive match There must be one trailer record added to the false positive file for every DPV false positive match The layout is shown below Table 79 DPV False Positive Trailer Record Layout Position Description Format 1 2 2 Street predirectional Alphanumeric 3 30 28 Street name Alphanumeric 31 34 4 Street suffix abbreviation Alphanumeric 35 36 2 Street postdirectional Alphanumeric 37 46 10 Address primary number Alphanumeric Addressing Guide 167 Universal Addressing Module Position Description Format Address secondary abbreviation Alphanumeric Address secondary number Numeric Matched ZIP Code Numeric Matched ZIP 4 Numeric Filler Spaces Reporting LACS Link False Positive Violations Spectrum Technology Platform indicates a false positive match via messages in the server log Batch jobs will fail if a false positive match occurs and client server calls will throw an exception Note The term seed record violation is also used to refer to encountering false positive records The two terms mean the same thing When a false positive record is encountered the server log will say 2005 05 19 09 40 10 758 WARN com gl dcg component Log Seed record violation for RR 1 R74039 2924 2005 05 19 09 40 10 774 ERROR com gl dcg component Log Feature Disabled LLB LACS Seed Record Violation Seed Code R74039 2924
87. ber ranges for each street After Get Candidate Addresses Loqate has determined the street name city name state province name and postal code it checks to make sure the input house number falls within one of the ranges of house numbers given for the matched street name The same type of logic applies to unit numbers Get Candidate Addresses Loqate is part of the Universal Addressing Module U S Address Example Canadian Address Example PostalCode A1A1A1 Preview Output 66 AddressLine1 City Country HouseNumberHigh HouseNumberLow HouseNumberParity MatchLevel PostalCode ProcessedBy RecordT ype StateProvince LOWER BATTERY RD ST JOHN S CAN 000003 000001 D A AIAIAT CAN Normal NL LOWER BATTERY RD ST JOHN S CAN 000004 A 000002 E 4 AIAIAI CAN Normal NL Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Input Chapter 4 Stages Reference The following table lists the input for Get Candidate Addresses Loqate Table 25 Input Format Field Name AddressLine1 AddressLine2 AddressLine3 AddressLine4 City Country FirmName PostalCode StateProvince Options Description The first address line The second address line The third address line The fourth address line The city name The country code or name in any of the following formats e 2 digit ISO country code e 3 digit UPU Country code e English country name For a list of ISO codes see Count
88. building PO box company street city postal code and country validated Component Status The second part of the ACR code gives the status of the main address components The address components are identified as follows e Character 3 4 P Premise house number e Character 5 6 S Street e Character 7 8 A Subcity city area e Character 9 10 T City e Character 11 12 R Region state Character 13 14 Z Postal code ZIP Code e Character 15 16 C Country A number follows each component and can take one of the following values Addressing Guide 49 Address Now Module 50 e 0 Not found empty e 1 Derived using position in input data e 2 Recognized using the Address Now Module database e 3 Recognized and updated to standard form using the Address Now Module database e 4 Validated using Address Now Module database e 5 Updated corrected using Address Now Module database e 6 Added using Address Now Module database e 7 Correctly empty e 8 Partial recognition using Address Now Module database e 9 Needs correcting to match Address Now Module database Validation Match Score The Validation Match Score comprises characters 17 19 the final three digits of the ACR code This is a comparison between the standardized data in component format and the suggested match returned from the Address Now Module database This score is calculated by examining all fields returned from the Address Now Mod
89. cessing you must disable Canadian address processing in order for your jobs to complete successfully regardless of whether or not they contain Canadian addresses Note You must have a valid license for Canadian address processing to successfully process Canadian addresses If you enable Canadian address processing but are not licensed for this feature or your license has expired your entire job will fail Specifies which database you want to use for validating Canadian addresses To specify a database for Canadian address validation select a database in the Database drop down list Only databases that have been defined in the CAN Database Resources panel in the Management Console are available Specifies how to determine the language English or French to use to format the address and directional The following example shows an address formatted in English and French English 123 Main St W French 123 Rue Main O The parameter controls the formatting of the address It also affects the spelling of the directional but not spelling of the suffix Street suffix Use the street suffix returned by the matching process to determine the language The street suffix returned by the matching process which is used internally by Validate Address during processing may be different from 95 Universal Addressing Module Option Name Default English apt label Default French apt label Prefer house number on postal code confl
90. city names If set to yes the alias is overwritten with the master version specified in the Address Now database This option used in conjunction with the Force Update ensures that no major changes are made to the data during processing Specifies whether or not to correct common address standardization and validation errors by performing cross component matching Cross component matching checks for matches between data found in one field in the input data and another field in the Address Now database Specifies whether or not Validate Global Address modifies the address to match the diacritics accents umlauts etc in the postal database when the only changes to the address are the diacritics Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Keep standardization changes in ACR code Acceptance level Minimum confidence level for validation Addressing Guide Chapter 4 Stages Reference Description For example if Use reference diacritics is enabled the following would occur Input City Chalon Sur Sa ne City in the postal database CHALON SUR SAONE Output City CHALON SUR SAONE Input City ARTEMIVS K City in the postal database ARTEMIVSK Output City ARTEMIVSK If Use reference diacritics is not enabled the following would occur Input City Chalon Sur Sad ne Reference City CHALON SUR SAONE Output City Chalon Sur Sa ne Input City ARTEMIVS K Reference City ARTEMIVSK Output City ARTEMIVS K Note that
91. ction Result ECR code describes the level of precision of the latitude and longitude returned for the address For mroe information see The ECR Code on page 46 Extra standardization information Extra standardization information A score that measures changes to each address line For more information see The Outer Match Score on page 46 Reports the success or failure of the match attempt e null Success e F Failure Reason for failure if there is one UnableToValidate ServerError e CountryNotFound Description of the problem if there is one e Address Not Found This value will appear if Status Code UnableToValidate Module not licensed This value will appear if Status Code ServerError Could Not Identify Country This value will appear if Status Code CountryNotFound 45 Address Now Module 46 Field Name Format Description Extra standardization information Extra standardization information The Word Correction Result WCR code describes vulgar words found in the input address The code has two components e Location code One of the following e AB lIndicates a vulgarity was found in the address e NB lIndicates a vulgarity was found in the name e Count The number of vulgar words found in the location indicated by the location code For example AB2 indicates that two vulgar words were found in the input address The ECR Code The Enhanced Correction Res
92. d Country City State PostalCode StreetName HouseNumber Directionals StreetSuffix ApartmentNumber Confidence Algorithm for International Addresses There are two confidence algorithms for addresses outside the U S and Canada one for addresses in countries that use postal codes and one for addresses in countries that do not use postal codes The following table details the confidence algorithm for non U S and non Canadian addresses from countries that use postal codes Addressing Guide 169 Universal Addressing Module Table 81 Confidence Algorithm for Countries With Postal Codes Weight Match Score Factor if Factor If Factor if Postal Changed Filled Data EWEN Eley Country 11 1111111111111 100 City 11 1111111111111 50 State 16 6666666666667 100 PostalCode 16 6666666666667 100 StreetName 16 6666666666667 50 HouseNumber 16 6666666666667 50 Directionals 0 50 StreetSuffix 5 55555555555556 50 ApartmentNumber 5 55555555555556 50 The following table details confidence algorithm for countries that do not use postal codes Table 82 Confidence Algorithm for Countries Without Postal Codes Weight Match Score Factor if Factor If Factor if Postal Changed Filled Data OTE WET led Country 13 3333333333333 100 0 0 City 13 3333333333333 50 75 0 170 If the country is a Category C country this value is 50 Countries fall into one of these categories Category A Enables th
93. d U S addresses only For more information see About Additional Input Data F Formatted The spacing and or punctuation was changed to conform to postal standards Does not apply to U S or Canadian addresses O Out of range Does not apply to U S or Canadian addresses P Pass through The data was not used in the validation process but it was preserved in the output Canadian addresses only R The house number is required but is missing from the input address Canadian addresses only S Standardized This option includes any standard abbreviations Does not apply to U S or Canadian addresses U Unmatched V Validated The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input A Appended The field was added to a blank input field U S and Canadian addresses only c Corrected Non blank input was corrected to a non blank value U S addresses only D Dropped The field provided on input was removed U S addresses only For more information see About Additional Input Data F Formatted The spacing and or punctuation was changed to conform to postal standards Does not apply to U S or Canadian addresses Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Field Name Chapter 4 Stages Reference Description POBox Result PostalCode Result Addressing Guide M Multiple The input address matched multiple records in the postal database and each matching record has a different value in this field U S addresse
94. d U S addresses only Multiple The input address matched multiple records in the postal database and each matching record has a different value in this field Does not apply to U S or Canadian addresses P Pass through The data was not used in the validation process but it was preserved in the output U S and Canadian addresses only R The state is required but is missing from the input address U S addresses only S Standardized This option includes any standard abbreviations Does not apply to U S addresses U Unmatched Does not apply to Canadian addresses V Validated The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input Street Result These result codes apply to international addresses only M Multiple The input address matched multiple records in the postal database and each matching record has a different value in this field P Pass through The data was not used in the validation process but it was preserved in the output R Street corrected House number is out of range Applies to UK and Japanese records only 164 Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Field Name Chapter 4 Stages Reference StreetName Result StreetSuffix Result Addressing Guide Description S Standardized This option includes any standard abbreviations U Unmatched v Validated The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input A Appended The field was added to a blank input field
95. d data when no match is found in that Return standardized input address elements returns all input address in parsed form not just input that could not be validated For more information see Parsed Input on page 157 Specifies whether to perform geocoding during processing Geocoding output provides the latitude and longitude for each input address as well as the level of accuracy of the match and the likely maximum distance between the geocode and the actual physical location of the address Specifies whether to include field level result indicators Field level result indicators describe how Validate Address Loqate handled each address element Field level result indicators are returned in the qualifier Result For example the field level result indicator for HouseNumber is contained 151 Universal Addressing Module 152 Return normalized data when no match is found Return address data blocks Description in HouseNumber Result For a complete listing of result indicator output fields see Result Indicators on page 158 Specifies whether to return a formatted address when an address cannot be validated The address is formatted using the preferred address format for the address s country If this option is not selected the output address fields are blank when Validate Address Loqate cannot validate the address Note This option applies only to U S and Canadian addresses Formatted data will not be returned for any
96. d the type of information returned Table 57 Options Database Include result codes for individual fields Include original input data Include parsed address elements Format data using AMAS conventions Description Specifies the database to be used for Australian address validation Only databases that have been defined in the Australia Database Resources panel in the Management Console are available Outputs result fields associated with certain output elements See Result Codes on page 130 Returns the original input data See Original Input Data on page 131 Returns parsed address elements See Parsed Address Elements on page 130 Specifies that output address data is to be formatted using Address Matching Approval System AMAS conventions This option causes Validate Address AUS to use AMAS rules when standardizing an address AMAS is an Australia Post program for enforcing addressing standards For more information on the AMAS formatting conventions refer to the Address Matching Approval System AMAS Handbook This option modifies the output data as follows Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference Description Numeric fields are padded with zeros This affects the following output fields HouseNumber HouseNumber2 PostalDeliveryNumber and DPID For example if the input address is 298 New South Head Rd Double Bay NSW 2028 then the format of the HouseNumber field is ch
97. dary address placement City format Description For example a ZIP 4 Code with the separator would be 20706 1844 and without the separator it would be 207061844 A Canadian postal code with the separator would be P5E 1S7 and without the separator it would be P5E1S7 Note Spaces are used in Canadian postal codes and hyphens in U S ZIP 4 Codes Specifies whether or not to return multinational characters including diacritical marks such as umlauts or accents Not supported for U S addresses Indicates whether or not to return multiple address for those input addresses that have more than one possible match For more information see Returning Multiple Matches on page 87 Specifies where to place secondary address information for U S addresses Secondary address information refers to apartment numbers suite numbers and similar designators For example in this address the secondary address information is Apt 10E and the primary address information is 424 Washington Blvd Apt 10E 424 Washington Blvd Springfield MI 49423 Same line as Place both primary and secondary address address information in AddressLine1 default Separate Place the primary address information in address line AddressLine1 and the secondary address information in AddressLine2 Dual address Place both primary and secondary address separation information in AddressLine1 and place dropped information from dual addresses in AddressLi
98. dbadseideds 17 Australian ACdreSSIN siiciicccccvccccccccevcsscccceveccsscecevcceecccevecceedecevccceceesvecceteseecceiieds 17 International AGGeSSING iisicciccccsscecccccsscevecscesaccecescantcevsccaseceiecocesceteeceeseseveeeesseeess 17 Chapter 3 Validating AGOreSSOS siccsicssssecssinennssancinsnnesnaansassnnscneansnsencsnasinannina 19 Validating US Addresses wiieciciisstcciccsccsctiecccsccetecasesseee ccanscectesancacies cxsssuctecetsasieees 20 Validating Canadian Addresses cccccesssseeceseseneeeeeseeeeeeeeseseeeeeeesssneeeeeeesenenees 20 Chapter 4 Stages REGION CO i vivsssiiiscsiecssisssescsensnesecsisensineniasesssceadiinendneasdiasenns 21 Address INOW MOG le ezccss ccccciecs csecczccezecetcddesesetcaszhecnctickenseeltddeetscttsaeexeseerasseeeetets 22 What Is the Address Now Module i cc cccctceccccccseceseeccasavtsececeeetseencneteeseneces 22 Build Global Addresses ie eee reeanetee 22 Get Global Candidate Addresses c c0s ccinadeseetiicedseesiveeesseedeesanelie ees 32 Validate Global Address acinsar A AENA 37 THE ACR Cde cairn ao A RARE 49 Universal Addressing Modulle ccsesesccceseeeseeeeeeeneeeseseeeeseeseseeeeseseeseeneeeneenanens 51 What Is the Universal Addressing Module cccceceeseteeeeesteeeeeeees 51 At Complete Logate siuen ninar n ea EE 55 Got Candidate AdGreSSOS uessrsniinnn a 58 Get Candidate Addresses Loqate cccceeceeeeeeenceeceeeeeeeeeeesesseennneeeees 66 Get City State
99. ddress record as defined by U S and Canadian postal authorities supported for U S and Canadian addresses only e FirmRecord e GeneralDelivery e HighRise PostOfficeBox e RRHighwayContract Normal Code indicating the default match Y The address matches a default record null The address does not match a default record Reports the success or failure of the match attempt For multiple matches this field is F for all the possible matches null Success F Failure Reason for failure if there is one For multiple matches all possible matches is MultipleMatchesFound e DisabledCoder e InsufficientInputData e MultipleMatchesFound 111 Universal Addressing Module 112 Field Name Description e UnableToValidate Status Description Description of the problem if there is one Possible Multiple Addresses This value will appear if Found Status Code MultipleMatchesFound Address Not Found This value will appear if Status Code UnableToVadlidate PerformUSProcessing disabled This value will appear if Status Code DisabledCoder PerformCanadianProcessing This value will appear if disabled Status Code DisabledCoder PerforminternationalProcessing This value will appear if disabled Status Code DisabledCoder Field Level Result Indicators Field level result indicators describe how Validate Address handled each address element Field level result indicators are returned in the qualifier Result
100. ddress separation in the Secondary address placement field For more information on this option see Default Options on page 83 For example if you choose to return a street match for dual addresses AddressLine1 401 N Main St Apt 1 AddressLine2 PO Box 1 City Kemp StateProvince TX PostalCode 75143 0001 AdditionallnputData lf you do not select Dual address separation inthe Secondary address placement field then the address information not used to standardize the address is returned in the AdditionallnputData field For more information on this option see Default Options on page 83 For example if you choose to return a street match for dual addresses Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference AddressLine1 401 N Main St Apt 1 City Kemp StateProvince TX PostalCode 75143 0001 AdditionallnputData PO Box 1 Address information that is dropped can be retrieved by settingSecondary address placement to Dual address separation For more information see Default Options on page 83 Returning Multiple Matches If Validate Address finds multiple address in the postal database that are possible matches for the input address you can have Validate Address return the possible matches For example the following address matches multiple addresses in the U S postal database PO BOX 1 New York NY Options To return multiple matches use the options described in the following table Table 48 Multiple
101. ddressBlock2 LANHAM MD 20706 1882 AddressBlock3 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Validate Address formats the address into address blocks using postal authority standards The country name is returned using the Universal Postal Union country name Note that the option Country format does not affect the country name in the address block it only affects the name returned in the Country output field For addresses outside the U S and Canada if Validate Address is unable to validate the address no address blocks are returned For addresses in the U S and Canada address blocks are returned even if validation fails Obtaining Congressional Districts Validate Address can determine the U S congressional district for an address To obtain congressional districts select the Include postal information check box on the Output Data Options tab This will return a variety of data about the address including the congressional district For information on the specific data that this option will return see Postal Data Output on page 107 Table 42 Congressional District Output Field Name Description USCongressionalDistrict Congressional district number If the address is a non state address for example Puerto Rico or Washington D C this field is blank Addressing Guide 81 Universal Addressing Module 82 Obtaining County Names Validate Address can determine the county where a particular address is located and return the county name
102. de v3 v2 v1 C4 C3 C2 C1 R9 R8 R7 R6 R5 R4 R3 R2 R1 RO S4 3 2 S1 N1 Verified The input data is correct on input but some or all elements were standardized or the input contains outdated names or exonyms Verified The input data is correct but some elements could not be verified because of incomplete reference data Verified The input data is correct but the user standardization has deteriorated deliverability wrong element user standardization for example postcode length chosen is too short Not set by validation Corrected All elements have been checked Corrected but some elements could not be checked Corrected but delivery status unclear lack of reference data Corrected but delivery status unclear because user standardization was wrong Not set by validation Data could not be corrected completely but is very likely to be deliverable Single match e g HNO is wrong but only 1 HNO is found in reference data Data could not be corrected completely but is very likely to be deliverable Multiple matches e g HNO is wrong but more than 1 HNO is found in reference data Data could not be corrected but there is a slim chance that the address is deliverable Data could not be corrected and is unlikely to be delivered Country recognized from the Force country Setting Country recognized from DefaultCountryISO3 Setting Country recognized from name without errors Country recognized fr
103. de city name state county name and country name It does not support the validation or correction of street address elements e Category C Enables the validation and correction of the country name and the validation of the format of the postal code DPV Database Optional but Pitney Bowes The Delivery Point Validation database allows you to check quired for CASS Software monthly Certified subscription the validity of an individual mailing address in the U S The DPV database enhances the U S Postal database s ability to validate mailing addresses processing U S addresses only Note The DPV database also contains the data required for Commercial Mail Receiving Agency CMRA processing Each time an edition of the U S Postal database is released a corresponding edition of the DPV database is released Although USPS licensing allows the use of the U S Postal database beyond the expiration date with certain restrictions DPV lookups may not be performed after the expiration date of the DPV database Addressing Guide 53 Universal Addressing Module 54 Database Name amp Description USPS licensing prohibits using DPV data for the generation of addresses or address lists To prevent the generation of address lists the DPV database contains false positive records False positive records are artificially manufactured addresses For each negative response that occurs ina DPV query a query is made to the False
104. des or Canadian postal codes For example a ZIP 4 Code with the separator would be 20706 1844 and without the separator it would be 207061844 A Canadian postal code with the separator would be P5E 1S7 and without the separator it would be P5E1S7 Note Spaces are used in Canadian postal codes and hyphens in U S ZIP 4 Codes Specifies whether to include the city state province and postal code in one of the AddressLine output fields Regardless of what you specify with this option the output fields City State Province and PostalCode will always contain the city state province and postal code Specifies whether to return a standardized address when an address cannot be validated The address is formatted using the preferred address format for the address s country If this option is not selected the output address component fields StreetName HouseNumber etc are blank when address validation fails Specifies whether to return a formatted address when an address cannot be validated The address is formatted using the preferred address format for the address s country Enables address validation Address validation does the following e Matches components to the relevant country s reference data e Corrects spelling errors e Adds missing components e Corrects or adds postal codes 39 Address Now Module 40 Option Enable address formatting Standardization Options Description Formats the address comp
105. dress This could be a point level location or a centroid The level of precision can be determined by looking at the ECRCode output field For more information see The ECR Code on page 46 POBox String The post office box number If the address is a rural route 79 address the rural route box number will appear here PostalCode String The postal code In the U S this is the ZIP Code 79 PostalCode AddOn String The 4 digit add on part of the ZIP 4 Code For example 79 in the ZIP Code 60655 1844 1844 is the 4 digit add on U S addresses only PostalCode Base String The 5 digit ZIP Code For example 20706 U S addresses 79 only Principality String An area within a country For example England Scotland 79 and Wales are principalities This field will normally be blank StateProvince String The state or province abbreviation 79 StreetName String Street name For example 79 123 E Main St Apt 3 StreetSuffix String Street suffix For example 79 123 E Main St Apt 3 SubCity String A district or suburb The subcity is used in countries where it 79 is common to include the district or suburb within the address For example 27 Crystal Way Bradley Stoke Bristol BS32 8GA In this case Bradley Stoke is the subcity SubStreet String The second street address used to identify an address 79 Substreets are used in countries where it is common to give two street names in the address For example 12 The Mews H
