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Postal Address Code Identifier AT

Input and output ports that identify the preferred street address for a building that has entrances on more than one street.

Austria Post assigns a postal address code identifier to an address record when the building that the address identifies formally receives mail at another address. The postal address code identifier is the same value as the postal address code for the preferred address.

Understanding Postal Address Codes and Postal Address Code identifiers

Each street address in Austria has a single postal address code that represents a street address to the building level. When a building can receive mail at multiple addresses, Austria Post recognizes multiple postal address codes for the building.

For example, a building at an intersection of two streets might have an address on both streets. The building might specify one of the addresses as the delivery address. The other address remains a valid address, but the postal carrier does not use it to deliver mail.

Austria Post applies the following rules and guidelines to postal address codes when a building can receive mail at multiple addresses:

The address record for the preferred address can include a postal address code.

The preferred address record does not include a postal address code identifier, because the postal carrier does not need information about an alternative address.

The address record for any alternative address can include a postal address code and a postal address code identifier.

The postal address code is a valid unique code for the building on the street that the address specifies. The postal address code identifier is the postal address code of the preferred address.

Austria Post refers to the preferred address as an Ident address.

Postal Address Code Identifier AT Usage

You can use the Postal Address Code Identifier AT ports in the following cases:

You want to search an address set for records that do not represent the preferred address for a building: Select the Postal Address Code Identifier AT output port in addition to the other ports that you select for the address records.; When the Address Validator transformation returns the addresses, you can sort the output for records that include a postal address code identifier value. if a record includes a postal address code identifier value, use the value as an input to find the preferred address.
You have one or more postal address code identifiers, and you want to find the preferred addresses that they represent: Select the Postal Address Code Identifier AT input port, and select the output ports that can write the preferred address. The Address Validator transformation returns the addresses.
You can also add the Postal Address Code AT output port to the output address. The Postal Address Code AT output port returns the postal address code for the preferred address.

Port Locations

The following table provides the location and default precision of the Postal Address Code Identifier AT port:

Port Type	Port Group	Template Model	Precision
Input	Discrete	Basic	9
Output	AT Supplementary	Basic	9

Postal Address Code Identifier AT Example

When a building has a preferred address and one or more alternative addresses, each alternative address can specify a postal address code and a postal address code identifier. In each case, the postal address code identifier is the postal address code of the preferred address.

The following table lists street addresses that identify a single building:

Address	Postal Address Code	Postal Address Code Identifier
Hauptplatz 4 8010 Graz AUT	100001915	100004254
Neue-Welt-Gasse 2 8010 Graz AUT	100004254	Not applicable

Although "Hautplatz 4" is a valid street address, "Neue-Welt-Gasse 2" is the preferred address for the building. The mail carrier accesses the building mailboxes at "Neue-Welt-Gasse 2."

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Address Validator Port Reference

Address Validator Port Reference

Postal Address Code Identifier AT

Postal Address Code Identifier AT

Understanding Postal Address Codes and Postal Address Code identifiers

Postal Address Code Identifier AT Usage

Port Locations

Postal Address Code Identifier AT Example