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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

Parameter

Description

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

Parameter

Description

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: (default) use the first valid address.

  • 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.

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

  1. Select the AO Address Quality macro.

  2. Select the Input tab on the Properties pane.

  3. Specify the address input fields:

    • Company name: the field containing the business name. Optional.

    • Urbanization: the Puerto Rican street address designator. Optional.

    • Address: the postal address.

    • Address 2: 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.

  1. Go to the Processing tab, and configure outputs and processing options.

  2. 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 the following.

Field

Description

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 the following.

Field

Description

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.

Parameter

Description

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

  1. Select the AO Address Report macro.

  2. Select the Input tab on the Properties pane.

  3. 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.

  4. Optionally, go to the Execution tab, and then set Web service options.

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