106. dress U S and Canadian addresses are always A One of the following A The candidate matches the input address at the street level B The candidate matches the input address at the state province level The postal code In the U S this is the ZIP Code The last four digits of the ZIP 4 Code U S addresses only Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Field Name Chapter 4 Stages Reference Description RecordType RecordType Default StateProvince Status Status Code Status Description UnitNumberHigh UnitNumberLow UnitNumberParity Addressing Guide The type of address record as defined by U S and Canadian postal authorities U S and Canadian addresses only FirmRecord e GeneralDelivery e HighRise e PostOfficeBox e RRHighwayContract Normal Code indicating the default match Y The address matches a default record null The address does not match a default record The state or province abbreviation Reports the success or failure of the match attempt null Success F Failure The reason for failure if there is one There is only one possible value DisabledCoder e RequestFailed A description of the problem if there is one Did not return multiples The input address matched only one address in the database Get Candidate Addresses only returns data if multiple possible matches were found Number of candidates is not The input address matched more g
107. e 124 Field Name Description Validate Address did not correct the secondary address information No additional detail about the match attempt is available The words in the FirmName field are all noise words Noise words are defined by the USPS and are ignored when attempting to mach the firm name Examples of noise words are company and corporation Validate Address is not able to correct secondary address information for firm names that consist entirely of noise words For example Company and Corporation is all noise words Link The address is not a high rise default address Suite matching is only done for high rise default addresses A high rise default is a default to use when the address does not contain valid secondary information the apartment number or apartment type is missing Suite processing failed because the Suite database is expired null Suitel was not performed or there was an error SuiteLinkFidelity Indicates how well Validate Address matched the firm name to the firm names in the Suite database Link 1 The firm name matches the Suite database exactly 2 Good match All words in the firm name except one matched the firm name in the Suite database Poor match More than one word in the firm name did not match the firm name in the Suite database Suite could not match the firm name or was not performed or there was an error VeriMove Output Field Name
108. e Field Name FirmName PostalCode StateProvince Options Description e 3 digit UPU Country code e English country name For a list of ISO codes see Country ISO Codes and Module Support The company or firm name The postal code for the address The state or province Table 20 Auto Complete Loqate Options Option Name Description Database Casing Default country Script Alphabet Maximum records to return Data license error handling 56 Specifies the database to be used for address processing Only databases that have been defined in the Database Resources panel in the Management Console are available Specifies the casing of the output data One of the following Mixed The output in mixed case default For example 123 Main St Mytown FL 12345 Upper The output in upper case For example 123 MAIN ST MYTOWN FL 12345 Specifies the default country You should specify the country where most of your addresses reside For example if most of the addresses you process are in Canada specify Canada Specifies the alphabet or script in which the output should be returned This option is bi directional and generally takes place from Native to Latin and Latin to Native Input Script Do not perform transliteration and provide output in the same script as the input default Native Output in the native script for the selected country wherever possible Latin English Use English values Th
109. e guidelines for format punctuation and address components Address Format Canada Post defines a mailing address as the information required to identify a point of call and or delivery point The CPC sequence of components of an address block for mail originating in and addressed to a destination within Canada is 1 Non address data and addressee information 2 Delivery address information 3 Municipality province postal code Canadian addresses should follow these guidelines e Use the symbol for an address element rather than the full name Use upper case letters on all lines of the address block Do not use the number sign or the French equivalent n in an address Do not use punctuation such as a comma as a delimiter between address elements or components unless otherwise noted e Format all lines of the address with a flush left margin The bottom three lines of the address block must be Addressee information delivery address information municipality province and postal code Non Address Data If there is any data that is extraneous such as Attention or Address Correction Required this type of non address data must always appear above the top line of the address block above the delivery address information line Non address data includes any additional information a mailer wishes to put on the mail piece This includes words such as Attention and Confidential or account numbers and custome
110. e 117 Universal Addressing Module Field Name Description R Street corrected House number is out of range Applies to UK and Japanese records only S Standardized This option includes any standard abbreviations U Unmatched Validated The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input StreetName AbbreviatedAlias Result Indicates the result of abbreviated alias processing One of the following null No abbreviated alias processing attempted B The StreetName field contains the base street name L The standardized address length is less than 31 characters so the StreetName field contains the base name N No abbreviated alias found Y An abbreviated alias was found for input address The StreetName field contains the abbreviated alias StreetName Alias Type This result code applies to U S addresses only Note In previous releases this field was named StreetName AliasType with no between Alias and Type This old name is obsolete Please update your processes to use the new name StreetName Alias Type Abbreviated The alias is an abbreviation of the street name For example HARTS NM RD is an abbreviated alias for HARTSVILLE NEW MARLBORO RD Changed There has been an official street name change and the alias reflects the new name For example if SHINGLE BROOK RD is changed to CANNING DR then CANNING DR would be a changed alias type Other The street alias is made up of other names for the stre
111. e Global Address can produces reports for batch processing To create the report in Enterprise Designer drag the report icon you want to the canvas You do not need to draw a connector to the report Address Now Summary Report Input Name Address This section contains high level counts for the job Input Record Count The total number of input addresses for the job e Address Records Processed The total number of input addresses for the job Total Records For Which Address Validation Attempted The number of input records for which validation was attempted Total Records Successfully Matched The number of input addresses that were validated or corrected This is the number of input addresses that did not result in a status of F Total Unmatched Records The number of input addresses that could not be validated or corrected This is equal to the number of input addresses that resulted in a status of F e Standard Address Returned Successfully The number of unmatched failed addresses that Validate Global Address standardized Standardization only happens if the option Return standardized data when no match is found is enabled For more information about this option see Output Data Options on page 39 Address Standardization Results Component Population Counts This section shows the number of address elements that Validate Global Address standardized in this job It includes both the total number for each element and the
112. e String 79 The 5 digit ZIP Code For example 20706 U S addresses only Principality String 79 An area within a country For example England Scotland and Wales are principalities This field will normally be blank SearchFieldIndex String 79 The index value of the field searched in the previous search action SearchValue String 79 Shows the value specified in the SearchValue input field for this call For more information on this input field see Input on page 25 Sessionld String 79 Shows the value specified in the Sessionld input field for this call For more information on this input field see Input on page 25 StateProvince String 79 The state or province abbreviation StreetName String 79 Street name For example 123 E Main St Apt 3 StreetSuffix String 79 Street suffix For example 123 E Main St Apt 3 SubCity String 79 A district or suburb The subcity is used in countries where it is common to include the district or suburb within the address For example 27 Crystal Way Bradley Stoke Bristol BS32 8GA In this case Bradley Stoke is the subcity SubStreet String 79 The second street address used to identify an address Substreets are used in countries where it is common to give two street names in the address For example 12 The Mews High Street In this example High Street is the substreet Substreets can be used to precisely identify the delivery location In the example T
113. e address is in a country for which the postal data is least detailed Addresses in this match level can have the following actions performed on them e Validate and correct country name cannot supply missing country name e Validate the format of the postal code cannot supply missing postal code or validate the code MatchScore MatchScore provides an indication of the degree to which the output address is correct It is significantly different from Confidence in that Confidence is indicates how much the input address changed to obtain a match whereas the meaning of Match Score varies between U S and non U S addresses For U S addresses MatchScore is a one digit score on a scale of 0 to 9 that reflects the closeness of the street name match after transformations by Validate Address if any Zero indicates an exact match and 9 indicates the least likely match If no match was found this field is blank For non U S and non Canadian addresses MatchScore is a five digit score with a maximum value of 00999 Higher numbers indicates a closer match This field does not apply to Canadian addresses Note that you cannot equate match scores from U S addresses with those of non U S addresses For example a match score of 4 for a U S address does not indicate the same level of match as a 00004 for a non U S address Note The Validate Address and Advanced Matching Module components both use the MatchScore field The MatchScore f
114. e maximum number of addresses that Auto Complete Loqate should return The default is 10 Specifies how you want Spectrum Technology Platform to respond when a data license error occurs Fail the job Fail the entire job if a data license error occurs Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Option Name Output Chapter 4 Stages Reference Description Fail the record Fail the record s for which the data license error occurs and continue processing The output from Auto Complete Loqate is optional and corresponds directly to the fields you selected in the Output Fields section of the Auto Complete Loqate Options dialog box Table 21 Auto Complete Loqate Output Field Name Description AddressLine1 AddressLine2 AddressLine3 AddressLine4 City Country FirmName HouseNumber PostalCode PostalCode AddOn ProcessedBy StateProvince Status Status Code Status Description The first address line The second address line The third address line The fourth address line The city name The three character ISO 3116 1 Alpha 3 code for the country For a list of ISO codes see Country ISO Codes and Module Support The firm name The ending house number for the range in which the candidate address s house number falls The postal code The last four digits of the ZIP 4 Code Indicates which address coder processed the address LOQATE The Logate coder processed the address The state or
115. e postal information then the following fields are returned in the output Table 53 Postal Data Output Field Name Description CanadianSERPCode IntHexaviaCode IntINSEECode PostalBarCode USAItAddr Addressing Guide Validation correction return code Canadian addresses only For more information see Obtaining SERP Return Codes on page 100 For addresses in France only a numeric code that represents the street For information about Hexavia codes see www laposte fr For addresses in France only a numeric code that represents the city For a listing of INSEE codes see www insee fr The two digit delivery point portion of the delivery point barcode U S addresses only For more information see Creating Delivery Point Barcodes on page 82 Indicates whether or not alternate address matching logic was used and if so which logic was used U S addresses only One of the following null No alternate address scheme used D Delivery point alternate logic was used E Enhanced highrise alternate match logic was used S Small town default logic was used U Unique ZIP Code logic was used 107 Universal Addressing Module Field Name Description USBCCheckDigit Check digit portion of the 11 digit delivery point barcode U S addresses only For more information see Creating Delivery Point Barcodes on page 82 USCarrierRouteCode Carrier route code U S addresses only For more information see Obtaining Ca
116. e validation and correction of an address s postal code city name state county name street address elements and country name Category B Enables the validation and correction of an address s postal code city name state county name and country name It does not support the validation or correction of street address elements e Category C Enables the validation and correction of the country name and the validation of the format of the postal code If the country is a Category C country this value is 50 Countries fall into one of these categories Category A Enables the validation and correction of an address s postal code city name state county name street address elements and country name Category B Enables the validation and correction of an address s postal code city name state county name and country name It does not support the validation or correction of street address elements Category C Enables the validation and correction of the country name and the validation of the format of the postal code Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference Factor if Postal Filled Data Weight Match Score Factor if Factor If Changed 6 State 20 StreetName 20 HouseNumber 20 Directionals 0 StreetSuffix ApartmentNumber 6 66666666666667 6 66666666666667 The following table lists countries without postal codes Table 83 Countries Without Postal Codes UTE Weel tele
117. e2 PO Box 123 UnformattedLine3 Mount Vernon WA 97273 UnformattedLine4 USA This address would be parsed into these output fields AddressLine1 17413 Blodgett Road AddressLine2 PO Box 123 City Mount Vernon StateProvice WA PostalCode 97273 Country USA Note If you specify input in the unformatted line fields you must specify the entire address using only unformatted line fields Do not use other fields such as City or StateProvince in combination with unformatted line fields Options Input Options Table 63 Validate Address Global Input Options Description Valid Values Database Specifies the database resource containing the postal data to use for address validation Only databases that have been defined in the Global Database Resources panel in the Management Console are available For more information see the Spectrum Technology Platform Administration Guide Default country ISO3 Specifies a default country to use when the input record does not contain format explicit country information Specify the country using the ISO3 country code If you do not specify a default country each input record must have the country specified in the Country input field For a list of ISO codes see Country ISO Codes and Module Support Force country ISO3 Causes address records to be always treated as originating from the country format specified here overriding the country in the address record and the default 134 Spec
118. eceiving Agency CMRA is a private company that rents out mailboxes A CMRA also known as a mail drop typically operates as a Private Mail Box Operator Addresses at a CMRA are therefore given the designation PMB private mail box instead of POB Post Office box A customer of a CMRA can receive mail and other deliveries at the street address of the CMRA rather than the customer s own street address Depending on the agreement between the customer and the CMRA the CMRA can forward the mail to the customer or hold it for pickup A customer may wish to use the services of a CMRA for privacy For example a person running a home based business may not wish to divulge the home address Alternatively a customer in one community may contract with a CMRA in another community with a better known or more prestigious address Delivery Point Validation DPV Delivery Point Validation DPV is a United States Postal Service USPS technology that validates the accuracy of address information down to the individual mailing address By using DPV to validate addresses you can reduce undeliverable as addressed UAA mail thereby reducing postage costs and other business costs associated with inaccurate address information Note DPV is only available for U S addresses Without DPV the address validation process only verifies that an individual address is within a range of valid addresses for the given street For example the USPS data
119. echnology Platform 9 0 Parsed Input Chapter 4 Stages Reference The output can include the input address in parsed form This type of output is referred to as parsed input Parsed input fields contain the address data that was used as input regardless of whether or not Validate Address validated the address Parsed input is different from the parsed address elements output in that parsed address elements contain the validated address if the address could be validated and optionally the input address if the address could not be validated Parsed input always contains the input address regardless of whether or not Validate Address validated the address To include parsed input fields in the output select the Return parsed input data check box Table 74 Parsed Input Field Name ApartmentLabel Input ApartmentNumber nput City Input Country Input FirmName Input HouseNumber Input LeadingDirectional Input POBox Input PostalCode Input StateProvince Input StreetName Input StreetSuffix lnput TrailingDirectional Input Geocode Output Description Apartment designator such as STE or APT for example 123 E Main St APT 3 Apartment number for example 123 E Main St APT 3 Validated city name Country Format is determined by what you selected in Country format ISO Code UPU Code e English The validated firm or company name House number for example 123 E Main St Apt 3 Leading direction
120. ect Confidence codes are calculated based on an algorithm that takes into account the match results for individual output fields The output fields involved in this calculation include e Country e City e State e PostalCode e StreetName Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference e HouseNumber e LeadingDirectional e TrailingDirectional e StreetSuffix e ApartmentNumber Each field has its own Weight in the algorithm Additionally for each field the match result could be labeled as Success Failure or Changed Changed refers to cases where the contents of the field have been corrected in order to get a match The match result Success Failure or Changed determines what the Factor is for that field Thus the calculation for the confidence code is a product of Weight by Factor as follows Confidence Weight Factor for City Weight Factor for Country Weight Factor for State Weight Factor for PostalCode Weight Factor for StreetName Weight Factor for HouseNumber Weight Factor for Directionals Weight Factor for Street Suffix Weight Factor for ApartmentNumber Confidence Algorithm for U S and Canadian Addresses The following table details the scoring and logic behind the ValidateAddress confidence algorithm for U S and Canadian addresses Table 80 Confidence Algorithm for U S and Canadian Addresses Weight Match Score Factor if Changed Factor If Fille
121. ectrum Technology Platform s Universal Addressing Module matches input addresses to addresses in the Canadian Postal Database in order to correct postal information It also adds additional postal information that can potentially earn you postal discounts During address validation and correction address lines are extracted from the input record separated into components parsed and compared to the contents of the Canadian Postal Database If a match is found the input address is corrected according to the contents of the database If no database match is determined Validate Address provides the option to normalize input addresses The normalization process attempts to format the address lines according to conventions outlined in the Canada Post publication Delivery Needs Accuracy Canadian Addressing Standards When the normalization option is invoked and no database match is found for a particular address Validate Address attempts to recognize the individual elements and formats them according to Canada Post conventions Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Stages Reference In this section e Address Now Module 00 cee ee eee eee eeee 22 e Universal Addressing Module 20000s 51 Address Now Module Address Now Module What Is the Address Now Module The Address Now Module is an address standardization and validation tool that provides comprehensive coverage for addresses outside the U S and Canada Addre
122. ed The field was added to a blank input field U S and Canadian addresses only Corrected U S and Canadian addresses only 115 Universal Addressing Module Field Name Description F Formatted The spacing and or punctuation was changed to conform to postal standards Does not apply to U S or Canadian addresses M Multiple The input address matched multiple records in the postal database and each matching record has a different value in this field Does not apply to Canadian addresses P Pass through The data was not used in the validation process but it was preserved in the output Does not apply to U S addresses R The postal code is required but is missing from the input address U S addresses only S Standardized This option includes any standard abbreviations Does not apply to U S or Canadian addresses U Unmatched For example if the street name does not match the postal code both StreetName Result and PostalCode Result will contain U V Validated The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input PostalCodeCity Result These result codes apply to international addresses only M Multiple The input address matched multiple records in the postal database and each matching record has a different value in this field P Pass through The data was not used in the validation process but it was preserved in the output S Standardized This option includes any standard abbreviations
123. ee s carrier route Note Carrier route codes are available for U S addresses only To obtain carrier route codes select the Include postal information check box on the Output Data Options tab This will return a variety of data about the address including carrier route codes For information on the specific data that this option will return see Postal Data Output on page 107 Table 45 Carrier Route Code Output Field Name Description USCarrierRouteCode Carrier route code Creating Delivery Point Barcodes A Delivery Point Barcode DPBC is a POSTNET barcode representation of the address It consists of 62 bars with beginning and ending frame bars and five bars each for the ZIP 4 Code a value calculated based on the street address number and a correction digit The DPBC allows automated sortation of Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference letter mail to the carrier level in walk sequence Validate Address generates the data you need to assemble a DPBC Note Delivery Point Barcodes are available for U S addresses only For more information on Delivery Point Barcodes see http www usps com To generate the data needed to assemble a DPBC select the Include postal information check box on the Output Data Options tab This will return a variety of data about the address including data needed to construct DPBCs For information on the specific data that this option will return see Postal Data Ou
124. elds Regardless of what you specify with this option the output fields City State Province and PostalCode will always contain the city state province and postal code The maximum number of candidate addresses to output The default is 50 The maximum value is 100 Specifies whether or not to include in the output data from the input address that could not be validated Get Global Candidate Addresses returns address data and return codes for each address Address Data Table 8 Get Global Candidate Addresses Address Data Output Field Name AddressLine1 AddressLine2 AddressLine3 AddressLine4 AddressLine5 AddressLine6 AddressLine7 AddressLine8 amp ApartmentLabel ApartmentNumber Format String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 Description The formatted first address line The formatted second address line The formatted third address line The formatted fourth address line The formatted fifth address line The formatted sixth address line The formatted seventh address line The formatted eighth address line Apartment designator such as STE or APT For example 123 E Main St APT 3 Apartment number For example 123 E Main St APT 3 Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Field Name Format Chapter 4 Stages Reference Description Building Cit
125. ence data will retain their input casing Format Delimiter Enables you to use non standard formatting for multi line addresses in the output Acceptable values for this field include the following e CRLF default e LF e CR SEMICOLON 2101 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW WASHINGTON DC 20008 COMMA 2101 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW WASHINGTON DC 20008 TAB 2101 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW WASHINGTON DC 20008 PIPE 2101 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW WASHINGTON DC 20008 SPACE 2101 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW WASHINGTON DC 20008 Note The same value must be selected for both the input option and output option Alphabets for Non Latin 1 Countries For countries that use an alphabet other than Latin I the returned alphabet differs from country to country The following table shows how the output is returned for specific countries All countries that are not listed use the value specified in the Script Alphabet field option Country Database Postal Postal Latin Latin ASCII ASCII admin admin alternate simplified extended preferred alternate RUS Cyrillic Cyrillic Cyrillic CYRILLIC ISO CYRILLIC BGN CYRILLIC ISO CYRILLIC ISO LATIN LATIN _SIMPLE JPN Kanji Kanji Kana JAPANESE JAPANESE JAPANESE JAPANESE LATIN LATIN_SIMPLE Addressing Guide 137 Universal Addressing Module 138 Country Database CHN HKG TWN GRC KOR ISR ROM POL CZE CRI HUN MDA SVK LAT Process Options Hanzi Hanzi Hanzi Greek La
