Preferred Geocode Dataset Search Order

The GeoCode API is able to process addresses using multiple databases at the same time. This allows you to find the best possible match from a variety of data sources and types of data (point data as well as street segment data). The GeoCode API processes these multiple data sources using the configured Geocode dataset order. When an exact address match is made, the searching stops rather than continuing on to search in additional Geocode datasets. This saves on processing time. When an exact match is not found, the search continues in the available data sources.

For more information, see Setting the Geocode Dataset Search Order.