Field-Level Result Indicators

Field-level result indicators describe how ValidateAddressLoqate handled each address element. Field-level result indicators are returned in the qualifier "Result". For example, the field-level result indicator for HouseNumber is contained in HouseNumber.Result.

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The following table lists the field-level result indicators. If a particular field does not apply to an address, the result indicator may be blank.

Table 1. Field-Level Result Indicators

Response Element

Description

ApartmentLabel.Result

A
Appended. The field was added to a blank input field. U.S. and Canadian addresses only.
C
Corrected. U.S. and Canadian addresses only.
F
Formatted. The spacing and/or punctuation was changed to conform to postal standards.
P
Pass-through. The data was not used in the validation process, but it was preserved in the output. U.S. and Canadian addresses only.
R
The apartment label is required but is missing from the input address. U.S. addresses only.
S
Standardized. This option includes any standard abbreviations.
U
Unmatched. Does not apply to Canadian addresses.
V
Validated. The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input.

ApartmentNumber.Result

A
Appended. The field was added to a blank input field. U.S. and Canadian addresses only.
C
Corrected. Canadian addresses only.
F
Formatted. The spacing and/or punctuation was changed to conform to postal standards. Does not apply to U.S. or Canadian addresses.
P
Pass-through. The data was not used in the validation process, but it was preserved in the output. U.S. addresses that are an EWS match will have a value of P. U.S. and Canadian addresses only.
R
The apartment number is required but is missing from the input address. U.S. addresses only.
S
Standardized. This option includes any standard abbreviations. Does not apply to U.S. addresses.
U
Unmatched.
V
Validated. The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input.

City.Result

A
Appended. The field was added to a blank input field. U.S. and Canadian addresses only.
C
Corrected. U.S. and Canadian addresses only.
F
Hyphens missing or punctuation errors. Canadian addresses only.
M
Multiple. The input address matched multiple records in the postal database, and each matching record has a different value in this field. Does not apply to U.S. or Canadian addresses.
P
Pass-through. The data was not used in the validation process, but it was preserved in the output.
R
The city is required but is missing from the input address. U.S. addresses only.
S
Standardized. This option includes any standard abbreviations. Does not apply to U.S. addresses.
U
Unmatched. Does not apply to Canadian addresses.
V
Validated. The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input.

Country.Result

These result codes do not apply to U.S. or Canadian addresses.

M
Multiple. The input address matched multiple records in the postal database, and each matching record has a different value in this field.
S
Standardized. This option includes any standard abbreviations.
U
Unmatched.
V
Validated. The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input.

County.Result*

The smallest geographic data element within a country, for instance, USA County

FirmName.Result

C
Corrected. U.S. addresses only.
P
Pass-through. The data was not used in the validation process, but it was preserved in the output. U.S. and Canadian addresses only.
U
Unmatched. U.S. and Canadian addresses only.
V
Validated. The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input. U.S. addresses only.

HouseNumber.Result

A
Appended. The field was added to a blank input field. Canadian addresses only.
C
Corrected. Canadian addresses only.
F
Formatted. The spacing and/or punctuation was changed to conform to postal standards. Does not apply to U.S. or Canadian addresses.
O
Out of range. Does not apply to U.S. or Canadian addresses.
P
Pass-through. The data was not used in the validation process, but it was preserved in the output. Canadian addresses only.
R
The house number is required but is missing from the input address. Canadian addresses only.
S
Standardized. This option includes any standard abbreviations. Does not apply to U.S. or Canadian addresses.
U
Unmatched.
V
Validated. The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input.

LeadingDirectional.Result

A
Appended. The field was added to a blank input field. U.S. and Canadian addresses only.
C
Corrected. Non-blank input was corrected to a non-blank value. U.S. addresses only.
F
Formatted. The spacing and/or punctuation was changed to conform to postal standards. Does not apply to U.S. or Canadian addresses.
M
Multiple. The input address matched multiple records in the postal database, and each matching record has a different value in this field. U.S. addresses only.
P
Pass-through. The data was not used in the validation process, but it was preserved in the output. Canadian addresses only.
S
Standardized. This option includes any standard abbreviations.
U
Unmatched.
V
Validated. The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input. Does not apply to Canadian addresses.

POBox.Result

A
Appended. The field was added to a blank input field. Canadian addresses only.
C
Corrected. Canadian addresses only.
F
Formatted. The spacing and/or punctuation was changed to conform to postal standards. Does not apply to U.S. or Canadian addresses.
M
Multiple matches. The input address matched multiple records in the postal database, and each matching record has a different value in this field. U.S. addresses only.
P
Pass-through. The data was not used in the validation process, but it was preserved in the output. Canadian addresses only.
R
The P.O. Box number is required but is missing from the input address. U.S. addresses only.
S
Standardized. This option includes any standard abbreviations.
U
Unmatched.
V
Validated. The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input.