126. eocoding Module Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference 2 Enter the mailer s information into each field The number in parentheses after each field name indicates the maximum length of the field 3 Click Submit when you re done A File Download dialog will appear 4 Click Save to save the file to your computer A Save As dialog will appear 5 Specify a file name and location on your local hard drive for example c DPVSeedFile txt and click Save 6 Go to www g1 com support and log in 7 Click DPV amp LACS False Positive 8 Follow the on screen instructions to attach your seed file and obtain a restart key DPV False Positive Header File Layout The USPS has determined the required layout of the DPV false positive header file which is currently defined as a fixed length file containing two or more 180 byte records The first record must always be the header record whose layout is shown below Table 78 DPV False Positive Header Record Layout Position Description Format Mailer s company name Alphanumeric Mailer s address line Alphanumeric Mailer s city name Alphanumeric 127 128 Mailer s state abbreviation Alphabetic 129 137 Mailer s 9 digit ZIP Code Numeric 138 146 Total Records Processed Numeric 147 155 Total Records DPV Matched Numeric 156 164 Percent Match Rate to DSF Numeric 165 173 Percent Match Rate to ZIP 4 Numeric 174 178 Number of ZIP Codes on file Numeric 179 180 Num
127. er 2007 Claritas Inc The Geocode Address World data set contains data licensed from the GeoNames Project www geonames org provided under the Creative Commons Attribution License Attribution License located at http creativecommons org licenses by 3 0 legalcode Your use of the GeoNames data described in the Spectrum Technology Platform User Manual is governed by the terms of the Attribution License and any conflict between your agreement with Pitney Bowes Software Inc and the Attribution License will be resolved in favor of the Attribution License solely as it relates to your use of the GeoNames data ICU Notices Copyright 1995 2011 International Business Machines Corporation and others All rights reserved Permission is hereby granted free of charge to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files the Software to deal in the Software without restriction including without limitation the rights to use copy modify merge publish distribute and or sell copies of the Software and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so provided that the above Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Copyright copyright notice s and this permission notice appear in all copies of the Software and that both the above copyright notice s and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EXPRESS OR IMP
128. er possible Latin English Use English values Data license error handling Specifies how you want Spectrum Technology Platform to respond when a data license error occurs Fail the job Fail the entire job if a data license error occurs Fail the record Fail the record s for which the data license error occurs and continue processing Output Get City State Province Loqgate returns the matching city and state province for the input postal code as well as a code to indicate the success or failure of the match attempt If more than one city state or city province matches the input postal code multiple output records are returned Table 33 Get City State Province Loqate Output Field Name Description City The matched city name Country The country in the format determined by what you selected in Country format ISO Code e UPU Code e English PostalCode The input postal code ProcessedBy Indicates which address coder processed the address LOQATE The Loqate coder processed the address 72 Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference Field Name Description StateProvince The state or province abbreviation Status Reports the success or failure of the match attempt null Success F Failure Status Code The reason for failure if there is one The only valid value is e UnrecognizedPostalCode Status Description The description of the failure The only valid value is Postal code not found This va
129. es any standard abbreviations U S and Canadian addresses only U Unmatched U S and Canadian addresses only v Validated The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input U S and Canadian addresses only RRHC Type These result codes apply to U S addresses only HC The address is a Highway Contract address RR The address is a Rural Route address StateProvince Result A Appended The field was added to a blank input field U S and Canadian addresses only c Corrected U S addresses only Multiple The input address matched multiple records in the postal database and each matching record has a different value in this field Does not apply to U S or Canadian addresses P Pass through The data was not used in the validation process but it was preserved in the output R The state is required but is missing from the input address U S addresses only S Standardized This option includes any standard abbreviations Does not apply to U S addresses U Unmatched Does not apply to Canadian addresses V Validated The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input Street Result These result codes apply to international addresses only M Multiple The input address matched multiple records in the postal database and each matching record has a different value in this field P Pass through The data was not used in the validation process but it was preserved in the output Addressing Guid
130. es the database to be used for U S address processing Only databases that have been defined in the US Database Resources panel in the Management Console are available Specifies whether or not to process Canadian addresses If you enable Canadian address processing Get City State Province will attempt to return the province for Canadian addresses If you disable Canadian address processing Canadian addresses will fail meaning they are returned with an F in the Status output field The output field Status Code will say DisabledCoder If you are not licensed for Canadian address processing you must disable Canadian address processing in order for your jobs to complete successfully regardless of whether or not they contain Canadian addresses Note You must have a valid license for Canadian address processing to successfully process Canadian addresses Specifies the database to be used for Canadian address processing Only databases that have been defined in the Canadian Database Resources panel in the Management Console are available Specifies whether or not to include non mailing city names in the output A non mailing city name is an alternate name for the primary city name For example Hollywood is a non mailing city name for Los Angeles Specifies the maximum number of city state province pairs to return The default value is 10 Get City State Province returns the matching city and state province for the input postal code as wel
131. ess would appear on an actual address label City state province postal code and other data is also included in standard address output Validate Address Loqate returns standard address output for validated addresses if you select the Include a standard address check box Standard address fields are always returned for addresses that could not be validated regardless of whether or not you select the Include a standard address check box For non validated addresses the standard address output fields contain the address as it appeared in the input pass through data If you want Validate Address Loqate to Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference standardize address according to postal authority standards when validation fails select the Include normalized data when no match is found check box Table 72 Standard Address Output Field Name Description AdditionallnputData Input data that could not be matched to a particular address component For more information see About Additional Input Data AddressLine1 4 If the address was validated the first line of the validated and standardized address If the address could not be validated the first line of the input address without any changes There can be up to four address block output fields AddressLine1 through AddressLine4 The validated city name The country in the format determined by what you selected in Country format ISO Code e UPU Code e Eng
132. esses only Addressing Guide 119 Universal Addressing Module 120 Field Name Description Dropped The field provided on input was removed U S and Canadian addresses only For more information see About AdditionallnputData on page 124 Formatted The spacing and or punctuation was changed to conform to postal standards Does not apply to U S or Canadian addresses Multiple The input address matched multiple records in the postal database and each matching record has a different value in this field U S addresses only Pass through The data was not used in the validation process but it was preserved in the output Canadian addresses only Standardized This option includes any standard abbreviations Unmatched Does not apply to Canadian addresses Validated The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input USUrbanName Result These result codes apply to U S addresses only A Cc M Output from Options Appended The field was added to a blank input field Corrected Multiple The input address matched multiple records in the postal database and each matching record has a different value in this field Unmatched Validated The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input Validate Address returns additional data depending on the options you select For information on the output generated by each option see the options listed in the following sections Enhanced L
133. essionld uyhbBwa4s0 Field 2Name Field 3 Name Field 5 CommitFlag Altematives InContext Count Field 2 Index Altoenatinn Oh lonkad init united states 10 Enter the following values in the input fields Action Type search e Country Keep this field the same Fieldindex Type the index value of the first field you want to search For example if you know you want to search for an address in Chicago you would type 1 because for U S addresses field index 1 corresponds to the City field e SearchValue Type the value you want to search for For example if you want to build an address in Chicago you would type chicago e Sessionld Keep the same value Note The values in the other input fields are ignored 11 Click Run Preview again 12 The results of the search are placed in up to two output fields Alternatives InContext and AlternativesOutContext For an explanation of the difference between in context results and out of context results see What Is Context on page 31 13 When you have found the value you want enter the following values in the input fields Action Type commit Alternativelndex tType the index number for the alternative you choose Index values start with 0 not 1 For example if you search for Chicago the alternatives returned by Build Global Address would be indexed as follows If you want to commit the value CHICAGO you would type 0 in the Al
134. et or common abbreviations of the street Preferred The street alias is the locally preferred alias For example a street is named South Shore Dr because it runs along the southern shore of a lake not because it is south of a municipal demarcation line So South is not a predirectional in this case and should not be shorted to S So South Shore Dr would be the preferred alias StreetName PreferredAlias Result Indicates the result of preferred alias processing One of the following null No preferred alias processing attempted A Preferred alias processing was not attempted because the input address matched to an alias Preferred alias processing is only attempted for base addresses N No preferred alias found 118 Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference Field Name Description Y A preferred alias was found for the input address The StreetName field contains the preferred alias StreetName Result A Appended The field was added to a blank input field Canadian addresses only Corrected U S and Canadian addresses only Dropped The field provided on input was removed U S addresses only For more information see About AdditionallnputData on page 124 F Formatted The spacing and or punctuation was changed to conform to postal standards Does not apply to U S or Canadian addresses M Multiple The input address matched multiple records in the postal database and each matching
135. et name aliases The other two are Return street name alias and Preferred street name alias processing Note Ifa preferred alias is specified in the input the output street name will always be the preferred alias even if you enable abbreviated street name alias processing Note If the input address contains a street name alias of type changed the output address will always contain the base street name regardless of the options you specify Determines the no stat status of an address An address is considered no stat if it exists but cannot receive mail and therefore is not counted as a delivery statistic on a carrier s route hence the term no stat Examples include buildings under construction or those that the letter carrier has identified as not likely to receive mail Note You must enable DPV processing to use this option The result is returned in the DPVNoStat field For more information see LACSLink Output on page 121 Determines if the location has been unoccupied for at least 90 days Note You must enable DPV processing to use this option The result is returned in the DPVVacant field For more information see LACSLink Output on page 121 Returns VeriMove detail data in output Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Option Name Street matching Firm matching Directional matching DPV Success Condition Fail on CMRA match Place PMB elements in Addressing Guide Chapter 4 Stages Reference De
136. evel of confidence assigned to the address being returned Range is from zero 0 to 100 zero indicates failure 100 indicates a very high level of confidence that the match results are correct For multiple matches the confidence level is 0 For details about how this number is calculated see Introduction to the Validate Address Confidence Algorithm on page 168 If no match was found which address component could not be validated ApartmentNumber e HouseNumber StreetName e PostalCode e City e Directional e StreetSuffix Firm POBoxNumber e RuralRoute Note More than one component may be returned in a comma separated list The category of address matching available This is always A for U S and Canadian addresses One of the following A The address is in a country for which there is highly detailed postal data available Addresses in this match level can have the following address elements validated and corrected and added if missing from the input e Postal code e City name e State county name e Street address elements e Country name B The address is in a country for which there is a medium level of postal data available Addresses in this match 109 Universal Addressing Module Field Name Description level can have the following address elements validated and corrected and added if missing from the input e Postal code e City name e State county name e Country name C Th
137. examples of firm name extraction e Inthis example AddressLine2 would get extracted into the FirmName output field FirmName lt blank gt AddressLine1 4200 Parliament Place Suite 600 AddressLine2 International Goose Feathers inc In this example AddressLine3 would get extracted into the FirmName output field FirmName lt blank gt AddressLine1 4200 Parliament Place AddressLine2 Suite 600 AddressLine3 Pitney Bowes Software In this example AddressLine3 would be placed in the AdditionallnputData output field The firm name would not be extracted because the FirmName input field is not blank FirmName International Goose Feathers Inc AddressLine1 4200 Parliament Place AddressLine2 Suite 600 AddressLine3 Pitney Bowes Software In this example no firm name would be extracted because there is only one non blank address line which is always treated as the primary address element FirmName lt blank gt AddressLine1 4200 Parliament Place Suite 600 In this example AddressLine2 would be treated as a secondary address element because the numeral 1 causes Validate Address to treat that field as a secondary address element FirmName lt blank gt AddressLine1 4200 Parliament Place Suite 600 AddressLine2 Pitney Bowes Software Specifies whether to extract the urbanization name from AddressLine1 through AddressLine4 and place it in the USUrbanName output field This option works in cases where the input record s
138. f charge to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files the Software to deal in the Software without restriction including without limitation the rights to use copy modify merge publish distribute and or sell copies of the Software and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so provided that the above Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Copyright copyright notice s and this permission notice appear in all copies of the Software and that both the above copyright notice s and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR HOLDERS INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE BE LIABLE FORANY CLAIM ORANY SPECIAL INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE Except as contained in this notice the name of a copyright holder shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale use or other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization of the copyright holder Addressing Guide 5 Contents
139. f the address s country See Address Line Processing for U S Addresses on page 150 for important information about how address line data is processed for U S addresses Addressing Guide 149 Universal Addressing Module 150 Table 69 Input Format Field Name Format Description AddressLine1 The first address line AddressLine2 The second address line AddressLine3 The third address line AddressLine4 The fourth address line City The city name Country The country code or name in any of the following formats e Two character ISO 3116 1 Alpha 2 country code e Three character ISO 3116 1 Alpha 3 country code e English country name For a list of ISO codes see Country ISO Codes and Module Support FirmName The company or firm name PostalCode The postal code for the address in one of the following formats 99999 99999 9999 A9A9A9 A9A 9A9 9999 999 StateProvince The state or province Address Line Processing for U S Addresses The input fields AddressLine1 through AddressLine4 are handled differently for U S addresses depending on whether the firm name extraction or urbanization code extraction options are enabled If either of these options is enabled Validate Address Logate will look at the data in all four fields to validate the address and extract the requested data firm name and or urbanization code If neither of these options is enabled Validate Address Loqate uses only the first two non blank address l
140. f the problem if there is one Address Not Found This value will appear if Status Code UnableTovValidate Field Level Result Indicators Field level result indicators describe how Validate Address Loqate handled each address element Field level result indicators are returned in the qualifier Result For example the field level result indicator for HouseNumber is contained in HouseNumber Result To enable field level result indicators check the Include result codes for individual fields box The following table lists the field level result indicators If a particular field does not apply to an address the result indicator may be blank Table 77 Field Level Result Indicators Field Name Description ApartmentLabel Result A Appended The field was added to a blank input field U S and Canadian addresses only Corrected U S and Canadian addresses only Dropped The field provided on input was removed U S and Canadian addresses only For more information see About Additional Input Data F Formatted The spacing and or punctuation was changed to conform to postal standards P Pass through The data was not used in the validation process but it was preserved in the output U S and Canadian addresses only R The apartment label is required but is missing from the input address U S addresses only S Standardized This option includes any standard abbreviations Unmatched Does not apply to Canadian addresses
141. for new and recently changed addresses that have not yet been updated in the monthly USPS database EWS prevents address records from miscoding due to a delay in postal data reaching the USPS databases The older the U S Postal Database the higher potential you have for miscoding addresses When a valid address is miscoded because the address it matches to in the U S Postal Database is inexact it will result in a broken address EWS data consists of partial address information limited to the ZIP Code street name predirectional postdirectional and a suffix For an address record to be EWS eligible it must be an address not present on the most recent monthly production U S Postal Database The USPS refreshes the EWS file on a weekly basis You can download the EWS file from the USPS website at ribbs usps gov files CASS Enhanced Line of Travel eLot eLOT ensures that Enhanced Carrier Route mailings are sorted as close as possible to the actual delivery sequence eLOT sequence is not an exact walk sequence but a sequence of ZIP 4 Codes arranged in the order that the route is served by a carrier First the ZIP 4 groups are sequenced Then the addresses within each group are identified as being in ascending or descending order eLOT can be used by mailers who prepare carrier route mailings other than high density 125 piece or saturation mailings eLOT sequencing is required for Basic Enhanced Carrier Route Standard Mail excep
142. fox When the login screen appears enter guest as the user name and leave the password field blank Press OK Select a country from the drop down list Begin typing your address in any of the fields provided Select from the list of suggested addresses To begin a new call click Reset which will clear the fields you used in your previous call Ot a Get Candidate Addresses 58 Get Candidate Addresses returns a list of addresses that are considered matches for a given input address Get Candidate Addresses returns candidate addresses only if the input address matches multiple addresses in the postal database If the input address matches only one address in the postal database then no address data is returned For addresses outside the U S and Canada you may notice inconsistent results between the multiple matches returned by Validate Address and the results for that same address returned by Get Candidate Addresses If you experience inconsistent results it is likely because you set the performance tuning setting in Validate Address to a value other than 100 To obtain consistent results between Get Candidate Addresses and Validate Address set the performance tuning option to 100 Note By default Get Candidate Addresses does not match to individual house numbers Rather it uses house number ranges for each street After Get Candidate Addresses has determined the street name city name state province name and postal code it c
143. from customers or prospects It requires the input of an almost complete address and will attempt to validate or correct the data provided If ambiguities are detected this validation type will generate up to 20 suggestions that can be used for pick lists The Interactive processing mode will fall back Addressing Guide 139 Universal Addressing Module Description to Parse mode when the respective database is missing for a specific country Use this mode for separating address input into tokens for subsequent processing in other systems bypassing validation For example you could use this mode when address data of already high quality simply needs to be tokenized quickly for export to an external system or for use by a downstream stage Matching scope Specifies how closely an address must match the reference data in order for the address to be validated One of the following Note These settings may not have an effect for countries lacking the necessary level of detail in the postal reference data All levels All address elements must match Delivery point Validate Global Address must achieve a match on level StateProvince PostalCode City Locality Suburb street house number and sub building Street level Validate Global Address must achieve a match on StateProvince PostalCode City Locality Suburb and street Locality level Validate Global Address must achieve a match on StateProvince PostalCode and City Locality S
144. gy Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference Using Build Global Address Building an address is an interactive process that requires you to select address elements at each step of the address building process This means that building an address requires a sequence of calls to Build Global Address not a single call To start you make an initialization call to Build Global Address This call returns a session ID You then use this session ID in subsequent calls With each call Build Global Address presents a list of alternative values for an address element You select the value you want then move on to the next address element until the complete address is built With some exceptions you need to make a separate call for each address element The overall process works like this e First you make an initialization call to open a session and receive a system assigned session ID e Make a search call to find possible values for a given address element e When you have selected the value you want you make a commit call to indicate the value you want for the given address element e Continue to make search commit calls until all address elements are committed e Finally you make a close call to end the session To familiarize yourself with how the process works use the Management Console s Preview tab to step through the following procedure 1 Open the Management Console 2 Under the Services node select Build Global Address 3 On
