Options

Global Type Ahead uses the default options settings to define address retrieval processing.

Table 1. Global Type Ahead Options
Option Name	Country Support	Description
Database	All	The database to use for Global Type Ahead processing. Only databases that have been defined in the Database Resources panel in the Management Console are available.
Default Country	All	The default country for address match processing.
Search type	All	The Global Type Ahead search options: Both Search all to include both street addresses and points of interest (POI). Address Search for street addresses. POI Search for Points of Interest (POI).
Max candidates	All	The maximum number of search candidates returned. The maximum is 50. The default is 5.
Fuzzy match	All	Global Type Ahead implements algorithms that optimize the retrieval of addresses and POIs, even when the input spelling is incorrect or incomplete. These capabilities are referred to as Fuzzy Match, and are implemented through match setting constraints. None Fuzzy Match is disabled by default. Hard Match The hard match allows one character substitution, insertion, deletion, or transposition. Soft Match The soft match allows two character substitutions, insertions, deletions, or transpositions.