PostalCode.Result

A
Appended. The field was added to a blank input field. U.S. and Canadian addresses only.
C
Corrected. U.S. and Canadian addresses only.
F
Formatted. The spacing and/or punctuation was changed to conform to postal standards. Does not apply to U.S. or Canadian addresses.
M
Multiple. The input address matched multiple records in the postal database, and each matching record has a different value in this field. Does not apply to Canadian addresses.
P
Pass-through. The data was not used in the validation process, but it was preserved in the output. Does not apply to U.S. addresses.
R
The postal code is required but is missing from the input address. U.S. addresses only.
S
Standardized. This option includes any standard abbreviations. Does not apply to U.S. or Canadian addresses.
U
Unmatched. For example, if the street name does not match the postal code, both StreetName.Result and PostalCode.Result will contain U.
V
Validated. The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input.

PostalCode.Type

P
The ZIP Code™ contains only PO Box addresses. U.S. addresses only.
U
The ZIP Code™ is a unique ZIP Code™ assigned to a specific company or location. U.S. addresses only.
M
The ZIP Code™ is for military addresses. U.S. addresses only.
null
The ZIP Code™ is a standard ZIP Code™.

Principality.Result *

The largest geographic data element within a country

StateProvince.Result

A
Appended. The field was added to a blank input field. U.S. and Canadian addresses only.
C
Corrected. U.S. addresses only.
M
Multiple. The input address matched multiple records in the postal database, and each matching record has a different value in this field. Does not apply to U.S. or Canadian addresses.
P
Pass-through. The data was not used in the validation process, but it was preserved in the output. U.S. and Canadian addresses only.
R
The state is required but is missing from the input address. U.S. addresses only.
S
Standardized. This option includes any standard abbreviations. Does not apply to U.S. addresses.
U
Unmatched. Does not apply to Canadian addresses.
V
Validated. The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input.

StreetAlias.Result

An alternate name for a street; typically applies only to a specific range of addresses on the street. If you do not allow street aliases in the output then the street's "base" name will appear in the output regardless of whether or not there is an alias for the street. The base name is the name that applies to the entire street. For example: If StreetName is “N MAIN ST” the StreetAlias field would contain “MAIN” and the thoroughfare type,"ST", would be returned in the StreetSuffix field.

StreetName.Result

A
Appended. The field was added to a blank input field. Canadian addresses only.
C
Corrected. U.S. and Canadian addresses only.
F
Formatted. The spacing and/or punctuation was changed to conform to postal standards. Does not apply to U.S. or Canadian addresses.
M
Multiple. The input address matched multiple records in the postal database, and each matching record has a different value in this field. U.S. addresses only.
P
Pass-through. The data was not used in the validation process, but it was preserved in the output. Does not apply to U.S. addresses.
S
Standardized. This option includes any standard abbreviations. U.S. and Canadian addresses only.
U
Unmatched.
V
Validated. The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input.

StreetSuffix.Result

A
Appended. The field was added to a blank input field. U.S. and Canadian addresses only.
C
Corrected. U.S. and Canadian addresses only.
F
Formatted. The spacing and/or punctuation was changed to conform to postal standards. Does not apply to U.S. or Canadian addresses.
M
Multiple. The input address matched multiple records in the postal database, and each matching record has a different value in this field. U.S. addresses only.
P
Pass-through. The data was not used in the validation process, but it was preserved in the output. Canadian addresses only.
S
Standardized. This option includes any standard abbreviations.
U
Unmatched. Does not apply to U.S. addresses.
V
Validated. The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input.

Subcity.Result*

A smaller population center data element, dependent on the contents of the Locality field. For instance, Turkish Neighbourhood.

Substreet.Result*

The dependent street or block data element within a country. For instance, UK Dependent Street.

TrailingDirectional.Result

A
Appended. The field was added to a blank input field. U.S. and Canadian addresses only.
C
Corrected. U.S. and Canadian addresses only.
F
Formatted. The spacing and/or punctuation was changed to conform to postal standards. Does not apply to U.S. or Canadian addresses.
M
Multiple. The input address matched multiple records in the postal database, and each matching record has a different value in this field. U.S. addresses only.
P
Pass-through. The data was not used in the validation process, but it was preserved in the output. Canadian addresses only.
S
Standardized. This option includes any standard abbreviations.
U
Unmatched. Does not apply to Canadian addresses.
V
Validated. The data was confirmed correct and remained unchanged from input.

*This is a subfield and may not contain data.