145. he Mews may be a small street that needs another street identification to properly locate the address so 30 Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference Field Name Format Description High Street is included In this case High Street is the main or known street USCountyName String 79 For U S addresses the name of the county where the address is located Return Codes Table 5 Build Global Address Return Codes Field Name Description String 79 Reports the success or failure of the match attempt null Success F Failure Status Code String 79 Reason for failure if there is one e SessionError e SeverError e CountryNotFound Status Description String 79 Description of the problem if there is one Please initialize This value will appear if new session Status Code SessionError Null or empty This value will appear if action Status Code SessionError Unknown This value will appear if action Status Code SessionError Invalid session This value will appear if Status Code SessionError Invalid value for This value will appear if Status Code SessionError Cannot Search This value will appear if Committed Status Code SessionError Field Module not This value will appear if licensed Status Code ServerError Could Not This value will appear if Identify Country Status Code CountryNotFound What Is Context When you perform a search for an address element Build Glob
146. hecks to make sure the input house number falls within one of the ranges of house numbers given for the matched street name The same type of logic applies to unit numbers If you want to determine that an individual house number is valid you should use the Validate Address Delivery Point Validation DPV processing option DPV processing is only available for U S addresses The Canadian coder contains a reverse lookup routine that takes as input a specific postal code and returns the street information stored in the database for that postal code To use this function enter nothing but a Canadian postal code in the PostalCode field See the second example to view the return from a sample postal code Get Candidate Addresses is part of the Universal Addressing Module Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Input U S Address Example AddressLine1 PO Box 1 City NY State NY Preview Output AddressLine1 City Country HouseNumberHigh HouseNumberLow HouseNumberParity MatchLevel PostalCode PostalCode AddOn ProcessedBy RecordT ype RecordT ype Default StateProvince UnitNumberParity PO Box 1 New York USA 10002 0001 USA PostOfficeBox NY Canadian Address Example PostalCode A1A1A1 Preview Output AddressLinel City Country HouseNumberHigh HouseNumberLow HouseNumberParity MatchLevel PostalCode ProcessedBy RecordT ype StateProvince LOWER BATTERY RD ST JOHN S CAN 000003 000001 0 4 AIAIAT CAN N
147. ict Return city alias 96 Description that in the input address Ambiguous records are formatted like the input Default All addresses in Quebec are formatted using French CPC Use the Canadian database to database determine the language The Canadian database contains data from the Canada Post Corporation CPC All addresses in Quebec are formatted using French CanLanguage Use the CanLanguage input field field to determine the language If there is a non blank value in this field the address are formatted using French For English addresses specifies the default apartment label to use in the output if there is no apartment label in the input address This setting is ignored if you select Number in front in the Secondary address format field Apt Use Apt as the label Default Apartment Use Apartment as the label Suite Use Suite as the label Unit Use Unit as the label For French addresses specifies the default apartment label to use in the output if there is no apartment label in the input address This setting is ignored if you select Number in front in the Secondary address format field App Use App as the label Default Appartement Use Appartement as the label Bureau Use Bureau as the label Suite Use Suite as the label Unite Use Unite as the label In cases where the house number and postal code are both valid but in conflict you can force the postal code to be corrected b
148. ield value in the output of a dataflow is determined by the last stage to modify the value before it is sent to an output stage If you have a dataflow that contains Validate Address and Advanced Matching Module components and you want to see the MatchScore field output for each stage use a Transformer stage to copy the MatchScore value to another field For example Validate Address produces an output field called MatchScore and then a Transformer stage copies the MatchScore field from Validate Address to a field called AddressMatchScore When the matcher stage runs it populates the MatchScore field with the value from the matcher and 110 Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Field Name MultimatchCount MultipleMatches ProcessedBy RecordType RecordType Default Status Status Code Addressing Guide Chapter 4 Stages Reference Description passes through the AddressMatchScore value from Validate Address If multiple matches were found indicates the number of records that are possible matches Indicates which address component had multiple matches if multiple matches were found e Firm e LeadingDirectional e PostalCode StreetName e StreetSuffix e TrailingDirectional e Urbanization Note More than one component may be returned in a comma separated list Which address coder processed the address USA U S address coder CAN Canadian address coder INT International address coder Type of a
149. igh Street In this example High Street is the substreet Substreets can be used to precisely identify the delivery location In the example The Mews may be a small street that needs 44 Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Field Name USCountyName Return Codes Format Chapter 4 Stages Reference Description another street identification to properly locate the address so High Street is included In this case High Street is the main or known street For U S addresses the name of the county where the address is located Table 17 Validate Global Address Return Codes Field Name Description ACRCode Confidence ECRCode Email1 Email2 OuterMatchScore Status Status Code Status Description Addressing Guide String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 The Address Correction Result ACR code describes what data has been changed in each record For information on what this code means see The ACR Code on page 49 The level of confidence assigned to the address being returned Range is from zero 0 to 100 zero indicates failure 100 indicates a very high level of confidence that the match results are correct This value is the same as the last three digits of the ACR code referred to as the validation match score For more information see The ACR Code on page 49 The Enhanced Corre
150. igit UPU Country code e English country name e French country name e German country name e Spanish country name For a list of ISO codes see Country ISO Codes and Module Support The company or firm name U S address urbanization name Used primarily for Puerto Rico addresses Table 23 Get Candidate Addresses Options Option Name Description Enable U S address processing Specifies whether or not to process U S addresses If you enable U S address processing Get Candidate Addresses will attempt to retrieve candidate addresses for U S Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Option Name Database Enable Canadian address processing Database Enable International address processing Addressing Guide Chapter 4 Stages Reference Description addresses If you disable U S address processing U S addresses will fail meaning they are returned with an F in the Status output field The output field Status Code will say DisabledCoder If you are not licensed for U S address processing you must disable U S address processing in order for your jobs to complete successfully regardless of whether or not they contain U S addresses Note You must have a valid license for U S address processing to successfully process U S addresses If you enable U S address processing but are not licensed for this feature or your license has expired your entire job will fail Specifies the database to be used for
151. ilding level 0 e Position 16 Floor and Room e Position 17 FirmName e Position 18 Organization level 1 e Position 19 Country e Position 20 Territory For ElementinputStatus the possible values for validation are e 0O Empty e 1 Not found e 2 Not checked no reference data e 3 Wrong Set by validation only The reference database suggests that either Number or DeliveryService is out of valid number range Input is copied not corrected for batch mode for interactive mode and FastCompletion suggestions are provided e 4 Matched with errors in this element e 5 Matched with changes inserts and deletes For example e Parsing Splitting of house number for MainSt 1 e Validation Replacing input that is an exonym or dropping superfluous fielded input that is invalid according to the country reference database e 6 Matched without errors For ElementinputStatus the possible values for parsing are e 0O Empty e 1 Element had to be relocated e 2 Matched but needed to be normalized e 3 Matched For ElementRelevance the possible values for parsing are e 0O Empty 1 Element had to be relocated e 2 Matched but needed to be normalized e 3 Matched For ElementResultStatus the possible values are for all address elements apart from country e 0O Empty e 1 Not validated and not changed Original is copied e 2 Not validated but standardized e 3 Validated but not changed d
152. in parsed form regardless of whether or not Validate Address is able to validate the address Each part of the input address such as house number street name street suffix directionals and so on is returned in a separate field Selecting this option differs from selecting the combination of Include matched address elements Return normalized data when no match is found in that Return standardized input address elements returns all input address in parsed form not just input that could not be validated For more information see Parsed Input on page 106 Specifies whether to include field level result indicators Field level result indicators describe how Validate Address handled each address element Field level result indicators are returned in the qualifier Result For example the 79 Universal Addressing Module 80 Return normalized data when no match is found Return street name alias Return street name alias Description field level result indicator for HouseNumber is contained in HouseNumber Result For a complete listing of result indicator output fields see Field Level Result Indicators on page 112 Specifies whether to return a formatted address when an address cannot be validated The address is formatted using the preferred address format for the address s country If this option is not selected the output address fields are blank when Validate Address cannot validate the address Note This option ap
153. indicates that the range of addresses on Maple Lane is 500 to 1000 You attempt to validate an address of 610 Maple Ln Without DPV this address would appear to be valid because it is in the range of 500 to 1000 However in reality the address 610 Maple Ln does not exist the house numbers in this section of the street are 608 609 613 and 616 With DPV processing you would be alerted to the fact that 610 Maple Ln does not exist and you could take action to correct the address DPV also provides unique address attributes to help produce more targeted mailing lists For example DPV can indicate if a location is vacant and can identify commercial mail receiving agencies CMRAs and private mail boxes Although DPV can validate the accuracy of an existing address you cannot use DPV to create address lists For example you can validate that 123 Elm Street Apartment 6 exists but you cannot ask if there is an Apartment 7 at the same street address To prevent the generation of address lists the DPV database contains false positive records False positive records are artificially manufactured addresses Addressing Guide 13 U S Addressing Concepts that reside in a false positive table For each negative response that occurs in a DPV query a query is made to the false positive table A match to this table will stop DPV processing Early Warning System EWS The Early Warning System EWS provides up to date address information
154. ine fields in its validation attempt The data in the other address line fields is returned in the output field AdditionallnputData For example AddressLine1 A1 Calle A AddressLine2 AddressLine3 URB Alamar AddressLine4 Pitney Bowes Software In this address if either firm name extraction or urbanization code extraction were enabled Validate Address Loqate would examine all four address lines If neither firm name extraction nor urbanization code extraction were enabled Validate Address Loqate would examine AddressLine1 and AddressLine3 the first two non blank address lines and attempt to validate the address using that data the data in AddressLine4 would be returned in the output field AdditionallnputData Options The following table lists the options that control the type of information returned by Validate Address Loqate Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Table 70 Output Data Options Chapter 4 Stages Reference Description Database Include a standard address Include matched address elements Include standardized input address elements Return geocoded address fields Include result codes for individual fields Addressing Guide Specifies which database you want to use for validating international addresses To specify a database for international address validation select a database in the Database drop down list Returns 1 to 4 lines of address data plus city state postal code and firm name
155. ine of Travel Output Enhanced Line of Travel processing produces the following output Field Name Description USLOTCode Line of Travel sequence code and an indicator denoting USPS LOT sequence This field is in the format nnnnY where The four digit LOT code nnnn Y One of the following e A Ascending LOT sequence e D Descending LOT sequence Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference Field Name USLOTHex USLOTSequence LAcs Output Field Name Description A hexadecimal value that allows you to sort your file in ascending order only The hexadecimal values range from 0 to FF ascending then FF through 0 descending A two byte value used for final sortation in place of the DPC add on It consists of an uppercase letter followed by a digit 0 through 9 Values range from AO 99 descending through J9 00 descending and KO 00 ascending through T9 99 ascending Description USLACS USLACS ReturnCode Link Indicates whether or not the address is a candidate for LACS conversion U S addresses only One of the following Y Yes the address is a candidate for LACS processing If LACS is enabled Validate Address will attempt to convert the address using the LACS database If the conversion attempt is successful the output address is the new address obtained from the LACS database If the attempt is not successful the address will not be converted N
156. ine4 and place it in the FirmName output field This option works in cases where the input record s FirmName field is blank and there is more than one address line To identify firm names in address lines Validate Address scans the address lines for keywords and patterns that help it identify which fields are address lines and which are FirmName lines Since this is done based on patterns Validate Address may misidentify fields The following tips can help ensure optimal firm extraction If possible place the primary address elements in AddressLine1 the secondary elements in AddressLine2 Urbanization in AddressLine3 and firm in AddressLine4 If the address has no urbanization code then place the firm name in AddressLine3 and leave AddressLine4 blank For example AddressLine1 4200 Parliament Place AddressLine2 Suite 600 AddressLine3 Pitney Bowes Software AddressLine4 lt blank gt When you define just two address lines AddressLine2 is assigned to the secondary address most of the time If you want to increase the chance that Validate Address will treat AddressLine2 as a firm name put the firm name in AddressLine3 and leave AddressLine2 blank 89 Universal Addressing Module 90 Option Name U S urbanization name extraction Description e Numerics in a firm name such as the 1 in 1 Stop Software will increase the likelihood that Validate Address will treat the field as an address line Here are some
157. ing international addresses will fail meaning they are returned with an F in the Status output field The output field Status Code will say DisabledCoder If you are not licensed for international address processing you must disable international address processing in order for your jobs to complete successfully regardless of whether or not they contain international addresses 61 Universal Addressing Module Option Name Description Note You m ust have a valid license for international address processing to successfully process international addresses If you enable international address processing but are not licensed for this feature or your license has expired your entire job will fail Database Specifies the database to be used for international address processing O nly databases that have been defined in the International Database Resources panel in the Management Console are a vailable Casing Specifies the casing of the output data One of the following Mixed The output is in mixed case default For example 123 Main St Mytown FL 12345 Upper The output is in upper case For example 123 MAIN ST MYTOWN FL 12345 Maximum records to return The maximum number of candidate addresses that Get Candidate Addresses should return The default is 10 The maximum is 10 Return short city name For U S addresses specifies whether or not to return the USPS approved abbreviation for the city
158. ing for U S Addresses on page 78 for important information about how address line data is processed for U S addresses Table 40 Input Format Field Name Format Description AddressLine1 String The first address line 50 AddressLine2 String The second address line 50 AddressLine3 String The third address line 50 Does not apply to Canadian addresses AddressLine4 String The fourth address line 50 Does not apply to Canadian addresses AddressLine5 String The fifth address line 50 Applies only to U K addresses May contain street name unit number building number and so on City String The city name 50 For U S addresses only you may put the city state and ZIP Code in the City field If you do this you must leave the StateProvince and PostalCode fields blank StateProvince String The state or province 50 For U S addresses only you may put the state in the City field instead of the StateProvince field PostalCode String The postal code for the address in one of the following 10 formats 99999 99999 9999 A9A9A9 A9A 9A9 9999 999 For U S addresses only you may put the ZIP Code in the City field Addressing Guide 77 Universal Addressing Module 78 Field Name Format Description For U S addresses only if the city state ZIP Code is in the PostalCode field Validate Address may parse the data and successfully process the address For best results put this data in the
159. is 1 No Postal Code Available The postal data contained no postal code for the address Matched Records This section lists information about input addresses that were matched to known addresses in the Address Now Module database Total Records Valid On Input The number of addresses that were confirmed to be correct Total Corrected The number of addresses that Validate Global Address corrected Total Records Successfully Matched The total number of addresses that were either validated or corrected successfully Unmatched Records This section lists information about input addresses that Validate Global Address was not able to confirm or correct Street Mismatch The number of addresses whose street could not be validated or corrected House Mismatch The number of addresses whose house number that could not be validated or corrected Total Unmatched Records The total number of addresses that could not be validated or corrected Records Processed This section lists the number of records processed for each region e Records Processed By US The number of addresses processed by U S matching logic e Records Processed By Canada The number of addresses processed by Canadian matching logic e Records Processed By International The number of addresses processed by international non U S and non Canada matching logic Total Records Processed The total number of records in the job Spectrum
160. is more than one piece of dropped data in an address each piece of data is separated by a semicolon and a space for U S addresses and a space for addresses outside the U S The order of dropped data in AdditionallnputData is 1 Care of mail stop U S addresses only 2 Other extraneous data found on address lines 3 Entire unused data lines For example if this is the input address 123 Main St C O John Smith Apt 5 Drop at back dock jsmith something com 555 123 4567 05674 Then AdditionallnputData would contain C O John Smith Apt 5 Drop At Back Dock 555 123 4567 Jsmith g1 Com 555 123 4567 Validate Address can handle the following types of extraneous data e Care Of Data on page 125 e Extraneous Data on Its Own Address Line on page 125 e Extraneous Data Within an Address Line on page 126 e Dual Addresses on page 127 Care Of Data For U S addresses only care of data is returned in AdditionallnputData The following addresses contain examples of care of data 123 Main St C O John Smith Apt 5 05674 123 Main St Apt 5 ATTN John Smith 05674 123 Main St Apt 5 MailStop 2 05674 Extraneous Data on Its Own Address Line Validate Address returns extraneous data on its own address line for U S and Canadian addresses For U S addresses Validate Address uses the first two non blank address lines to perform address standardization unless either the firm name extraction or urbanization code extraction options
161. is not supported e Input city was blank e Input city amp state province was blank or no match found Validate Address 76 Validate Address standardizes and validates addresses using postal authority address data Validate Address can correct information and format the address using the format preferred by the applicable postal authority It also adds missing postal information such as postal codes city names state province names and more Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference Validate Address also returns result indicators about validation attempts such as whether or not Validate Address validated the address the level of confidence in the returned address the reason for failure if the address could not be validated and more During address matching and standardization Validate Address separates address lines into components and compares them to the contents of the Universal Addressing Module databases If a match is found the input address is standardized to the database information If no database match is found Validate Address optionally formats the input addresses The formatting process attempts to structure the address lines according to the conventions of the appropriate postal authority Validate Address is part of the Universal Addressing Module Input Validate Address takes an address as input All addresses use this format regardless of the address s country See Address Line Process
162. iversal Addressing Module 88 U S Address Options Option Name Enable U S address processing Database Line of travel Residential Delivery Indicator processing Enhanced street matching All street matching Delivery Point Validation amp CMRA Description Specifies whether to process U S addresses If you enable U S address processing Validate Address will attempt to validate U S addresses If you disable U S address processing U S addresses will fail meaning they are returned with an F in the Status output field The output field Status Code will say DisabledCoder If you are not licensed for U S address processing you must disable U S address processing in order for your jobs to complete successfully regardless of whether or not they contain U S addresses Note You must have a valid license for U S address processing to successfully process U S addresses If you enable U S address processing but are not licensed for this feature or your license has expired your entire job will fail Specifies which database to use for validating U S addresses Only databases that have been defined in the US Database Resources panel in the Management Console are available Enhanced Line of Travel eLOT processing assigns a Line of Travel sequence code to your addresses Note that Validate Address does not sort into eLOT sequence but it provides data the Line of Travel sequence code that allows you to sort
163. ization level Wide in an attempt to make the most out of the input data given Processing mode Specifies the type of processing to perform on the addresses One of the following Batch Use this mode in batch processing environments when no human input or selection is possible It is optimized for speed and will terminate its attempts to correct an address when ambiguous data is encountered that cannot be corrected automatically The Batch processing mode will fall back to Parse mode when the database is missing for a specific country Certified Use this mode in batch processing environments for Australian mail Validate Address Global is certified by Australia Post s Address Matching Approval System AMAS It will standardize and validate your mail against the Postal Address File providing postal discounts and allowing for the least amount of undeliverable pieces FastCompletion Use this mode if you want to use FastCompletion mode to enter truncated data in address fields and have Validate Address Global generate suggestions For example if you work in a call center or point of sale environment you can enter just part of an address element and the FastCompletion feature will provide valid options for the complete element Interactive Use this mode when working in interactive environments to generate suggestions when an address input is ambiguous This validation type is especially useful in data entry environments when capturing data
164. l as a code to indicate the success or failure of the match attempt If more than one city state or city province matches the input postal code multiple output records are returned Table 30 Get City State Province Output Field Name City City Type PostalCode ProcessedBy Description The matched city name The USPS standardized city name type U S addresses only V Vanity non mailing city name P Primary The city name is the primary mailing city name S Secondary The city name is an alternate city name but is acceptable A city can have multiple secondary city names The input postal code Indicates which address coder processed the address One of the following USA The U S address coder processed the address CAN The Canadian address coder processed the address Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Field Name StateProvince Status Status Code Status Description Chapter 4 Stages Reference Description The state or province abbreviation Reports the success or failure of the match attempt null Success F Failure The reason for failure if there is one The only valid value is e DisabledCoder e UnrecognizedPostalCode The description of the failure The valid values are Postal code not found This value will appear if Status Code UnrecognizedPostalCode PerformUSProcessing This value will appear if disabled Status Code DisabledCoder PerformCanadianProcessing This va
