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.

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.

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.