Address Reference Data
An address reference data set describes the addresses that a national mail carrier recognizes in a country. Before you perform address validation with the Address Validator transformation, install the address reference data on the Informatica services machine in the domain. You buy and download the address reference data from Informatica.
Install an address reference data file for each country that the source address data identifies. A country that has a large population might require multiple files. In addition, you can install data files that enrich the address data. The mail carrier can use the data enrichments to certify the accuracy of the addresses and to accelerate mail delivery.
When you perform address validation, the Address Validator transformation compares each input record to the address reference data. If the transformation finds the input address in the address reference data, the transformation can update the record with the correct and complete address data. If you purchased additional reference data sets, the transformation can also enrich the address data.
Use the Preferences window in the Developer tool to view information about the address reference data files on the Informatica services machine in the domain.
Types of Address Reference Data
The validation mode that you select determines how the transformation compares the input address to the address reference data.
The Address Validator transformation can read the following types of address reference data:
- Address code lookup data
- Install address code lookup data to retrieve a partial address or full address from a code value on an input port. The completeness of the address depends on the level of address code support in the country to which the address belongs. To read the address code from an input address, select the country-specific ports in the Discrete port group.
- You can select ports for the following countries:
- - Austria. Returns an address to building level.
- - Germany. Returns an address to locality, municipality, or street level.
- - Japan. Returns an address to the unique mailbox level.
- - South Africa. Returns an address to street level.
- - South Korea. Returns an address to the unique mailbox level.
- - Serbia. Returns an address to street level.
- - United Kingdom. Returns an address to the unique mailbox level.
- The Address Validator transformation reads address code lookup data when you configure the transformation to run in address code lookup mode.
- Batch and interactive data
- Install batch and interactive data to perform address validation on a set of address records. Use batch and interactive data to verify that the input addresses are fully deliverable and complete based on the current postal data from the national mail carrier.
- When you configure the transformation to run in batch mode, the Address Validator transformation returns a single address for each input address. When you configure the transformation to run in interactive mode, the Address Validator transformation returns one or more addresses for each input address.
- CAMEO data
Install CAMEO data to add customer segmentation data to residential address records. Customer segmentation data indicates the likely income level and lifestyle preferences of the residents at each address.
The Address Validator transformation reads CAMEO data when you configure the transformation to run in batch mode or certified mode.
- Certified data
- Install certified data to verify that address records meet the certification standards that a mail carrier defines. An address meets a certification standard if contains data elements that can identify a unique mailbox, such as delivery point data elements. When an address meets a certification standard, the mail carrier charges a reduced delivery rate.
- The following countries define certification standards:
- - Australia. Certifies mail according to the Address Matching Approval System (AMAS) standard.
- - Canada. Certifies mail according to the Software Evaluation And Recognition Program (SERP) standard.
- - France. Certifies mail according to the National Address Management Service (SNA) standard.
- - New Zealand. Certifies mail according to the SendRight standard.
- - United States. Certifies mail according to the Coding Accuracy Support System (CASS) standard.
- The Address Validator transformation reads certified data when you configure the transformation to run in certified mode.
- Geocode data
- Install geocode data to add geocodes to address records. Geocodes are latitude and longitude coordinates.
- The Address Validator transformation reads geocode data when you configure the transformation to run in batch mode or certified mode.
Note: Informatica provides different types of geocode data. If you need arrival point, parcel centroid, or rooftop geocodes, you must purchase additional geocode data sets.
- Suggestion list data
- Install suggestion list data to find alternative valid versions of a partial address record. Use suggestion list data when you configure an address validation mapping to process address records one by one in real time. The Address Validator transformation uses the data elements in the partial address to perform a duplicate check on the suggestion list data. The transformation returns any valid address that includes the information in the partial address.
- The Address Validator transformation reads suggestion list data when you configure the transformation to run in suggestion list mode.
- Supplementary data
- Install supplementary data to add data to an address record that can assist the mail carrier in mail delivery. Use the supplementary data to add detail about the geographical or postal area that contains the address. In some countries, supplementary data can provide a unique identifier for a mailbox within the postal system.
- The Address Validator transformation reads supplementary data when you configure the transformation to run in batch mode or certified mode.
Note: The transformation does not read address reference data in country recognition mode or in parse mode.
Address Validator Transformation General Settings