165. lish FirmName The validated firm or company name PostalCode The validated ZIP Code or postal code PostalCode AddOn The 4 digit add on part of the ZIP Code For example in the ZIP Code 60655 1844 1844 is the 4 digit add on PostalCode Base The 5 digit ZIP Code for example 20706 StateProvince The validated state or province abbreviation Parsed Address Elements Output Output addresses are formatted in the parsed address format if you select the Include matched address elements check box If you want Validate Address Loqate to return formatted data in the Parsed Address format when validation fails that is a normalized address select the Return normalized data when no match is found check box Note If you want Validate Address Loqate to always return parsed input data regardless of whether or not validation is successful select Include standardized input address elements For more information see Parsed Input on page 157 Table 73 Parsed Address Output Field Name Description AddressBlock1 9 The AddressBlock output fields contain a formatted version of the standardized or normalized address as it would be printed on a physical mailpiece Validate Address Global formats the address into address blocks using postal authority standards Each line of the address is returned in a separate address block field There can be up to nine Addressing Guide 155 Universal Addressing Module 156 Field Name
166. loor 104 Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Field Name CanadianDeliverylnstallationAreaName CanadianDeliveryInstallationQualifierName CanadianDeliveryInstallationType City Country DepartmentName FirmName HouseNumber LeadingDirectional POBox PostalCode PrivateMailbox PrivateMailbox Type RRHC StateProvince StreetName StreetSuffix TrailingDirectional Addressing Guide Chapter 4 Stages Reference Description Note In this release this field will always be blank Delivery installation name Canadian addresses only Delivery installation qualifier Canadian addresses only Delivery installation type Canadian addresses only Validated city name Country Format is determined by what you selected in Country format ISO Code UPU Code e English For U K addresses only a subdivision of a firm For example Engineering Department The validated firm or company name House number for example 123 E Main St Apt 3 Leading directional for example 123 E Main St Apt 3 Post office box number If the address is a rural route address the rural route box number will appear here Validated postal code For U S addresses this is the ZIP Code Private mailbox indicator The type of private mailbox Possible values include Standard e Non Standard Note This replaces PrivateMailboxType no period in field name Please modify your API calls accordingly
167. lp you determine the best cost for shipping your packages RDI is similar to DPV in that the RDI data is supplied as hash tables However RDI is a much simpler process than DPV in that the standard hash algorithm is only determined for the 9 digit and 11 digit ZIP Code rather than the entire address Suite Database Optional U S Pitney Bowes addresses only Software monthly Suite corrects secondary address information for U S B subscription business addresses whose secondary address information could not be validated If Suite processing is enabled Validate Address attempts to match the value in the FirmName field to a database of known firm names Validate Address then supplies the correct secondary address information Auto Complete Loqate Auto Complete Loqate offers real time entry of address data for fast accurate results Users are returned instant results based on each character entered into the form ensuring only accurate data is entered into the database Input The following table lists the input for Auto Complete Loqate Table 19 Input Format Field Name Description AddressLine1 The first address line AddressLine2 The second address line AddressLine3 The third address line AddressLine4 The fourth address line City The city name Country The country code or name in any of the following formats e 2 digit ISO country code Addressing Guide 55 Universal Addressing Modul
168. lue will appear if Status Code UnrecognizedPostalCode Get Postal Codes Get Postal Codes allows you to look up the postal codes for a particular city The service takes a city state and country as input and returns the postal codes for that city The input must be exactly correct in order to return postal codes Note Get Postal Codes only works with U S addresses Get Postal Codes is part of the Universal Addressing Module Input Get Postal Codes takes a city state province and country as input Table 34 Get Postal Codes Input Field Name Description The city whose postal codes you want to look up You may put the city and state in the City field If you do this you must leave the StateProvince field blank The total length of the City and StateProvince fields cannot exceed 100 characters StateProvince The state or province of the city whose postal codes you want to look up You may also put the state in the City field instead of the StateProvince field The total length of the City and StateProvince fields cannot exceed 100 characters The country code or name of the city whose postal codes you want to look up The only valid value is US Addressing Guide 73 Universal Addressing Module 74 Options Table 35 Get Postal Codes Options Database Include non mailing city Include city type Output Description Specifies the database to be used for postal code look ups Only databases
169. lue will appear if disabled Status Code DisabledCoder Get City State Province Loqate Get City State Province Loqate returns a city and state province for a given input postal code This stage is part of the Universal Addressing Module Input The following table shows the input fields Table 31 Get City State Province Loqate Input Field Name PostalCode Addressing Guide Description The country code or name in any of the following formats e 2 digit ISO country code e 3 digit UPU Country code e English country name For a list of ISO codes see Country ISO Codes and Module Support The postal code for the address 71 Universal Addressing Module Options Table 32 Get City State Province Loqate Options Field Name Description Valid Values Database Specifies the database to be used for address processing Only databases that have been defined in the Database Resources panel in the Management Console are available Maximum records to return The maximum number of addresses that Get City State Province Loqate should return The default is 10 Script Alphabet Specifies the alphabet or script in which the output should be returned This option is bi directional and generally takes place from Native to Latin and Latin to Native Input Script Do not perform transliteration and provide output in the same script as the input default Native Output in the native script for the selected country wherev
170. m Technology Platform 9 0 Option Name LACS Link conversion Early Warning System Firm name extraction Addressing Guide Chapter 4 Stages Reference Description To perform DPV and CMRA processing you must have the DPV database installed The DPV database contains both DPV and CMRA data For a listing of the output fields returned by this option see DPV and CMRA Output on page 122 The USPS Locatable Address Conversion System LACS allows you to correct addresses that have changed as a result of a rural route address converting to street style address a PO Box renumbering or a street style address changing When enabled LAcs processing is attempted for addresses that could not be validated or addresses Link were validated and flagged for LACS conversion To perform LACS processing you must have the LACS database installed For a listing of the output fields returned by this option see LACSLink Output on page 121 The Early Warning System EWS uses the USPS EWS File to validate addresses that are not in the ZIP 4 database To perform EWS processing you must have the EWS database installed If an input address matches an address in the EWS file Validate Address will return the following record level result indicators e Status F Status Code EWSFailure e Status Description Address found in EWS table Specifies whether to extract the firm name from AddressLine1 through AddressL
171. matted fourth address line 79 AddressLine5 String The formatted fifth address line 79 AddressLine6 String The formatted sixth address line 79 AddressLine7 String The formatted seventh address line 79 AddressLine8 String The formatted eighth address line 79 ApartmentLabel String Apartment designator such as STE or APT For example 79 123 E Main St APT 3 ApartmentNumber String Apartment number For example 79 123 E Main St APT 3 Building String The name of a building 79 City String The city name 79 Country String The ISO code or English name of the country For a list of 79 ISO codes see Country ISO Codes and Module Support Department String A subdivision of a country used in French and Spanish 79 speaking countries For example France is divided into 100 departments FirmName String The name of a company For example 79 Pitney Bowes Software 4200 PARLIAMENT PL STE 600 Addressing Guide 43 Address Now Module Field Name Format Description LANHAM MD 20706 1844 USA HouseNumber String House number For example 79 123 E Main St Apt 3 Latitude String The most precise latitude that could be determined for the 79 address This could be a point level location or a centroid The level of precision can be determined by looking at the ECRCode output field For more information see The ECR Code on page 46 Longitude String The most precise longitude that could be determined for the 79 ad
172. me Abbreviated street name alias processing Determine if delivery point is active Determine if address is vacant Return VeriMove detail data Description Other The street alias is made up of other names for the street or common abbreviations of the street The non alias version of the street name is called the base street name If the preferred alias is used in the input then the preferred alias will be the street name in the output regardless of whether you enable this option This is one of three options that control how Validate Address handles street name aliases The other two are Return street name alias and Abbreviated street name alias processing In most cases if you select both Preferred street name alias processing and Abbreviated street name alias processing and Validate Address finds both a preferred and an abbreviated alias in the postal database the abbreviated alias will be used in the output The exception to this rule is if the input street name is a preferred alias In this case the preferred alias will be used in the output Note If the input address contains a street name alias of type changed the output address will always contain the base street name regardless of the options you specify Specifies whether to use a street s abbreviated alias in the output if the output address line is longer than 31 characters This is one of three options that control how Validate Address handles stre
173. mum results Next to the Return multiple addresses check box enter a number between 1 and 10 that indicates the maximum number of addresses to return The default value is 1 Note The difference between unchecking Return multiple addresses and checking Return multiple addresses and specifying a maximum number of results of 1 is that a multiple match will return a failure ifReturn multiple addresses is unchecked whereas a multiple match will return one record ifReturn multiple addresses is checked and the maximum number of results is 1 Include result codes for To identify which output addresses are candidate addresses you must individual fields check Include result codes for individual fields on the Output Data tab When you do this records that are candidate addresses will have one or more M values in the field level result indicators Output When you choose to return multiple matches the addresses are returned in the address format you specify For information on specifying address format see Options on page 150 To identify which records are the candidate addresses look for multiple M values in the field level result indicators For more informationResult Indicators on page 158 see Output The output from Validate Address Loqgate contains various information depending on the output categories you select Standard Address Output Standard address output consists of four lines of the address which correspond to how the addr
174. n Include standardized input address elements Include result codes for individual fields Addressing Guide Returns 1 to 4 lines of address data plus city state postal code firm name and urbanization name information Each address line represents an actual line of the address as it would appear on an envelope For more information see Output on page 103 If Validate Address could validate the address the address lines contain the standardized address When addresses are standardized punctuation is removed directionals are abbreviated street suffixes are abbreviated and address elements are corrected If Validate Address could not validate the address the address lines contain the address as it appeared in the input pass through data Non validated addresses are always included as pass through data in the address line fields even if you uncheck this option Each part of the address such as house number street name street suffix directionals and so on is returned in a separate field For more information see Parsed Address Elements Output on page 104 Note that if you select this option and also select Return normalized data when no match is found the address elements will contain the input address for addresses that could not be validated Output addresses contain various additional data for each validated address For more information see Postal Data Output on page 107 This option returns the input address
175. n Smith 05674 For U S addresses only extraneous data at the end of the address line is returned in AdditionallnputData Extraneous data that is not at the end of an address line is not returned for U S addresses For example in the following addresses John Smith is not returned John Smith 123 Main St 05674 123 Main John Smith St 05674 The AdditionallnputData field will sometimes contain the original street name or suffix if the street name was changed to obtain a match and the street name or suffix was at the end of a line For example this address Pitney Bowes Software 4200 Parlament Lanham MD Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference Validate Address would correct the spelling of the street name and add the suffix returning 4200 Parliament PI as the corrected street address and Parlament in AdditionallnputData Dual Addresses A dual address is an address that contains both street and PO Box Rural Route Highway Contract information Depending on the processing options you select the portion of the dual address that is not used for address standardization may be returned in AdditionallnputData For more information see About Dual Address Logic on page 86 Reports USPS CASS 3553 Report The USPS CASS 3553 report must be given to the USPS along with the mailing to qualify for certain discounts The report contains information about the software you used for CASS processing information ab
176. ne2 A dual address is an address that contains both street information and PO Box Rural Route Highway Contract information For more information see About Dual Address Logic on page 86 Specifies how to format city names that have short city name or non mailing city name alternatives Applies to U S and Canadian addresses Short Returns the USPS approved abbreviation for the city if there is one The USPS provides abbreviations for city names that are 14 characters long or longer City abbreviations are 13 characters or less and can be used when there is limited space on the mailing label If there is no short city name for the city then the full city name is returned Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference Description Country format Default country Dual address logic Addressing Guide Long Returns the long city name default Standard Returns the abbreviated city name only if an abbreviated city name is used in the input address If the input address does not use a short city name either the long or short city name could be returned depending on USPS regulations for the particular city Select this option if you are performing a CASS test Non Mailing Output the non mailing city name the vanity Vanity name if the input city name is a non mailing city name For example Hollywood is a non mailing city name for Los Angeles If you do not select this option and the inp
177. nges Note that the last line of the address is contained in the LastLine field For example AddressLine1 4200 PARLIAMENT PL STE 600 LastLine LANHAM MD 20706 1882 An area smaller than a state province but larger than a city The flat or unit type such as STE or APT for example 123 E Main St Apt 3 The flat or unit number for example 123 E Main St Apt 3 An estate or block name The name of a building for example Sears Tower The name of the town or city For example Vancouver BC Additional information about the city A code used by the postal authority to speed up delivery in certain countries for large localities for example Prague or Dublin The name of the addressee For example Mr Jones The country in the language or code specified in the Country format option Dependent state or province information that further subdivides a state or province An example would be a U S county The name of a company Information that further subdivides a building e g the suite or apartment number For example 123 E Main St Apt 3 4th Floor The house number 1 for example 298A 1B New South Head Rd Complete last address line city state province and postal code Street directional that precedes the street name For example the N in 138 N Main Street Dependent place name that further subdivides a Locality Examples are colonias in Mexico Urbanisaciones in Spain Post Box descriptor POBox Postfach Case
178. nput Data Field Name AddressLine1 Input AddressLine2 Input AddressLine3 Input AddressLine4 Input City Input StateProvince Input PostalCode Input Validate Address Global Description The first address line passed on input The second address line passed on input The third address line passed on input The fourth address line passed on input The city locality suburb name passed on input The state passed on input The postal code passed on input Validate Address Global provides enhanced address standardization and validation for addresses outside the U S and Canada Validate Address Global can also validate addresses in the U S and Canada but Addressing Guide 131 Universal Addressing Module 132 its strength is validation of addresses in other countries If you process a significant number of addresses outside the U S and Canada you should consider using Validate Address Global Validate Address Global is part of the Universal Addressing Module Validate Address Global performs several steps to achieve a quality address including transliteration parsing validation and formatting Character Set Mapping and Transliteration Validate Address Global handles international strings and their complexities It uses fully Unicode enabled string processing which enables the transliteration of non roman characters into the Latin character set and mapping between different character sets Character se
179. o a specific range of addresses on the street If you enable this option street name aliases used in the input will appear in the output If you do not enable this option street name aliases in the input will be converted to the base street name in the output with the following exceptions e If a preferred alias is used in input the preferred alias will always be used in output e Changed aliases used in input are always converted to the base street name in output This is one of three options that control how Validate Address handles street name aliases The other two are Preferred Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference Description street name alias processing and Abbreviated street name alias processing Note If Abbreviated street name alias processing is enabled the abbreviated alias will always appear in the output even if you have Return street name alias disabled Return address data blocks Specifies whether to return a formatted version of the address as it would be printed on a physical mailpiece Each line of the address is returned in a separate address block field There can be up to nine address block output fields AddressBlock1 through AddressBlock9 For example this input address AddressLine1 4200 Parliament Place AddressLine2 Suite 600 City Lanham StateProvince MD PostalCode 20706 Results in this address block output AddressBlock1 4200 PARLIAMENT PL STE 600 A
180. o values e City 100 match e Postal Code 80 match because the numbers are transposed This gives an overall match score of 92 if the match score weightings are all set at 1 Increasing the match score weighting of the postal code will decrease the match score because the postal code component score 80 will be made more important in the calculation Increasing the match score weighting of the city will increase the match score because the city component score 100 will be made more important For example L5 P4S4A5T5R4Z4C4 098 e L shows that formatting has been carried out to create the address lines e The validation level is 5 meaning that the highest level of matching against the Address Now Module database was attained All component codes except subcity A and city T are set to 4 indicating that they were validated using the Address Now Module database e The subcity code and city code are set to 5 indicating that these components were corrected using the Address Now Module database The overall address matched the Address Now Module database at 98 Note You may also receive a value of SDS for the Validation Match Score A return of SDS indicates that the address has not been standardized possibly as a result of the address being reverted Universal Addressing Module What Is the Universal Addressing Module The Universal Addressing Module is an address quality module that can standardize and validate addres
181. ode The reason for the failure if there was one Status Description A description of the reason for the failure if there was one Interpreting ElementinputStatus ElementResultStatus and ElementRelevance The ElementinputStatus ElementResultStatus and ElementRelevance output fields contain a series of digits that describe the outcome of the validation operation in detail ElementinputStatus contains some information for parsing operations This is what an ElementlnputStatus value looks like 44606040600000000060 This is what an ElementResultStatus value looks like 88F0F870F00000000040 This is what an ElementRelevance value looks like 11101010100000000000 To understand the values in these fields you need to know which element each position represents and the meaning of the values in each position For example the first digit indicates the result from the PostalCode Base output field The position meanings are listed below e Position 1 PostalCode Base e Position 2 PostalCode AddOn e Position 3 City e Position 4 Locality and Suburb Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference e Position 5 StateProvice e Position 6 County e Position 7 StreetName e Position 8 SecondaryStreet e Position 9 HouseNumber e Position 10 Number level 1 e Position 11 POBox e Position 12 Delivery service level 1 e Position 13 Building level 0 e Position 14 BuildingName e Position 15 Sub bu
182. ollowing is true e The address matches to a Rural Route address and the RecordType Default field returns a Y e The input address could not be matched to any address in the U S Postal Database Failures due to multiple matches are not LACS candidates USLastLineNumber A six character alphanumeric value that groups together ZIP Codes that share the same primary city For example addresses with the following two last lines would have the same last line number Chantilly VA 20151 Chantilly VA 20152 Result Indicators Result indicators provide information about the kinds of processing performed on an address There are two types of result indicators e Record Level Result Indicators on page 109 e Field Level Result Indicators on page 112 108 Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Record Level Result Indicators Chapter 4 Stages Reference Record level result indicators provide data about the results of Validate Address processing for each record such as the success or failure of the match attempt which coder processed the address and other details The following table lists the record level result indicators returned by Validate Address Table 54 Record Level Indicators Field Name Description AddressFormat Confidence CouldNotValidate CountryLevel Addressing Guide The type of address data being returned F French format for example 123 Rue Main E English format for example 123 Main St The l
183. om name with errors Country recognized from territory Country recognized from province Country recognized from major town Country recognized from format Country recognized from script Country not recognized multiple matches Country not recognized Parsed perfectly Parsed with multiple results Parsed with errors Elements change position Parse Error Input Format Mismatch Validation Error No validation performed because country was not recognized 145 Universal Addressing Module 146 Field Name Result Code Validation Error No validation performed because required reference database is not available N3 Validation Error No validation performed because country could not be unlocked N4 Validation Error No validation performed because reference database is corrupt or in wrong format N5 Validation Error No validation performed because reference database is too old N6 Validation Error No validation performed because input data was insufficient Q3 FastCompletion Status Suggestions are available complete address Q2 FastCompletion Status Suggested address is complete but combined with elements from the input added or deleted Q1 FastCompletion Status Suggested address is not complete enter more information Qo FastCompletion Status Insufficient information provided to generate suggestions Reports the success or failure of the processing attempt null Success F Failure Status C
184. on on context see What Is Context on page 31 The number of in context results returned by your search For information on context see What Is Context on page 31 A comma delimited list of the possible values for the field you searched on which do not fit the Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference Field Name Format Description context of fields you have already committed For information on context see What Is Context on page 31 Alternatives OutContext Count String 79 The number of out of context results returned by your search For information about context see What Is Context on page 31 ApartmentLabel String 79 Apartment designator such as STE or APT For example 123 E Main St APT 3 ApartmentNumber String 79 Apartment number For example 123 E Main St APT 3 Building String 79 The name of a building City String 79 The city name Country String 79 Shows the value specified in the Country input field for this call For more information about this input field see Input on page 25 Country String 79 The two or three character ISO code or English name of the country For a list of ISO codes see Country ISO Codes and Module Support Department String 79 The name of a distinct part of anything arranged into divisions For example the Finance Department in a corporation Field n CommitFlag String 79 Indicates whether you have chosen a value for field n i
