AO Address Quality and AO Address Report

AO Address Quality

Advanced Object (AOO Address Quality provides for address correction, address parsing and address standardization. You can enable geocode assignment with a single option. If you require a USPS CASS report, a parameter is available on the Processing tab to specify where the report should be created. AO Address Quality accepts a single stream as input and produces a single output.

AO Address Quality macro configuration parameters

The AO Address Quality macro has two sets of configuration parameters in addition to the standard execution options:

Input

Company name	Company name used for matching. Optional, except for CASS certification. Defaults to blank.
Urbanization	Input field containing the Puerto Rican street address designator. Optional.
Address	Input field containing the postal address. Required.
Address 2	Input field containing the second line of a postal address. Optional.
Lastline type	Select Lastline if city, state, and ZIP Code are contained in a single field, or City/State/ZIP if they are separate fields. Defaults to City/State/ZIP. Required.
City/State/Zip	If Lastline type is Lastline, the input field containing the City, State, and ZIP Code.
City	If Lastline type is City/State/ZIP, the input field containing the City.
State	If Lastline type is City/State/ZIP, the input field containing the State.
ZIP	If Lastline type is City/State/ZIP, the input field containing the ZIP Code.
Record ID	Field containing the unique record ID.

Processing

AO Address Quality always outputs the following fields:

STD_STATUS_CODE
STD_COMPONENT_STATUS

Output standardized address	Select to output the following fields: `STD_ADDRESS_FIRST_LINE` `STD_ADDRESS2` `STD_CITY` `STD_STATE` `STD_ZIP` `STD_PLUS4` `STD_CARRIER_ROUTE` `STD_DELIVERY_POINT_CODE` `STD_DELIVERY_POINT_CHECK_DIGIT`
Output address components	Select to output parsed and standardized address components: `STD_PARSED_ADDRESS_RANGE` `STD_PARSED_PREDIRECTION` `STD_PARSED_STREET_NAME` `STD_PARSED_SUFFIX` `STD_PARSED_POSTDIRECTION` `STD_SUITE` `STD_PARSED_SUITE_NAME` `STD_PARSED_SUITE_RANGE`
Output address details	Select to output the following fields: `STD_CITY_NAME` `STD_CITY_ABBREVIATION` `STD_FACILITY_CODE` `STD_ZIP_CLASS_CODE` `STD_ADDRESS_TYPE_CODE` `STD_NON_DELIVERABLE`
Output all other fields	Select to output the following fields: `STD_URBANIZATION` `STD_COMPANY` `STD_FIRST_LINE_WITHOUT_SUITE` `STD_PARSED_GARBAGE` `STD_SUITE_ODD_EVEN` `STD_FINANCE_NUMBER` `STD_MAILING_NAME_INDICATOR` `STD_CITY_DELIVERY_INDICATOR` `STD_CARRIER_ROUTE_SORT_RATE_INDICATOR` `STD_UNIQUE_ZIP_NAME` `STD_ADDRESS_RANGE_ODD_EVEN` `STD_PRIVATE_MAILBOX` `STD_PMB_DESIGNATOR` `STD_PMB_NUMBER` `STD_LACS` `STD_GOVERNMENT_BUILDING_CODE` `STD_CONGRESSIONAL_DISTRICT` `STD_CODED_ZIP4` `STD_CODED_5DIGIT` `STD_CODED_CRRT` `STD_CODED_DPBC` `STD_CODED_HIGHRISE_DEFAULT` `STD_CODED_HIGHRISE_EXACT` `STD_CODED_RURALROUTE_DEFAULT` `STD_CODED_RURALROUTE_EXACT`
Multi-address priority	Specify which address has priority in records with more than one address. Options are: `FIRST`: Use the first valid address. (Default) `STREET`: If both `STREET` and `POBOX` addresses are valid, use `STREET`. `POBOX`: If both `STREET` and `POBOX` addresses are valid, use `POBOX`. `LAST`: Use the last valid address. `CASS`: Use `POBOX` priority if `POBOX` and `STREET` are on same line, and `LAST` priority if on separate lines.
Standardize street	Choose whether to keep "vanity" names, abbreviations, or both. Vanity street names are common throughout the US and this option lets you adjust the level of standardization applied. For matching purposes you generally want `STANDARDIZE`, but for mailing you may want to keep vanity names.
Standardize city	Choose whether to keep "vanity" names, abbreviations, or both. Vanity city names are common throughout the US and this option lets you adjust the level of standardization applied. For matching purposes you generally want `STANDARDIZE`, but for mailing you may want to keep vanity names.
Keep non-mailing city	Select this to keep city names even if they are technically not mailing names for the standardized Zip Code. For example, some people think they live in Hollywood even though they live in Los Angeles. This option is not CASS-compliant and is not recommended for matching, but you may want to keep customer-preferred city names even if they are technically incorrect.
Capitalization	Choose capitalization style of the output.
Directionals	Format of the pre- and postdirectionals.
Suffix	Format of the street suffix (for example, St, Rd).
Unit abbreviation	Format of the secondary range format (for example, Apt, Ste).
Sort data before processing	Select this option to sort the data prior to processing. When comparing source data to the USPS data, data sorted by ZIP Code will produce results faster.
Delivery Point Validation	Select this option to perform DPV processing. The fields `STD_DPV_RESULT` and `STD_DPV_FOOTNOTES` will be added to output.
Delivery Point Validation additional fields	Select this option to perform DPV processing. The fields `STD_DPV_RESULT` and `STD_DPV_FOOTNOTES` will be added to output.
LACSLink processing	Select this option to perform LACSLink processing. The fields `STD_LACS_INDICATOR` and `STD_LACS_RESULT` will be added to output.
eLOT processing	Select this option to perform eLOT processing .The fields `STD_ELOT_INDICATOR` and `STD_ELOT_RESULT` will be added to output
SuiteLink processing	Select this option to perform SuiteLink processing. The fields `STD_SUITELINK_INDICATOR` and `STD_SUITELINK_RESULT` will be added to output.
RDI processing	Select this option to perform RDI processing. The fields `STD_RDI_INDICATOR` and `STD_RDI_RESULT` will be added to output.
Geocode	Select this option to provide geocensus data on output. You can choose either the Zip+4 centroid produced by CASS, or a dedicated geocoder. The output fields depend on which option you select: CASS Zip4Centroid: `STD_LATITUDE`, `STD_LONGITUDE`, `STD_STATE_FIPS`, `STD_COUNTY_FIPS`, `STD_COUNTY_NAME`, `STD_CENSUS_TRACT`, `STD_CENSUS_BLOCK`, `STD_PMSA`, `STD_CMSA` Geocoder: `GEO_CENSUS_ID`, `GEO_STATE_FIPS`, `GEO_COUNTY_FIPS`, `GEO_COUNTY_NAME`, `GEO_CENSUS_TRACT`, `GEO_CENSUS_BLOCK`, `GEO_LATITUDE`, `GEO_LONGITUDE`, `GEO_RESULT_CATEGORY`
Output geo info fields	Select to output the following fields: `STD_STATE_FIPS` `STD_COUNTY_FIPS` `STD_COUNTY_NAME` `STD_CENSUS_TRACT` `STD_CENSUS_BLOCK` `STD_PMSA` `STD_CMSA`
CASS report location	Optional. Browse to select a file name and location for the CASS report.
Parallelism level	If you have 2GB or less of memory, leave this at the default setting of 1. If you have more than 2 GB of memory and the Geocode parameter set to None or CASS ZIP4 Centroid, specify a number less than or equal to the number of CPU cores on the Execution Server. If you have more than 2 GB of memory and the Geocode parameter set to Geocoder, specify <= CPU cores / 2.

