Address Validator Transformation General Settings

Default Country

Specifies the address reference data set that the transformation uses if it cannot identify a country destination in the input address. Select None if your data includes country information.

You can also set the default country as an advanced property on the transformation.

Force Country

Optional property. Replaces the country name or abbreviation in the input address with the name or abbreviation of the default country. If the input address does not identify a country, the transformation appends the default country data to the address.

Line Separator

Specifies the delimiter symbol that separates data fields within a single-line address.

You can also specify a line separator as an advanced property on the transformation.

Casing Style

Sets the character case style for output data. Select the Mixed option to follow the address reference data standard for initial capital letters. Select the Preserved option to write the address in the casing style that the address reference data uses.

You can also set the casing style as an advanced property on the transformation.

Mode

Determines the type of validation that the transformation performs.

Select one of the following options:

Mode Type	Description
Address code lookup	Returns a partial address or a complete address from the reference data when you provide an address code as an input. Several countries support address codes that represent the locality, street, building, or unique mailbox for an address.
Batch	Performs address validation on the records in a data set. Batch validation focuses on address completeness and deliverability. Batch mode does not return suggestions for poor-quality addresses. Batch is the default mode.
Certified	Performs address validation on the records in a data set to the certification standards of the specified country. The certification standards require that each address identifies a unique mailbox. You can perform certified address validation on addresses in Australia, France, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Country recognition	Determines a destination country for the postal address. The transformation does not perform address validation in country recognition mode.
Interactive	Completes an incomplete valid address. When an incomplete input address matches more than one address in the reference data, the transformation returns all valid addresses up to the limit that the Max Result Count specifies.
Parse	Parses data into address fields. The transformation does not perform address validation in parse mode.
Suggestion list	Returns a list of valid addresses from the reference data when an input address contains fragmentary information. When an address fragment matches more than one address in the reference data, the transformation returns all valid addresses up to the limit that the Max Result Count specifies.

You can also set the mode as an advanced property on the transformation.