185. one value USA Reports the success or failure of the match attempt null Success F Failure Reason for failure if there is one One of the following e CountryNotSupported e UnableToLookup Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference Field Name Description Status Description Description of failure Input country is not supported Input city was blank Input city amp state province was blank or no match found City state mismatch different spelling found or city state was a vanity name and vanity matching was not allowed or city state did not match ZIP Code Get Postal Codes Loqate Get Postal Codes Logate allows you to look up the postal codes for a particular city The service takes a city state and country as input and returns the postal codes for that city The input must be exactly correct in order to return postal codes Get Postal Codes Logate is part of the Universal Addressing Module Input Get Postal Codes Loqate takes a city state province and country as input Table 37 Get Postal Codes Logate Input Field Name Description Valid Values The city whose postal codes you want to look up You may put the city and state in the City field If you do this you must leave the StateProvince field blank The country code or name in any of the following formats e 2 digit ISO country code e 3 digit UPU Country code e English country name For a list of ISO codes see C
186. onents into the statutory postal or custom formats Table 13 Validate Global Address Standardization Options Populate from address lines Report vulgar words Flag vulgar words Debug output Validation Options Description These options specify which parts of the address to use to standardize an address Validate Global Address parses the input address lines into the components you select Specifies whether or not to look for vulgar words If this option is enabled Validate Global Address returns a value in the WCRCode output field to indicate the results Specifies whether or not to mark vulgar words in the output using the format gt VulgarWord lt This option controls whether or not to include troubleshooting information in the output fields Email1 Email2 URL1 and URL2 Table 14 Validate Global Address Validation Options Populate if possible Force update Replace alias Cautious update Cross component match Use reference diacritics Description These options specify which parts of the address to use to validate an address The Validate Global Address parses the input address lines into the components referenced in these options These options specify which fields to correct during validation These options specify which address components should be overwritten if the input data is an alias in the Address Now database Aliases may be used when postal codes are changed or for alternative
187. or route service where civic address information is not available Mode of Delivery Information Mode of delivery information is to be placed on the same line as delivery installation information Mode of delivery information may consist of the following elements Mode of Delivery Designator The official CPC symbol for Postal Box PO BOX Rural Route RR Suburban Service SS Mobile Route MR or General Delivery GD Mode of Delivery Identifier Numeric identifier separated from the mode of delivery designator by one space Do not use the number sign or the French abbreviation n before the mode of delivery identifier PO BOX 123 not PO BOX 123 Australian Addressing In Australia Australia Post sets addressing standards For a list of Australia Post publications that describe these standards and the Address Matching Approval System AMAS program visit the Australia Post web site at www auspost com au International Addressing Addressing products from Pitney Bowes Software classify addresses outside the U S and Canada as international addresses The standards for international addresses vary from country to country Pitney Bowes Software has compiled these standards into an international address coding system that can validate and correct address elements for approximately 86 countries and validate postal code formats for 141 countries Information about the postal standards of Universal Postal Union member count
188. ormal NL Chapter 4 Stages Reference PO Box 1 New York 10008 0001 USA PostOfficeBox NY LOWER BATTERY RD ST JOHN S CAN 000004 4 000002 E AlAIAT CAN Normal NL The following table lists the input for Get Candidate Addresses Table 22 Input Format Field Name Description AddressLine1 AddressLine2 AddressLine3 Addressing Guide The first address line The second address line The third address line 59 Universal Addressing Module 60 Field Name AddressLine4 AddressLine5 City StateProvince PostalCode FirmName USUrbanName Options Description Does not apply to U S and Canadian addresses The fourth address line Does not apply to U S and Canadian addresses The fifth address line Applies only to U K addresses May contain street name unit number building number and so on The city name The state or province For U S addresses only you may put the state in the City field instead of the StateProvince field The postal code for the address For U S addresses this is the ZIP Code in one of the following formats 99999 99999 9999 A9A9A9 A9A 9A9 9999 999 Note For Canadian addresses you can complete just this field and have candidate address data returned For other countries AddressLine1 and AddressLine2 must also be completed The country code or name in any of the following formats e 2 digit ISO country code e 3 d
189. ountry ISO Codes and Module Support StateProvince The state or province of the city whose postal codes you want to look up You may also put the state in the City field instead of the StateProvince field Addressing Guide 75 Universal Addressing Module Options Table 38 Get Postal Codes Loqate Options Description Database Specifies the database to be used for postal code look ups Only databases that have been defined in the Management Console are available Data license error handling Specifies how you want Spectrum Technology Platform to respond when a data license error occurs Fail the job Fail the entire job if a data license error occurs Fail the record Fail the record s for which the data license error occurs and continue processing Output Get Postal Codes Loqate returns the postal codes for a specified city Each postal code is returned in a separate record along with the data listed in the following table Table 39 Get Postal Codes Loqate Output Field Name Description Valid Values PostalCode A postal code in the specified city ProcessedBy Indicates which address coder processed the address LOQATE The Logate coder processed the address Reports the success or failure of the match attempt null Success F Failure Status Code Reason for failure if there is one One of the following e InvalidCountry e UnableToLookup Status Description Description of failure e Input country
190. out your name and address list information about your output file information about the mailer and other statistics about your mailing For detailed information about USPS Form 3553 see www usps com For more information about CASS settings see CASS Certified Processing on page 94 For instructions on how to use reports see the Spectrum Technology Platform Dataflow Designer s Guide USPS CASS Detail Report The USPS CASS Detailed Report does not need to be given to the USPS to qualify for certain discounts This report contains some of the same information as the 3553 report but provides much greater detail about DPV LACS and SuiteLink statistics For more information about CASS settings see CASS Certified Processing on page 94 For instructions on how to use reports see the Spectrum Technology Platform Dataflow Designer s Guide Validate Address Summary Report The Validate Address Summary Report lists statistics about the job such as the total number of records processed the number of addresses validated and more For instructions on how to use reports see the Spectrum Technology Platform Dataflow Designer s Guide Validate Address AUS Validate Address AUS standardizes and validates Australian addresses using Australia Post address data It also adds missing postal information such as postal codes city names state territory names and more Validate Address AUS also returns result indicators about validation attempts
191. ovince returns a city and state province for a given input postal code Note Get City State Province works with U S and Canadian addresses only Get City State Province is part of the Universal Addressing Module Input The following table shows the input fields Table 28 Get City State Province Input Field Name Description PostalCode A U S ZIP Code or Canadian postal code in one of the following formats 99999 99999 9999 A9A9A9 A9A 9A9 Options Table 29 Get City State Province Options Option Name Description Enable U S address Specifies whether or not to process U S addresses If you enable U S processing address processing Get City State Province will attempt to return the state for U S addresses If you disable U S address processing U S addresses will fail meaning they are returned with an F in the Status output field The output field Status Code will say DisabledCoder If you are not licensed for U S address processing you must disable U S address processing in order for your jobs to complete successfully regardless of whether or not they contain U S addresses Note You must have a valid license for U S address processing to successfully process U S addresses Addressing Guide 69 Universal Addressing Module 70 Option Name Database Enable Canadian address processing Database Include non mailing city Maximum records to return Output Description Specifi
192. percentage of the total number that was standardized For example if Street Name shows a count of 6 and a percent of 11 and a percent of 92 Addressing Guide 47 Address Now Module 48 it means that there were 11 street names that were standardized in the job and that represents 92 of the total number of street names in the job Address Validation Results This section lists the validation levels for the job For more information on validation levels see The ACR Code on page 49 Address Correction Results This section lists the component status portion of the Address Correction Result ACR codes for this job The top row of the table lists the component status codes The body of the table lists the counts for each address element For example the number of street names that had an component status code of 0 the number that had a code of 1 and so forth For more information on the component status portion of the ACR code see The ACR Code on page 49 Validation Correction Records This section lists information about postal code validation and correction Original Postal Code Confirmed Via Address Match The number of addresses whose ACR component status for the postal code is 2 Postal Code Corrected Via Address Match The number of input postal codes that were incorrect but were corrected by Validate Global Address e Original Postal Code Retained The number of addresses whose ACR component status for the postal code
193. plies only to U S and Canadian addresses Formatted data will not be returned for any other address Formatted addresses are returned using the format specified by the Include a standard address Include address line elements and Include postal information check boxes Note that if you select Include address line elements the parsed address elements will contain the parsed validated address for addresses that could be validated If the address could not be validated the parsed address elements will contain the input address in parsed form If you always want the output to contain the input address in parsed form regardless of whether or not Validate Address could validate the address select Include standardized input address elements If you check this option you must select Include a standard address and or Include address line elements For U S addresses only specifies whether or not to use a street s alias in the output A street alias is an alternate name for a street and typically applies only to a specific range of addresses on the street If you do not allow street aliases in the output then the street s base name will appear in the output regardless of whether or not there is an alias for the street The base name is the name that applies to the entire street For U S addresses only specifies how to handle street name aliases used in the input A street alias is an alternate name for a street and typically applies only t
194. process but it was preserved in the output Canadian addresses only S Standardized This option includes any standard abbreviations Unmatched Does not apply to U S addresses vV Validated The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input 165 Universal Addressing Module Field Name Description TrailingDirectional Result Appended The field was added to a blank input field U S and Canadian addresses only Corrected U S and Canadian addresses only Dropped The field provided on input was removed U S and Canadian addresses only For more information see About Additional Input Data Formatted The spacing and or punctuation was changed to conform to postal standards Does not apply to U S or Canadian addresses Multiple The input address matched multiple records in the postal database and each matching record has a different value in this field U S addresses only Pass through The data was not used in the validation process but it was preserved in the output Canadian addresses only Standardized This option includes any standard abbreviations Unmatched Does not apply to Canadian addresses Validated The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input Encountering False Positives 166 What is a False Positive To prevent the generation of address lists the DPV and LACSH databases include false positive records False positive records are artificially man
195. pt 3 Street suffix For example 123 E Main St Apt 3 A district or suburb The subcity is used in countries where it is common to include the district or suburb within the address For example 27 Crystal Way Bradley Stoke Bristol BS32 8GA In this case Bradley Stoke is the subcity The second street address used to identify an address Substreets are used in countries where it is common to give two street names in the address For example 12 The Mews High Street 35 Address Now Module 36 Field Name Format Description In this example High Street is the substreet Substreets can be used to precisely identify the delivery location In the example The Mews may be a small street that needs another street identification to properly locate the address so High Street is included In this case High Street is the main or known street USCountyName String For U S addresses the name of the county where the address is 79 located Return Codes Table 9 Get Global Candidate Addresses Return Codes Field Name Format Description String 79 The Address Correction Result ACR code describes what data has been changed in each record For information on what this code means see The ACR Code on page 49 Confidence String 79 The level of confidence assigned to the address being returned Range is from zero 0 to 100 zero indicates failure 100 indicates a very high level of confidence that the match
196. pyright United States Postal Service All rights reserved 2013 TomTom All rights reserved TomTom and the TomTom logo are registered trademarks of TomTom N V Copyright NAVTEQ All rights reserved Data 2013 NAVTEQ North America LLC Fuente INEGI Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia Based upon electronic data National Land Survey Sweden Copyright United States Census Bureau Copyright Nova Marketing Group Inc Portions of this program are Copyright 1993 2007 by Nova Marketing Group Inc All Rights Reserved Copyright Canada Post Corporation This CD ROM contains data from a compilation in which Canada Post Corporation is the copyright owner 2007 Claritas Inc The Geocode Address World data set contains data licensed from the GeoNames Project www geonames org provided under the Creative Commons Attribution License Attribution License located at http creativecommons org licenses by 3 0 legalcode Your use of the GeoNames data described in the Spectrum Technology Platform User Manual is governed by the terms of the Attribution License and any conflict between your agreement with Pitney Bowes Software Inc and the Attribution License will be resolved in favor of the Attribution License solely as it relates to your use of the GeoNames data ICU Notices Copyright 1995 2011 International Business Machines Corporation and others All rights reserved Permission is hereby granted free o
197. r identification numbers Addressee Information Addressee information identifies the intended person s firm or establishment to which the piece of mail is addressed Addressee information with multiple lines of information may include the following elements in the listed order Name or in care of information e Title e Department or division name Company or establishment name The above order also applies for Large Volume Receivers LVRs and government departments or agencies For departments with branches branch names appear above the department name Delivery Address Information Civic Address 16 Civic addressing generally applies to customers who receive door to door delivery or who receive their mail at a community mail box or superbox Unless otherwise noted address components and elements on the same line should be separated from each other by one space Civic addresses may include the following elements Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 2 Addressing Concepts e Civic Number The official number that has been assigned to that address by the municipality e Civic Number Suffix An alpha character or fraction appearing after the civic number that must be included in the address such as 11D JESSOME ST or 91 1 2 KING ST Street Name tThe official street name as it is recognized by the municipality with no translation If the street name is a number followed by an ordinal such as ST ND
198. r of these options is enabled Validate Address will look at the data in all four fields to validate the address and extract the requested data firm name and or urbanization code If neither of these options is enabled Validate Address uses only the first two non blank address line fields in its validation attempt The data in the other address line fields is returned in the output field AdditionallnputData For example AddressLine1 A1 Calle A AddressLine2 AddressLine3 URB Alamar AddressLine4 Pitney Bowes Software In this address if either firm name extraction or urbanization code extraction were enabled Validate Address would examine all four address lines If neither firm name extraction nor urbanization code extraction were enabled Validate Address would examine AddressLine1 and AddressLine3 the first two non blank address lines and attempt to validate the address using that data the data in AddressLine4 would be returned in the output field AdditionallnputData Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Options Output Data Options Chapter 4 Stages Reference The following table lists the options that control the type of information returned by Validate Address Some of these options can be overridden for Canadian addresses For more information see Canadian Address Options on page 95 Table 41 Output Data Options Description Include a standard address Include matched address elements Include postal informatio
199. r punctuation errors Canadian addresses only Multiple The input address matched multiple records in the postal database and each matching record has a different value in this field Does not apply to U S or Canadian addresses Pass through The data was not used in the validation process but it was preserved in the output 113 Universal Addressing Module Field Name Description R The city is required but is missing from the input address U S addresses only S Standardized This option includes any standard abbreviations Does not apply to U S addresses U Unmatched Does not apply to Canadian addresses Validated The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input Country Result These result codes do not apply to U S or Canadian addresses M Multiple The input address matched multiple records in the postal database and each matching record has a different value in this field S Standardized This option includes any standard abbreviations U Unmatched v Validated The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input FirmName Result c Corrected U S addresses only Pass through The data was not used in the validation process but it was preserved in the output U S and Canadian addresses only U Unmatched U S and Canadian addresses only V Validated The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input U S addresses only HouseNumber Result A Appended
200. rds Does not apply to U S or Canadian addresses Multiple The input address matched multiple records in the postal database and each matching record has a different value in this field U S addresses only Pass through The data was not used in the validation process but it was preserved in the output Canadian addresses only Standardized This option includes any standard abbreviations Unmatched Validated The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input Does not apply to Canadian addresses Appended The field was added to a blank input field Canadian addresses only Corrected Canadian addresses only Dropped The field provided on input was removed U S addresses only For more information see About AdditionallnputData on page 124 Formatted The spacing and or punctuation was changed to conform to postal standards Does not apply to U S or Canadian addresses Multiple matches The input address matched multiple records in the postal database and each matching record has a different value in this field U S addresses only Pass through The data was not used in the validation process but it was preserved in the output Canadian addresses only The P O Box number is required but is missing from the input address U S addresses only Standardized This option includes any standard abbreviations Unmatched Validated The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input Append
201. reater than 1 than one address in the database but no addresses were returned PerformUSProcessing disabled This value will appear if Status Code DisabledCoder PerformCanadianProcessing This value will appear if disabled Status Code DisabledCoder PerforminternationalProcessing This value will appear if disabled Status Code DisabledCoder The ending unit number for the range in which the candidate address s unit number falls The beginning unit number for the range in which the candidate address s unit number falls Indicates the numbering scheme for the unit numbers between UnitNumberLow and UnitNumberHigh as follows E Only even values 65 Universal Addressing Module Field Name Description Only odd values B Both USUrbanName The validated city urbanization name Urbanization names are used primarily for Puerto Rico addresses Get Candidate Addresses Loqate Get Candidate Addresses Loqate returns a list of addresses that are considered matches for a given input address Get Candidate Addresses Loqate returns candidate addresses only if the input address matches multiple addresses in the postal database If the input address matches only one address in the postal database then no address data is returned The Country input field is required if this field is blank no output will be returned Note By default Get Candidate Addresses Loqate does not match to individual house numbers Rather it uses house num
202. record has a different value in this field U S addresses only P Pass through The data was not used in the validation process but it was preserved in the output Does not apply to U S addresses S Standardized This option includes any standard abbreviations U S and Canadian addresses only U Unmatched Validated The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input StreetSuffix Result A Appended The field was added to a blank input field U S and Canadian addresses only Corrected U S and Canadian addresses only Dropped The field provided on input was removed U S and Canadian addresses only For more information see About AdditionallnputData on page 124 F Formatted The spacing and or punctuation was changed to conform to postal standards Does not apply to U S or Canadian addresses M Multiple The input address matched multiple records in the postal database and each matching record has a different value in this field U S addresses only P Pass through The data was not used in the validation process but it was preserved in the output Canadian addresses only Standardized This option includes any standard abbreviations Unmatched Does not apply to U S addresses Validated The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input TrailingDirectional Result A Appended The field was added to a blank input field U S and Canadian addresses only c Corrected U S and Canadian addr
203. ressing 0eee eee eens 17 U S Addressing Concepts U S Addressing Concepts The USPS has established guidelines for what it calls quality addressing Quality addressing ensures standardized addresses to help the USPS provide timely mail delivery This goal becomes even more critical as mailers attempt to qualify for postal discounts based on ZIP Codes ZIP 4 Codes and others A standardized address is an address that has been matched against the U S Postal Database and formatted based on USPS addressing conventions A U S address can be a street address a rural route address a highway contract address a P O box address or a private mailbox address A street address contains these elements 4235 N MAIN ST NW APT 100 House Leading Street Suffix Trailing Apartment Apartment Number Directional Name Directional Label Number A rural route highway contract or P O box address has these elements RR 123 19 Rural Route or Highway Rural Route or Highway Rural Route Highway Contract Type Contract Number Contract or PO Box Number A private mailbox address contains these elements PMB 345 Private Mailbox Type Private Mailbox Number Address elements and city state ZIP Code information combine to make address lines These lines are defined as shown in the figure below ATTN TECHNICAL SUPPORT Attention Line PITNEY BOWES SOFTWARE Recipient Line 1200 PARLIAMENT PL STE 600 Delivery Address Line
