Validation Options

This option, used in conjunction with the "Force Update", ensures that no major changes are made to the data during processing.

Specifies whether or not to correct common address standardization and validation errors by performing cross-component matching. Cross-component matching checks for matches between data found in one field in the input data and another field in the Address Now database.

Specifies whether or not Validate Global Address modifies the address to match the diacritics (accents, umlauts, etc.) in the postal database when the only changes to the address are the diacritics .

For example, if Use reference diacritics is enabled, the following would occur:

If Use reference diacritics is not enabled, the following would occur:

Note that this option has no effect on the Transliteration option.

Specifies whether or not standardization changes such as changing "ROAD" to "RD" should be reported in the ACR code.

The Acceptance Level setting specifies the minimum number of address components that must be validated in order for the whole address to be considered validated. The value specified for Acceptance level corresponds to the second character of the ACR code. For more information, see The ACR Code.

The acceptance level differs from the Minimum confidence level for validation option in that acceptance level measures how many components Validate Global Address validated, regardless of how well the validated components matched to address components in the postal databases, whereas Minimum confidence level for validation indicates the probability that the output address is the correct, validated version of the input address.

One of the following:

• Country specific—The acceptance level is automatically set to an appropriate level based on the address's country. For example, U.S. addresses are processed with an acceptance level of 4.
• Level 0—No components validated (default)
• Level 1—Country only validated
• Level 2—City and country validated
• Level 3—City, postal code and country validated
• Level 4—Street, city, postal code and country validated
• Level 5—Premise number, building name, sub-building, PO box, company, street, city, postal code, and country validated

Specifies the minimum confidence level for address validation. Addresses with a value in the Confidence output field greater than or equal to this value is validated, and those that have a lower value will not be validated (the output field Status will contain F.)

Specify any value between 0 and 100. The higher the value, the higher the degree of confidence necessary for effective address validation. The default is 60.

A value from 0 to 8 indicating the number of address lines to use when calculating the outer match score. The default is 8. For more information on the outer match score, see The Outer Match Score.

These values specify the relative importance of the similarities or differences between the input data and the Address Now database for the specified fields. This affects the confidence value, and can be used to tailor the confidence to distinguish correct and incorrect updates. For more information, see The ACR Code.

For each field, specify a whole number from 0 to 10, indicating the relative importance of this field compared to the others. The default values are:

• Firm name—1
• Street—10
• City—8
• Postal Code—8

These options specify which parts of the address to use to validate an address. The Validate Global Address parses the input address lines into the components referenced in these options.

These options specify which fields to correct during validation.