Note that the Delivery Point Validation, LACSLink, eLOT, SuiteLink, and RDI options require an additional Data Management license and installation of current reference data.

Configure AO Address Quality

Select the AO Address Quality macro, and then select the Input tab on the Properties pane.
Specify the address input fields:
- Company name is the field containing the business name. Optional.
- Urbanization is the Puerto Rican street address designator. Optional.
- Address is the postal address.
- Address 2 is the second line of a postal address. Optional.
- Select the Lastline type box:

If	Do this
There is a single last line field	Select Lastline, and then specify the City/State/ZIP field.
There is not a single last line field	Select City/State/ZIP, and then select the City, State, and ZIP boxes to select the appropriate input fields.

Go to the Processing tab, and configure outputs and processing options.
Optionally, go to the Execution tab, and then set Web service options.

AO Address Report

AO Address Report accepts results from AO Address Quality and creates a summary report describing the level of address correction achieved and any correction operations performed. It has two output connections:

The "A" (Address) connection outputs counts for the Status Code, Address Type, Non-deliverable Flag, and Component Status Code. This is useful for examining the type of address found in the source data and what level of correction was possible. The output includes:

Date Processed	Timestamp from this generated result. Default: `TIMESTAMP`
Value	Field for which output is counted (one of status code, address type, non-deliverable flag, or component status code). Default: `VALUE`
Code	An entry for each code value that was counted (for example, for each status code value). Default: `CODE`
Meaning	The meaning of the code. Default: `MEANING`
Count	Total number of records for that value and code. Default: `COUNT`

The "C" (Component) connection outputs information on each position of the 13-character Component Status Code. This is useful for examining what data was changed in each of the address components. The output includes:

Date Processed	Timestamp from this generated result. Default: `TIMESTAMP`
Value	Each of the 13 positions represented in the Address Component Status Code: Address number, Predirectional, Street Name, Suffix, Postdirectional, Unit designator, Unit number, City Name, State, ZIP Code, Plus4, Carrier Route, Delivery Point Code.
Code	The numeric code for this component.
Meaning	The meaning of the component code. Default: `MEANING`
Record Count	Total number of records for that code. Default: `COUNT`

AO Address Report macro configuration parameters

The AO Address Report macro has a single set of configuration parameters in addition to the standard execution options:

Status code	Required. The status code from the Address Object. Default: `STD_STATUS_CODE`
Address type	Required. The address type code from the Address Object. Default: `STD_ADDRESS TYPE CODE`
Non-deliverable flag	Required. Non-deliverable flag from the Address Object. Default: `STD_NON DELIVERABLE`
Component status code	Required. The component status code from the Address Object. This contains a separate numeric code for each element (such as address number, predirectional, and street name). Default: `STD_COMPONENT_STATUS`

Configure AO Address Report

Select the AO Address Report macro, and then select the Input tab on the Properties pane.
Specify the required input fields:
1. Status code is the status code from the Address Object.
2. Address type is the address type code from the Address Object.
3. Non-deliverable flag is the non-deliverable flag from the Address Object.
4. Component status code is the component status code from the Address Object.
Optionally, go to the Execution tab, and then set Web service options.