Address Validator Transformation Overview
The Address Validator transformation is a multiple-group transformation that compares input address data with address reference data. It determines the accuracy of the addresses and fixes errors in the addresses. The transformation creates records that meet mail delivery standards for data content and structure. The transformation also adds status information to each address.
The Address Validator transformation performs the following operations on address data:
- •The transformation compares address records in the source data to address definitions in the address reference data.
- •It generates detailed status reports on the validity of each input address, its deliverable status, and the nature of any errors or ambiguities it contains.
- •It fixes errors and completes partial address records. To fix an address, the transformation must find a positive match with an address in the reference data. The transformation copies the required data elements from the address reference data to the address records.
- •It adds information that does not appear in the standard address but that helps postal delivery, such as delivery point information and geocoding information.
- •It writes output addresses in the format that the data project and the mail carrier requires. You define the format when you select the output ports on the transformation.