Before you configure an Address Validator transformation, review the content and structure of the source data. Review the objectives of your data project, and decide on the types of address data that the project needs.
Consider the following questions:
How is the source address data structured?
When you connect data columns to an Address Validator transformation, select input ports that best represent the input address structure. Select output ports that define the address record structures you need. You can use an Address Validator transformation to create multiple types of address structure in one data set. You can then select different data columns for different uses.
What datatype can ports contain?
All ports read or write string data.
What are the precision values of the data columns?
The precision of a column is its width. Precision is measured in characters. Every Address Validator transformation port has a default precision value. Before you select a port, verify that it can accept the data from the port that you will connect to it.
Some ports have different input and output precision values. For example, the Postal Phrase Number ports have an input precision of 50 and an output precision of 12. When the Address Validator transformation writes output data to a Postal Phrase Number port, the transformation truncates the data after 12 characters.
The Address Validator transformation truncates some port data values to ensure that the data does not exceed the mail carrier limits for formatted data length.
Do you want to want to validate and enhance the deliverable status of the source addresses?
To validate and enhance the status of the addresses, you must buy and install address reference data sets from Informatica. Use Informatica Administrator to configure the address reference data properties.
If you do not want to validate addresses, you can configure the Address Validator transformation in parsing mode. Parsing mode lets you create output addresses in the standard postal format for the destination country. Parsing mode does not verify the accuracy or deliverability of the data.
What countries do the addresses refer to?
Informatica provides address reference data sets on a country basis. You buy and install data for each country you need.