Address Validator Port Reference

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Regulatory Requirements

When you submit an address data set to an industry or government regulator, you must verify that each address correctly identifies a deliverable mailbox.

The Address Validator transformation can analyze and report on the accuracy and completeness of each address in the data set. The transformation can also verify that each address can receive mail.

An address can be correct and complete but unable to receive mail. For example, the address may be vacant, or the property may be under construction. Full regulatory compliance can require that you identify the undeliverable addresses in your data set. An undeliverable address may contain errors or indicate a regulatory issue.

Element Status Ports

Use Element Status Ports to confirm the accuracy and completeness of each address. Add the following status ports to the address template:

Element Input Status. Describes the quality of the match found between the input address data and the address reference data.

Element Relevance. Identifies the address elements that are necessary for address delivery in the destination country.

Element Result Status. Describes any change made to the input data during processing.

Delivery Point Ports

Use Delivery Point ports to verify that an address contains a deliverable mailbox.

A delivery point is the unique mailbox in an address. In many countries, the mail carrier can encode the data that identifies the mailbox in the address record. For example, the Royal Mail defines an eight-character string to identify every valid address in the United Kingdom. The USPS defines an 11-digit number for every valid address in the United States.

If an address is complete and correct to the level that the reference data defines, the Address Validator transformation can generate delivery point data for the address. Delivery point data verifies that the address identifies a currently deliverable mailbox.

You can select different ports to verify the delivery point accuracy of an address. For example, you can select the Delivery Point Code or Delivery Point Validation Confirmation ports to verify delivery point accuracy for a United States address. You can select the Delivery Point Suffix port to verify delivery point data for a United Kingdom address.

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Table of Contents

Address Validator Port Reference

Address Validator Port Reference

Regulatory Requirements

Regulatory Requirements

Element Status Ports

Delivery Point Ports