Address Verification 5.x Best Practices for the United Kingdom

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Address Verification Tips and Best Practices

Note the following points when you verify United Kingdom addresses:

To verify complex addresses, use AddressLine elements such as

DeliveryAddressLines

(DAL) and

FormattedAddressLines

(FAL). Note that the fast completion mode does not support AddressLine elements.

You can either use a combination of DAL elements and address elements or use FAL elements.

The following example shows an input that contains both DAL elements and fielded address elements:

<Contact>John Doe</Contact>
<DeliveryAddressLine 1>6 Waltham Park</DeliveryAddressLine 1>
<DeliveryAddressLine 2>Waltham Road</DeliveryAddressLine 2>
<Locality 1>Maidenhead</Locality 1>
<Locality 2>White Waltham</Locality 2>
<PostalCode>SL6 3TN</PostalCode>

The following example shows an input that contains FAL elements:

<FormattedAddressLine 1>John Doe</FormattedAddressLine 1>
<FormattedAddressLine 2>6 Waltham Park</FormattedAddressLine 2>
<FormattedAddressLine 3>Waltham Road</FormattedAddressLine 3>
<FormattedAddressLine 4>Maidenhead</FormattedAddressLine 4>
<FormattedAddressLine 5>White Waltham</FormattedAddressLine 5>
<FormattedAddressLine 6>SL6 3TN</FormattedAddressLine 6>

To receive quick results with minimum input, use the single line address verification. You can set the process mode to FASTCOMPLETION, and enter the house number or building name and the postal code in the

AddressComplete

element. Informatica Address Verification returns address suggestions that match the input.

Similarly, in the INTERACTIVE mode, you can enter the house number or building name along with the postal code and receive complete address suggestions. You can enter the house number or building name and the postal code as either

FormattedAddress

AddressComplete

input.

To receive better results for addresses that do not have postal code information, enter the dependent street information if the address contains a dependent street.

To identify an address type, validate the postal code in the Interactive process mode. Based on the address type results you receive for the postal code, choose which address elements you need to verify.

For example, if the postal code maps to an S (street) type address, input the following elements:

Subbuilding information such as the floor or apartment number

Building name

House number

If the postal code maps to an L (large volume receive) type address, input the following elements:

Organization, if results for the postal code validation do not contain the organization name

Department

Function

Contact

If the postal code maps to a P (Post Box) type address, input the PO Box number.

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Address Verification 5.x Best Practices for the United Kingdom

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Address Verification Tips and Best Practices

Address Verification Tips and Best Practices