US Addressing Options

Spectrum Global Address Validation uses the US Addressing Options to define U.S. address processing.

Table 1. US Addressing Options
Option Name	Description
CASS flag	Process in a United States Postal Service (USPS) CASS-certified mode. Note: If you are performing Global Address Validation US Addressing processing outside of the physical United States, you must disable the Delivery Point Validation (DPV), LACSLink, SuiteLink, and Residential Delivery Indicator (RDI) options. You will not be able to run in a USPS CASS-certified mode.
Assign abbreviated city	Return abbreviated city names in the label lines.
Remove noise characters	Remove input noise characters (for example, unnecessary punctuation and blanks).
Return input firm	Return the input firm.
All street matching	Perform All Street Matching (ASM) processing. ASM applies additional matching logic to correct errors in street names to find a match. For example, when the first letter of a street is misspelled or missing on input, ASM searches all street names in a locality to find an input address. ASM provides the best address validation but may reduce performance. ASM processing is available for U.S. addresses only.
R777 deliverable	Addresses with Carrier Route code R777 are phantom routes and are not eligible for street delivery. However, since these addresses are assigned a ZIP + 4 code by the USPS, these addresses are marked as deliverable. If you do not want the addresses with Carrier Route code R777 marked as deliverable, disable this option and the following actions are performed for the address: ZIP + 4 code is not assigned. The address is not counted on the USPS Form 3553 (CASS Summary Report) DPV Footnote Code R7 is returned.
Convert secondary to PMB	Convert secondary information to Private Mail Box (PMB) under the following conditions: A secondary number is present in the returned ZIP + 4 address. The secondary number does not DPV confirm. The primary number (and/or other secondary number) confirms as a Commercial Mail Receiving Agency (CMRA). The unconfirmed unit designator is not a pound sign (#). Note: This processing only applies if the primary address codes to a CMRA.
Save unit in separate field	Do not merge separate second unit and PMB information in the output address line. Save unit in a separate field.
Save PMB in separate field	Do not merge separate second unit and PMB information in the output address line. Save PMB in a separate field.
Return alias street	Return alias street names in the label line. An alias street name is an alternate name for a street, maintained at the ranged ZIP + 4 Code level. Return input alias or base. If the input address matches to an alias, return the alias. If the input address matches to a base address, but a preferred alias exists, return the preferred alias. If the input address matches to a base address and no Preferred alias exists, return the base address Return preferred alias or base. If a preferred alias exists, return the preferred alias. Otherwise, return the base street. Return preferred, abbreviated, input alias or base. Return the preferred alias. If no preferred alias exists, return the abbreviated alias. If no abbreviated or preferred alias exists, but some other alias type was input, return the input alias. If none of these scenarios apply, return the base street name. Return preferred, abbreviated alias, or base. If a preferred alias exists, return the preferred alias. If no preferred alias exists, return the Abbreviated alias. If neither exists, return the base street name. Return abbreviated, preferred, input alias or base. Return the abbreviated alias. If no abbreviated alias exists, return the preferred alias. If no abbreviated or preferred alias exists, but some other alias type was input, return the input alias. If no alias exists, return the base street name. Return abbreviated, preferred, alias or base. Return the abbreviated alias. If no abbreviated alias exists, return the Preferred alias. If neither exists, return only the base street name
Dual address	If the input file contains dual addresses (one a conventional address, a second containing a PO Box address), this field determines the order to use to process and match the addresses. If the selected address is valid, processing stops. If the selected address does not validate, processing attempts to code the secondary address. Above city and ZIP Code. The address line closest to the last line in the address is given the highest priority in the match process. Any address line above the last line is not used for matching. Default. Line 1 is given preference. The first line in the dual address is given the highest priority in the match process. Line 2 is given preference. The second line in the dual address is given the highest priority in the match process. Conventional is given preference. The conventional address is given the highest priority in the match process. PO Box is given preference. The PO Box is given the highest priority in the match process. The first valid address is given preference. The first valid address (in the order Address line 1 and then Address line 2) is given the highest priority in the match process. Note: When dual addresses are contained on a single line and the CASS flag is enabled, the USPS address type priority is used in the following order: PO Box Firm Highrise Street Rural Route General Delivery
VeriMove data block	The VeriMove data block option determines whether to return 250-bytes of additional information codes to the output file. This additional information can be used as input to Precisely's VeriMove product to comply with USPS® Move Update requirements.