204. ries can be found online at the Universal Postal Union website www upu int Addressing Guide 17 Validating Addresses In this section e Validating US Addresses 0 0 cece eee eee 20 e Validating Canadian Addresses 0055 20 Validating US Addresses Validating US Addresses The Validate Address service in Spectrum Technology Platform s Universal Addressing Module matches input addresses to addresses in the USPS database in order to correct postal information It also adds additional postal information that can potentially earn you postal discounts such as ZIP 4 Codes During address matching and standardization address lines are separated into components and compared to the contents of the USPS database Any address information not used as part of matching is referred to as dropped address information If a match is found the input address is standardized according to the contents of the database If your data contains addresses for which no database match is determined you can elect to normalize input addresses The normalization process attempts to format the address lines according to conventions outlined in USPS Publication 28 When the normalization option is invoked and no database match is found for a particular address Validate Address attempts to recognize the individual elements and formats them according to USPS conventions Validating Canadian Addresses 20 The Validate Address service in Sp
205. rocessing only To run Validate Address in CASS Certified mode follow these steps 1 Validate Address must be in CASS Certified mode If Not CASS Certified appears at the top of the window click the Enable CASS button The Enforce CASS rules check box will appear 2 Click Configure CASS 3553 The CASS Report Fields dialog box appears 3 Type the List Processor company name List Name or ID and the Number of Lists being processed for this job 4 Type the Mailer Name Address and City State ZIP 5 Click OK The List information will appear in Section B and the Mailer information in Section D of the generated USPS CASS Form 3553 6 In Enterprise Designer drag the CASS3553 report from the Reports pallet to the canvas Enterprise Designer m i File Edit View Run Tools Window Help avQa t ia 9 PD i off Tasks 4 x ValidateUSAndCanadianAddresses Job J x Versions ax New 78 Job Search Service Jul 10 2013 10 23 AM Subflow 7 lt Latest Saved gt Process Flow Open ValidateAddiesses Ctandardizall amas i I Server Explorer ax See ra la Write Validated I Global Sentry Address Check G o Peg o op Global Sentry Address Check Batch Read from File ValidateAddress Conditional 5 a Global Sentry ID Number Check Router a Global Sentry ID Number Check Batch Write Failed P Palette ax Stages Reports a AddressNowDetailedReportByCountry AddressNowGetGlobalCandid
206. rrier Route Codes on page 82 USCongressionalDistrict Congressional district U S addresses only For more information see Obtaining Congressional Districts on page 81 USCountyName County name U S addresses only For more information see Obtaining County Names on page 82 USFinanceNumber The finance number in which the address resides U S addresses only The finance number is a number assigned by the USPS to an area that covers multiple ZIP Codes Validate Address will successfully validate an address only if its finance number matches the finance number of the candidate address in the U S Database USFIPSCountyNumber FIPS Federal Information Processing Standards county number U S addresses only For more information see Obtaining FIPS County Numbers on page 82 USLACS Indicates whether or not the address is a candidate for LACSH conversion U S addresses only One of the following Link Link Y Yes the address is a candidate for LACS processing If LACS is enabled Validate Address will attempt to convert the address using the LACS database If the conversion attempt is successful the output address is the new address obtained from the LACS database If the attempt is not successful the address will not be converted No the address is not a candidate for LACS processing LAcst k processing may still be attempted if Lacs processing is requested the Lacs database is installed and one of the f
207. ry ISO Codes and Module Support Note This field is required If this field is blank no output will be returned The company or firm name The postal code for the address For U S addresses this is the ZIP Code in one of the following formats The state or province For U S addresses only you may put the state in the City field instead of the StateProvince field Table 26 Get Candidate Addresses Loqate Options Option Name Description Database Casing Addressing Guide Specifies the database to be used for address processing Only databases that have been defined in the Management Console are available Specifies the casing of the output data One of the following Mixed The output is in mixed case default For example 123 Main St Mytown FL 12345 67 Universal Addressing Module 68 Option Name Default Country Maximum records to return Output Description The output is in upper case For example 123 MAIN ST MYTOWN FL 12345 Specifies the default country You should specify the country where most of your addresses reside For example if most of the addresses you process are in Canada specify Canada Get Candidate Address Loqate uses the country you specify to attempt validation when it cannot determine the country from the StateProvince PostalCode and Country address fields The maximum number of candidate addresses that Get Candidate Addresses Loqate should return The defaul
208. s Line 1 4200 Parliament Place Address Line 2 STE 600 Postal Code 20706 1844 SuiteLink attempts to correct firm names in addresses where A firm name is present A valid ZIP Code ZIP 4 Code and primary number could be determined A match has been made to a high rise default record The secondary address information could not be validated through normal processing Linkt Linkt To perform Suite database installed processing you must have the Suite For a listing of fields returned by this option see SuiteLink Output on page 123 Specifies whether to use a street s preferred alias in the output Street name aliases in the United States are alternative names given to sections of a street There are four types of street name aliases Preferred A preferred alias is the street name preferred locally It typically applies only to a specific range of addresses on the street Abbreviated An abbreviated alias is a variation of the street name that can be used in cases where the length of AddressLine1 is longer than 31 characters For example the street name 1234 BERKSHIRE VALLEY RD APT 312A could be abbreviated to 1234 BERKSHIRE VLLY RD APT 312A e Changed There has been an official street name change and the alias reflects the new name For example if SHINGLE BROOK RD is changed to CANNING DR then CANNING DR would be a changed alias type 91 Universal Addressing Module 92 Option Na
209. s Software Address Line 1 4200 Parliament Place Address Line 2 STE 1 Postal Code 20706 In this case Suite processing would change the suite number to the correct suite number Firm Name Pitney Bowes Software Address Line 1 4200 Parliament Place Address Line 2 STE 600 Postal Code 20706 1844 SuiteLink attempts to correct firm names in addresses where A firm name is present A valid ZIP Code ZIP 4 Code and primary number could be determined A match has been made to a high rise default record e The secondary address information could not be validated through normal processing Canadian Addressing Concepts Canada Post Corporation CPC collects processes and delivers mail across the second largest geographic area in the world second only to the area covered by the former Soviet Union To ensure that each piece of mail arrives at its destination promptly CPC has developed address labeling standards to facilitate mail processing and timely delivery The CPC requires that all mail items must contain the following address components for delivery of the mail piece e Addressee e Delivery address e Community municipality Addressing Guide 15 Canadian Addressing Concepts e Provinces Postal code Your mail is most efficiently processed when it follows the optimum address format which uses symbols capital letters and no delimiters such as commas or periods The CPC addressing conventions includ
210. s field Does not apply to U S or Canadian addresses Pass through The data was not used in the validation process but it was preserved in the output The city is required but is missing from the input address U S addresses only Standardized This option includes any standard abbreviations Does not apply to U S addresses Unmatched Does not apply to Canadian addresses Validated The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input These result codes do not apply to U S or Canadian addresses Multiple The input address matched multiple records in the postal database and each matching record has a different value in this field 161 Universal Addressing Module 162 Field Name FirmName Result HouseNumber Result LeadingDirectional Result Description S Standardized This option includes any standard abbreviations U Unmatched v Validated The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input c Corrected U S addresses only Pass through The data was not used in the validation process but itwas preserved in the output U S and Canadian addresses only U Unmatched U S and Canadian addresses only V Validated The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input U S addresses only A Appended The field was added to a blank input field Canadian addresses only Corrected Canadian addresses only Dropped The field provided on input was remove
211. s only P Pass through The data was not used in the validation process but it was preserved in the output Canadian addresses only S Standardized This option includes any standard abbreviations Unmatched V Validated The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input Does not apply to Canadian addresses A Appended The field was added to a blank input field Canadian addresses only Corrected Canadian addresses only Dropped The field provided on input was removed U S addresses only For more information see About Additional Input Data F Formatted The spacing and or punctuation was changed to conform to postal standards Does not apply to U S or Canadian addresses M Multiple matches The input address matched multiple records in the postal database and each matching record has a different value in this field U S addresses only P Pass through The data was not used in the validation process but it was preserved in the output Canadian addresses only R The P O Box number is required but is missing from the input address U S addresses only S Standardized This option includes any standard abbreviations Unmatched V Validated The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input A Appended The field was added to a blank input field U S and Canadian addresses only c Corrected U S and Canadian addresses only Formatted The spacing and or punctuation was changed
212. s per reference database standard Latin Latin characters Latin alternate Latin characters alternative transliteration Postal admin alternate Latin or ASCII characters local postal administration alternative Postal admin preferred Latin or ASCII characters as preferred by local postal administration For countries that use an alphabet other than Latin I the returned alphabet differs from country to country For more information see Alphabets for Non Latin 1 Countries on page 137 Language Specifies the language in which the output should be returned The alphabet in which the data is returned differs from country to country but for most countries the output will be Latin regardless of the selected preferred language Database Language derived from reference data for each address Default English English locality and state province names output if available 136 Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference Description Specifies the casing of the output Native Output will be based on the reference database standard Upper Output will be in upper case for all countries Lower Output will be in lower case for all countries Mixed Casing determined by country specific rules No change For parse mode returns the data the way it was entered For validation mode uses the casing found in the reference data and according to postal rules Values that could not be checked against the refer
213. s the validation and correction results Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference Validated Addresses that were correct on input e Corrected Addresses that were corrected by Validate Address Global Good deliverability Addresses that could not be corrected but that are very likely to be deliverable e Fair deliverability Addresses that could not be corrected but have a fair chance that the address is deliverable e Poor deliverability Addresses that could not be corrected and are unlikely to be deliverable e Parsed Addresses that were successfully parsed Failed Addresses that could not be verified corrected or parsed Validate Address Global Detail Report The Validate Address Detail Report shows the results of validation correction parsing for each country For instructions on how to use reports see the Spectrum Technology Platform Dataflow Designer s Guide Status Details This section lists the validation and correction results for each country V Validated Addresses that were correct on input C Corrected Addresses that were corrected by Validate Address Global 14 Good deliverability Addresses that could not be corrected but that are very likely to be deliverable 13 Fair deliverability Addresses that could not be corrected but have a fair chance that the address is deliverable 12 Poor deliverability Addresses that could not be corrected and
214. scription Specifies the algorithm to use when determining if an input address matches an address in the postal database One of the following Exact The input street name must match the database exactly Tight The matching algorithm is tight Medium The matching algorithm is medium default Loose The matching algorithm is loose Specifies the algorithm to use when determining if an input address matches an address in the postal database One of the following Exact The input firm name must match the database exactly Tight The matching algorithm is tight Medium The matching algorithm is medium default Loose The matching algorithm is loose Specifies the algorithm to use when determining if an input address matches an address in the postal database One of the following Exact The input directionals such as the N in 123 N Main St must match the database exactly Tight The matching algorithm is tight Medium The matching algorithm is medium Default Loose The matching algorithm is loose Select the match condition where a DPV result does NOT cause a record to fail Note You must enable DPV processing to use this option Treat Commercial Mail Receiving Agency CMRA matches as failures Note You must enable DPV processing to use this option Specifies where Validate Address places Private Mailbox PMB information No AddressLine Do not include the PMB information in Standard Address outp
215. ses improving the deliverability of mail The Universal Addressing Module can ensure that your address data adheres to quality standards established by the postal authority An address that adheres to these standards is more likely to be delivered in a timely manner In addition mailers who follow these standards can qualify for significant postage discounts For information on discounts for U S mail refer to the USPS Domestic Mail Manual DMM available at www usps com For information on discounts for Canadian mail refer to the Canada Post website at www canadapost ca For information on discounts for Australian mail refer to the Australia Post website at www auspost com au The Universal Addressing Module can be used in batch mode realtime mode or as a hosted service depending on which option you have licensed The batch version of the Universal Addressing Module is CASS Certified by the USPS It is also AMAS certified by Australia Post Addressing Guide 51 Universal Addressing Module 52 The Universal Addressing Module is one of two address quality modules available for Spectrum Technology Platform The other address quality module the Address Now Module provides enhanced support for addresses outside the U S and Canada including validation for more countries and double byte support If you have a large amount of international address data you may want to consider using the Address Now Module for address standardization and
216. set the option Outer match score lines toa value greater than 0 The outer match score is similar to the validation match score which is part of the ACR code see The ACR Code on page 49 The difference is that the outer match score measures any change to an address line including formatting whereas the validation match score measures only whether or not the data could be validated For example take the following input address lines before processing Address Line 1 5 camden cres Address Line 2 bath Address Line 3 uk After processing the address lines are Address Line 1 5 Camden Crescent Address Line 2 Bath Address Line 3 BA1 5HY Address Line 4 United Kingdom This has a validation match score of 84 and in outer match score of 23 The validation match score is high because the address components were fairly accurate before validation The street name was valid except for casing and use of an abbreviation The city and country were both valid The only thing not correct was the postal code in this case it was missing Hence the relatively high validation match score of 84 The outer match score is low because after formatting the address lines are considerably different from the input In this case Address Line 3 contained uk on input and contains BA1 5HY on output Line 4 was empty on input and in populated on output Address line 1 has also changed The outer score is therefore quite low Reports Validat
217. sing or diacritic changes have been made to the input data A result of 0 indicates that there is no similarity between the input data and closest reference data match Note The Validate Address Loqate and Advanced Matching Module components both use the MatchScore field The MatchScore field value in the output of a dataflow is determined by the last stage to modify the value before it is sent to an output stage If you have a dataflow that contains Validate Address Loqate and Advanced Matching Module components and you want to see the MatchScore field output for each stage use a Transformer stage to copy the MatchScore value to another field For example Validate Address Loqate produces an output field called MatchScore and then a Transformer stage copies the MatchScore field from Validate Address Logate to a field called AddressMatchScore When the matcher stage runs it populates the MatchScore field with the value from the matcher and passes through the AddressMatchScore value from Validate Address Loqate ProcessedBy Which address coder processed the address Addressing Guide 159 Universal Addressing Module Field Name Description LOQATE The Logate coder processed the address Reports the success or failure of the match attempt For multiple matches this field is F for all the possible matches null Success F Failure Status Code Reason for failure if there is one UnableToValidate Status Description Description o
218. ss and an average of these was returned A geocode was able to be interpolated from the input addresses location in a range P A single geocode was found matching the input address U A geocode was not able to be generated for the input address The second byte represents the level of geocoding matching and is one of the following 5 Delivery point post box or subbuilding Premise or building 4 3 Thoroughfare 2 Locality 1 Administrative area 0 None Latitude Eight digit number in degrees and calculated to five decimal places in the format specified Longitude Eight digit number in degrees and calculated to five decimal places in the format specified SearchDistance The radius of accuracy in meters providing an indication of the probable maximum distance between the given geocode and the actual physical location This field is derived from and dependent upon the accuracy and coverage of the underlying reference data Result Indicators Result indicators provide information about the kinds of processing performed on an address There are two types of result indicators Record Level Result Indicators Field Level Result Indicators Record Level Result Indicators Record level result indicators provide data about the results of Validate Address Loqate processing for each record such as the success or failure of the match attempt which coder processed the address and other details The following table lists the
219. ss Now is one of two address standardization and validation modules available for Spectrum Technology Platform The other module is the Universal Addressing Module The Address Now Module provides the following benefits over the Universal Addressing Module for addresses outside the U S and Canada Better data The database used by the Address Now Module is more up to date and complete in many countries than the database used by the Universal Addressing Module This is because the Universal Addressing Module relies on data from Universal Postal Union UPU a body of the United Nations for its international data and while the data coverage is extensive the updates and the level of address details are not proactively managed by the UPU Address Now on the other hand relies on data directly from the postal authorities in most countries plus other third party data providers This means that the data is more current with postal changes and is more detailed Drill down feature The Address Now Module also offers drill down capabilities to address data from any country allowing users to rapidly enter address information without having to worry about the structure or making data entry mistakes e Double byte support The Address Now Module is Unicode enabled recognizing Kanji and other double byte characters Address Now Components Address Now consists of the following components These components can work with U S Canadian and intern
220. t automation compatible letter size pieces Note You must install the U S Postal database and eLOT database from the same month i e September eLOT data must be processed with a September U S Postal database If the U S Postal database and the eLOT database are not from the same month there may be ZIP 4 Codes for which eLOT numbers cannot be assigned The ZIP Code ZIP 4 Code carrier route code and the delivery point of an address must be provided to assign a eLOT code Locatable Address Conversion System LACS The USPS Locatable Address Conversion System LACS corrects addresses that have changed as a result of a rural route address converting to street style address a PO Box renumbering or a street style address changing The following are examples of LACS conversions e Rural Route Converted to Street Style Address Old Address RR 3 Box 45 New Address 1292 North Ridgeland Drive Street Renamed and Renumbered Old Address 23 Main Street New Address 45 West First Avenue PO Box Renumbered Old Address PO Box 453 New Address PO Box 10435 LAcS is required for CASS processing Residential Delivery Indicator RDI 14 For U S addresses only Residential Delivery Indicator RDI processing can help you determine the best cost for shipping your packages RDI processing identifies whether an address is a business or a residential address This difference is important because some delivery services
221. t by specifying the index value for your choice Index values for the alternatives presented by Build Global Address are zero based meaning that the first alternative has an index of 0 the second alternative has a value of 1 and so on The input field is ignored for actions other than commit Country String For the init action specifies the country in which you want to 79 build an address Specify the country using the format you chose for input country format English name two character ISO 3116 1 Alpha 2 code or three character ISO 3116 1 Alpha 3 code For a list of ISO codes see Country ISO Codes and Module Support This input field is ignored for actions other than init FieldIndex String For the search action specifies the address element that you 79 want to search on For the clear action specifies the address element you want to un commit One of the following all performs the clear action on all address elements This option applies to the clear action only lt IndexNumber gt Performs the action on a specific address element To determine the index of an address element first look at the Field n Name fields and locate the field you want The value n indicates the field s index For example you want to look up ZIP Codes for U S addresses After the init call you see that Field O Name is Zip indicating that the ZIP Code has a field index of 0 This input field is ignored for actions other than search
222. t is 10 The maximum is 99 Get Candidate Addresses Loqate returns the following output Table 27 Get Candidate Addresses Loqate Output Field Name AddressLine1 AddressLine2 AddressLine3 AddressLine4 City Country FirmName PostalCode PostalCode AddOn ProcessedBy StateProvince Status Status Code Description The first address line The second address line The third address line The fourth address line The city name The three character ISO 3116 1 Alpha 3 code for the country For a list of ISO codes see Country ISO Codes and Module Support The firm name The postal code In the U S this is the ZIP Code The last four digits of the ZIP 4 Code U S addresses only Indicates which address coder processed the address LOQATE The Logate coder processed the address The state or province abbreviation Reports the success or failure of the match attempt null Success F Failure The reason for failure if there is one There is only one possible value e RequestFailed Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference Field Name Description Status Description A description of the problem if there is one There is only one possible value Did not return The input address matched only one address in multiples the database Get Candidate Addresses Loqate only returns data if multiple possible matches were found Get City State Province Get City State Pr
223. t mapping and transliteration features include e Support for over 30 different character sets including UTF 8 ISO 8859 1 GBK BIG5 JIS EBCDIC e Proper elimination of diacritics according to language rules e Transliteration for various alphabets into Latin Script e Greek BGN PCGN 1962 ISO 843 1997 e Cyrillic BGN PCGN 1947 ISO 9 1995 e Hebrew e Japanese Katakana Hiragana and Kanji e Chinese Pinyin Mandarin Cantonese e Korean Hangul Address Parsing Formatting and Standardization Restructuring incorrectly fielded address data is a complex and difficult task especially when done for international addresses People introduce many ambiguities as they enter address data into computer systems Among the problems are misplaced elements such as company or personal names in street address fields or varying abbreviations that are not only language but also country specific Validate Address Global identifies address elements in address lines and assigns them to the proper fields This is an important precursor to the actual validation Without restructuring no match situations might result Properly identified address elements are also important when addresses have to be truncated or shortened to fit specific field length requirements With the proper information in the right fields specific truncation rules can be applied e Parses and analyzes address lines and identifies individual address elements e Processes over 30
224. ternativelndex field e O CHICAGO e 1 CHICAGO HTS e 2 CHICAGO PARK e 3 CHICAGO RIDGE e 4 EAST CHICAGO e 5 NORTH CHICAGO e 6 WEST CHICAGO AlternativeContext Type in or out to indicate whether the index value you specified in Alternativelndex is for the list of alternatives in the Alternatives InContext field or the Alternatives OutContext field Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference e Sessionld Keep this value the same Note The values in the other input fields are ignored 14 Click Run Preview again The value you specified will now be in the Field n Value field for the appropriate address element 15 Repeat the search and commit steps as often as needed until you have built the address 16 Close the session by entering the following values in the input fields Action Type close e Sessionld Keep this value the same Note The values in the other input fields are ignored Input Table 2 Build Global Address Input Field Name Format Description Parameter Action String Specifies the action to take One of the following init Initialization This action opens a session and returns a session ID which is required for all other actions The init action requires the Country input field search Searches for values for a specific address element and returns a list of alternative values for you to choose The search action requires the following input fields
225. th a residential and a business address Not checked because the address did not code at a ZIP 4 level or RDI was not performed DPV and CMRA Output Field Name Description DPV Indicates the results of Delivery Point Validation DPV processing Y DPV confirmed N Address is not deliverable S The primary number was validated but the secondary number could not be confirmed D The primary number was validated but the secondary number was missing from input M The address matches multiple valid delivery points U The address could not be confirmed because the address did not code at the ZIP 4 level V The address caused a false positive violation CMRA Indicates if the address is a Commercial Mail Receiving Agency CMRA Y Yes the address is a CMRA N No the address is not a CMRA U Unconfirmed DPVFootnote DPV footnote codes AA Input address matched to the ZIP 4 file A1 Input address not matched to the ZIP 4 file BB Input address matched to DPV all components cc Input address primary number matched to DPV but secondary number not match present but not valid 122 Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Field Name DPVVacant DPVNoStat Link Suite Output Field Name Description Chapter 4 Stages Reference Input address primary number matched to DPV but high rise address missing secondary number Input address primary number missing Input address primary number invalid Input
226. that have been defined in the US Database Resources panel in the Management Console are available Specifies whether or not to include postal codes for the city s non mailing city names A non mailing city name is an alternate name for the primary city name For example Hollywood is a non mailing city name for Los Angeles Specifies whether or not to return the city type in the output If enabled the city type is returned in the City Type field Get Postal Codes returns the postal codes for a specified city Each postal code is returned in a separate record along with the data listed in the following table Table 36 Get Postal Codes Output Field Name City Type PostalCode ProcessedBy Status Status Code Description The USPS city type U S addresses only The city type is determined by looking at the ZIP Code and the city name For example the city Lanham MD has the postal codes 20703 20706 and 20784 Lanham is the primary city in 20703 and 20706 but is a vanity city in 20784 This field column is only populated if Include city type is checked The possible values are V Vanity non mailing city name P Primary The city name is the primary mailing city name S Secondary The city name is an alternate city name but is acceptable A city can have multiple secondary city names A postal code in the specified city Because this service only works for U S addresses ProcessedBy will always contain
227. this option has no effect on the Transliteration option Specifies whether or not standardization changes such as changing ROAD to RD should be reported in the ACR code The Acceptance Level setting specifies the minimum number of address components that must be validated in order for the whole address to be considered validated The value specified for Acceptance level corresponds to the second character of the ACR code For more information see The ACR Code on page 49 The acceptance level differs from the Minimum confidence level for validation option in that acceptance level measures how many components Validate Global Address validated regardless of how well the validated components matched to address components in the postal databases whereas Minimum confidence level for validation indicates the probability that the output address is the correct validated version of the input address One of the following e Country specific The acceptance level is automatically set to an appropriate level based on the address s country For example U S addresses are processed with an acceptance level of 4 e Level O No components validated default Level 1 Country only validated e Level 2 City and country validated e Level 3 City postal code and country validated e Level 4 Street city postal code and country validated Level 5 Premise number building name sub building PO box company street city postal code
228. tin Latin Latin 3 Latin 2 Latin 2 Latin 2 Latin 2 Latin 2 Latin 2 Latin 7 Postal admin preferred Hanzi Hanzi Hanzi Greek Hangul Hebrew Latin 3 Latin 2 Latin 2 Latin 2 Latin 2 Latin 2 Latin 2 Latin 7 Postal admin alternate Hanzi Hanzi Hanzi Greek Hanja Hebrew Latin 3 Latin 2 Latin 2 Latin 2 Latin 2 Latin 2 Latin 2 Latin 7 Latin CHINESE_ MANDARIN CHINESE_ CANTONESE CHINESE_ CANTONESE GREEK_ISO KOREAN HEBREW Latin 3 Latin 2 Latin 2 Latin 2 Latin 2 Latin 2 Latin 2 Latin 7 Table 65 Validate Address Global Process Options Optimization level Description Latin alternate CHINESE _ CANTONESE CHINESE _ MANDARIN CHINESE _ MANDARIN GREEK_BGN KOREAN HEBREW Latin 3 Latin 2 Latin 2 Latin 2 Latin 2 Latin 2 Latin 2 Latin 7 ASCII simplified CHINESE _ MANDARIN LATIN_SIMPLE CHINESE _ CANTONESE LATIN_SIMPLE CHINESE _ CANTONESE LATIN_SIMPLE GREEK_ISO LATIN_SIMPLE KOREAN LATIN_SIMPLE HEBREW LATIN_SIMPLE LATIN_SIMPLE LATIN_SIMPLE LATIN_SIMPLE LATIN_SIMPLE LATIN_SIMPLE LATIN_SIMPLE LATIN_SIMPLE LATIN_SIMPLE ASCII extended CHINESE_ MANDARIN LATIN CHINESE_ CANTONESE LATIN CHINESE_ CANTONESE LATIN GREEK_ISO LATIN KOREAN LATIN HEBREW LATIN LATIN LATIN LATIN LATIN LATIN LATIN LATIN LATIN Use this option to set the appropriate
229. tmentLabel The flat or unit type such as STE or APT for example 123 E Main St Apt 3 130 Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Field Name ApartmentNumber FloorLabel FloorNumber LotNumber PostalDeliveryLabel PostalDeliveryNumber PostalDeliveryPrefix PostalDeliverySuffix HouseNumber HouseSuffix HouseNumber2 HouseSuffix2 StreetName StreetSuffix TrailingDirectional Original Input Data Chapter 4 Stages Reference Description The flat or unit number for example 123 E Main St Apt 3 The floor level type for example 123 E Main St Apt 3 4th Floor The floor level number for example 123 E Main St Apt 3 4th Floor The lot number for example Lot 7 Caldwell Hwy The postal delivery type for example PO Box 42 The postal delivery number for example PO Box 42 The postal delivery number prefix for example PO Box A42 The postal delivery number suffix for example PO Box 42B The house number 1 for example 298A 1B New South Head Rd The house number 1 suffix for example 298A 1B New South Head Rd The house number 2 for example 298A 1B New South Head Rd The house number 2 suffix for example 298A 1B New South Head Rd The name of street where property is located for example 123 E Main St Apt 3 The street suffix for example 123 E Main St Apt 3 The trailing directional for example 123 Pennsylvania Ave NW This option outputs the original input data in lt FieldName gt Input fields Table 61 I
230. to conform to postal standards Does not apply to U S or Canadian addresses M Multiple The input address matched multiple records in the postal database and each matching record has a different value in this field Does not apply to Canadian addresses P Pass through The data was not used in the validation process but it was preserved in the output Does not apply to U S addresses R The postal code is required but is missing from the input address U S addresses only 163 Universal Addressing Module Field Name Description S Standardized This option includes any standard abbreviations Does not apply to U S or Canadian addresses U Unmatched For example if the street name does not match the postal code both StreetName Result and PostalCode Result will contain U V Validated The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input PostalCode Type P The ZIP Code contains only PO Box addresses U S addresses only U The ZIP Code is a unique ZIP Code assigned to a specific company or location U S addresses only M The ZIP Code is for military addresses U S addresses only null The ZIP Code is a standard ZIP Code RRHC Type These result codes apply to U S addresses only HC The address is a Highway Contract address RR The address is a Rural Route address StateProvince Result A Appended The field was added to a blank input field U S and Canadian addresses only c Correcte
231. tput on page 107 Table 46 Delivery Point Barcode Output Field Name Description PostalBarCode The delivery point portion of the delivery point barcode USBCCheckDigit Check digit portion of the 11 digit delivery point barcode To assemble a DPBC you concatenate the values found in the Validate Address output fields as follows PostalCode Base PostalCode Addon PostalBarcode USBCCheckDigit For example if you have the following PostalCode Base 49423 PostalCode Addon 4506 PostalBarcode 29 e USBCCheckDigit 2 The assembled barcode would be 494234506292 Default Options The following table lists the options that control the format and processing of addresses These are called default options because by default the apply to all addresses Some of these options can be overridden for Canadian addresses For more information see Canadian Address Options on page 95 Table 47 Default Options Description Casing Specifies the casing of the output data One of the following Mixed The output in mixed case default For example 123 Main St Mytown FL 12345 Upper The output in upper case For example 123 MAIN ST MYTOWN FL 12345 Insert postal code separation character Specifies whether to use separators spaces or hyphens in ZIP Codes or Canadian postal codes Addressing Guide 83 Universal Addressing Module 84 Output multinational characters Return multiple addresses Secon
232. trum Technology Platform 9 0 Format Delimiter Output Options Chapter 4 Stages Reference Description Valid Values country Specify the country using the ISO3 country code For a list of ISO codes see Country ISO Codes and Module Support Enables you to use non standard formatting for multi line addresses in input files Acceptable values for this field include the following e CRLF default e LF e CR SEMICOLON 2101 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW WASHINGTON DC 20008 COMMA 2101 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW WASHINGTON DC 20008 TAB 2101 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW WASHINGTON DC 20008 PIPE 2101 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW WASHINGTON DC 20008 SPACE 2101 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW WASHINGTON DC 20008 Note The same value must be selected for both the input option and output option Table 64 Validate Address Global Output Options Description Maximum number of results This option specifies the maximum number of candidate addresses to returned return The default is 1 The maximum is 20 If you are using FastCompletion mode you may want to enter a number greater than 1 to ensure you are provided with multiple options for completing a field Return input data with results Specifies whether to include the input data in the output If enabled the State Province Country format Addressing Guide output will contain fields that end with Input containing the corresponding input field For example the output field AddressLine1
233. ts are actually relevant from the local postal authority s point of view For information about the value in this field see Interpreting ElementinputStatus ElementResultStatus and ElementRelevance on page 146 ElementResultStatus categorizes the result in more detail than the ProcessStatus field by indicating if and how the output fields have been changed from the input fields For information about the value in this field see Interpreting ElementinputStatus ElementResultStatus and ElementRelevance on page 146 An estimate of how likely it is that mail sent to the address would be successful delivered One of the following 5 Completely confident of deliverability 4 Almost certainly deliverable 3 Should be deliverable 2 Fair chance 1 Risky 0 No chance Indicates the processing mode used The processing mode is specified in the Processing Mode option For a description of the modes see Process Options on page 138 If the address was matched to multiple candidate addresses in the reference data this field contains the number of candidate matches found Provides a general description of the output quality For a more detailed description of the output quality see the ElementResultStatus field One of the following V4 Verified The input data is correct All elements were checked and input matched perfectly Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Field Name Chapter 4 Stages Reference Result Code Addressing Gui
234. uburb Output Address Data Table 66 Parsed Address Elements Field Name Description AddressBlock1 9 The AddressBlock output fields contain a formatted version of the standardized or normalized address as it would be printed on a physical mailpiece Validate Address Global formats the address into address blocks using postal authority standards Each line of the address is returned in a separate address block field There can be up to nine address block output fields AddressBlock1 through AddressBlock9 For example this input address AddressLine1 4200 Parliament Place AddressLine2 Suite 600 City Lanham StateProvince MD PostalCode 20706 Results in this address block output AddressBlock1 4200 PARLIAMENT PL STE 600 AddressBlock2 LANHAM MD 20706 1882 140 Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Field Name Chapter 4 Stages Reference Description AddressLine1 6 AdministrativeDistrict ApartmentLabel ApartmentNumber BlockName BuildingName City City AddInfo City SortingCode Contact Country County FirmName Floor HouseNumber LastLine LeadingDirectional Locality POBox PostalCode PostalCode AddOn PostalCode Base Room SecondaryStreet Addressing Guide If the address was validated the address line fields contain the validated and standardized address lines If the address could not be validated the address line fields contain the input address without any cha
235. ue to invalid input database suggests that number is out of valid ranges Input is copied not corrected this status value is only set in batch mode e 4 Validated but not changed due to lack of reference data Addressing Guide 147 Universal Addressing Module 148 5 Validated but not changed due to multiple matches Only set in batch mode otherwise multiple suggestions that replace the input are marked as corrected status value 7 6 Validated and changed by eliminating the input value 7 Validated and changed due to correction based on reference data 8 Validated and changed by adding value based on reference data 9 Validated not changed but delivery status not clear e g DPV value wrong given number ranges that only partially match reference data C vValidated verified but changed due to outdated name D Validated verified but changed from exonym to official name E Validated verified but changed due to standardization based on casing or language Validation only sets this status if input fully matches a language alternative F Validated verified and not changed due to perfect match For Country position 19 amp 20 the following values are possible 0 Empty 1 Country not recognized 4 Country recognized from DefaultCountrylSO3 setting 5 Country not recognized multiple matches 6 Country recognized from script 7 Country recognized from format 8 Country recognized from major town
236. ufactured addresses that reside in a false positive table For each negative response that occurs in a DPV or LACS query a query is made to the false positive table A match to this table called a false positive match disables your DPV or LACS key In batch processing the job that contains the violation will complete successfully but you will not be able to run any subsequent Jobs that use DPV or LACS until you report the violation and obtain a key to reactivate DPV or LACSU Note The term seed record violation is also used to refer to encountering false positive records The two terms mean the same thing Link Reporting DPV False Positive Violations Spectrum Technology Platform indicates a false positive match via messages in the server log During batch processing if you encounter a false positive record the job will continue After the job completes you will not be able to run any other jobs using DPV because your DPV key is disabled When a DPV false positive record violation occurs the following text is displayed in the Execution History DPV Seed Record Violation Seed Code S lt ZIP ZIP 4 Address Unit gt You can report the violation and obtain a restart key by following these steps 1 In your browser go to http lt yourserver gt lt port gt lt product code gt dpv jsp For example http localhost 8080 unc dpv jsp for the Universal Addressing Module and http localhost 8080 geostan dpv jsp for the Enterprise G
237. ule database and comparing them individually with the existing component data The overall match score is then calculated by combining these individual values into an average score taking into account the match score weightings which can be set from the address validation options dialog box For example Input data AddressLine1 11 High Street City Anytown Country UK Standardized data Premise 11 Street High Street City Anytown When validated the data returned from the Address Now Module database for this record may be Premise 11 Street High Street City Anytown Postal Code ZZ9 9ZZ Comparing the Address Now Module database to the standardized data we get e Premise 100 match Street 100 match e City 100 match e Postal Code not used because empty on input Combining these percentages gives us a match score of 100 Another example may be Input data AddressLine1 bergerstrasse 12 AddressLine2 munich AddressLine3 80124 Country Germany Standardized data Premise 12 Street Bergerstr Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference City Munchen Postal Code 80124 Address Now Module database output Premise 12 Street Burgerstr City Munchen Postal Code 80142 Comparing the Address Now Module database output to the standardized data we get e Premise 100 match Street 90 match the actual figure is determined by a textual comparison of the tw
238. ult ECR code describes the level of precision of the latitude longitude coordinates returned for the address The code consists of a prefix followed by a dash then the body of the code The prefix always begins with EL followed by a number from 1 to 5 indicating the overall level of precision e 5 Point geocode e 4 Street centroid e 3 Postcode centroid e 2 City centroid e 1 Region centroid The body of the code identifies the components that were used to match the address to a geocode Note that the body consists of letters and numerals Here s what they mean e P Premise house number building or PO box e S Street e T City e R Region state e Z Postal code e C Country There are only two numeric options in the body 4 or 0 4 The component data was available to make the geocode address match 0 The component date was not available For example EL4 POS4T4R4Z4C4 In this example the 0 following the P tells us that premise house number data was not available to make this address match everything from street to country however was used in the assignment The Outer Match Score The outer match score indicates how much Validate Global Address changed each address line to validate the address The score compares the address lines before standardization and after validation Spectrum Technology Platform 9 0 Chapter 4 Stages Reference and formatting This score is only generated if you
239. ut default AddressLine1 Place the PMB information in AddressLine1 If you choose AddressLine1 you must set the Address Format field to either Combined Unit or Separate Dual Address AddressLine2 Place the PMB information in AddressLine2 You may not select this option if Generate 3553 Form is checked 93 Universal Addressing Module 94 CASS Certified Processing Validate Address can operate ina CASS Certified mode when a specific combination of options are enabled CASS Certified processing enables you to qualify for USPS postal discounts When you use CASS Certified processing Validate Address generates USPS CASS Form 3553 This form must be given to the USPS along with the mailing to qualify for certain discounts The form contains information about the software you used for CASS processing information about your name and address list information about your output file information about the mailer and other statistics about your mailing For detailed information about USPS Form 3553 see www usps com CASS Certified processing also generates the USPS CASS Detailed Report which contains some of the same information as the 3553 report but provides much greater detail about DPV LACS and SuiteLink statistics The USPS CASS Detailed Report is not required for postal discounts and does not need to be submitted with your mailing Note USPS CASS Form 3553 and the USPS CASS Detailed Report are available for batch p
240. ut city name is a non mailing city name the long version of the mailing city is returned Specifies the format to use for the country name returned in the Country output field For example if you select English the country name Deutschland would be returned as Germany English Names Use English country names default Spanish Names Use Spanish country names French Names Use French country names German Names Use German country names ISO Codes Use two letter ISO abbreviation for the countries instead of country names UPU Codes Use Universal Postal Union abbreviation for the countries instead of country names Specifies the default country You should specify the country where most of your addresses reside For example if most of the addresses you process are in Canada specify Canada Validate Address uses the country you specify to attempt validation when it cannot determine the country from the StateProvince PostalCode and Country address fields Indicates how Validate Address should return a match if multiple non blank address lines are present or multiple address types are on the same address line U S addresses only Normal Match Default USPS CASS regulations determine the address returned based on the following order of priority 1 PO Box 2 Firm 3 Highrise 4 Street 85 Universal Addressing Module 86 Description 5 Rural Route 6 General Delivery Street Match Return a street m
241. validate addresses outside the U S and Canada you should consider using Validate Global Address Validate Global Address is part of the Address Now Module Input Validate Global Address takes a standard address as input All addresses use this format no matter what country the address is from Table 10 Validate Global Address Input Field Name Format Description AddressLine1 String First address line 79 Addressing Guide 37 Address Now Module 38 Field Name AddressLine2 AddressLine3 AddressLine4 AddressLine5 AddressLine6 AddressLine7 AddressLine8 amp City StateProvince PostalCode FirmName Options Input Data Options Format String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 99999 92880 9809 A9A9A9 A9A 9A9 9999 999 String 79 String 79 Description Second address line Third address line Fourth address line Fifth address line Sixth address line Seventh address line Eighth address line City name State or province The postal code for the address In the U S this is the ZIP Code Specify the country using the format you chose for input country format English name or ISO code For a list of ISO codes see Country ISO Codes and Module Support Company or firm name Table 11 Validate Global Address Input Data Options Option
242. validation Universal Addressing Components The Universal Addressing Module consists of the following components These components can work with U S Canadian Australian and international addresses as long as you are licensed for the appropriate database if you are running Universal Addressing in your own environment or hosted service if you are utilizing Universal Addressing through the Pitney Bowes Software hosted services e Auto Complete Loqate Offers real time entry of address data and returns instant results based on each character entered into the form ensuring only accurate data is entered into the database Get Candidate Addresses Returns a list of possible matches for a given address e Get Candidate Addresses Loqate Returns a list of possible matches for a given address using a Loqate engine and database e Get City State Province Returns the city and state province for a given postal code e Get City State Province Loqate Returns the city and state province for a given postal code using a Loqate engine and database Get Postal Codes Returns the postal codes for a given city Get Postal Codes Loqate Returns the postal codes for a given city using a Loqate engine and database e Validate Address Standardizes and validates addresses using U S Canadian and international postal data e Validate Address AUS Standardizes and validates addresses using Australian postal data e Validate Address Global
243. y Country Department FirmName HouseNumber POBox PostalCode PostalCode AddOn PostalCode Base Principality StateProvince StreetName StreetSuffix SubCity SubStreet Addressing Guide String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 String 79 The name of a building The city name The ISO code or English name of the country For a list of ISO codes see Country ISO Codes and Module Support The name of a distinct part of anything arranged into divisions For example the Finance Department in a corporation The name of a company For example Pitney Bowes Software 4200 PARLIAMENT PL STE 600 LANHAM MD 20706 1844 USA House number For example 123 E Main St Apt 3 Post office box number If the address is a rural route address the rural route box number will appear here The postal code as required by the local postal authority For example in the U S the postal code is the ZIP Code For U S addresses the last four digits of the ZIP 4 Code For U S addresses the five digit ZIP Code An area within a country For example England Scotland and Wales are principalities This field will normally be blank The state or province abbreviation Street name For example 123 E Main St A

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