Informatica® Data Quality

10.5.1

Content Guide
Informatica Data Quality Content Guide
10.5.1
September 2021
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Table of Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Informatica Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Informatica Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Informatica Knowledge Base. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Informatica Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Informatica Product Availability Matrices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Informatica Velocity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Informatica Marketplace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Informatica Global Customer Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Chapter 1: Content Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Content Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installation Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installation Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Accelerator Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Address Reference Data Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Identity Population Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Reference Table Data Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Importing Rule and Mapping Objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Importing Data Domains and Data Domain Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installing Reference Data Files and Other Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Chapter 2: Configuration Steps for Address Reference Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Configuration Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Configure the Address Reference Data Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Review the Address Validator Transformation Advanced Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Review the Address Reference Data File Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Address Reference Data Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Rules and Guidelines for Address Reference Data Preload Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Address Validation Properties in the Preferences Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Address Validation Data Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Address Validation License Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Address Validation Engine Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Appendix A: Address Validator Transformation Advanced Properties. . . . . . . . 24

Address Validator Transformation Advanced Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Alias Locality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Alias Street. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Casing Style. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Country of Origin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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 Country Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Default Country. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Dual Address Priority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Element Abbreviation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Execution Instances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Flexible Range Expansion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Geocode Data Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Global Max Field Length. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Global Preferred Descriptor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Input Format Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Input Format With Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Line Separator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Matching Alternatives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Matching Extended Archive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Matching Scope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Max Result Count. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Optimization Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Output Format Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Output Format With Country. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Preferred Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Preferred Script. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Ranges To Expand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Standardize Invalid Addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Tracing Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

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Preface
Read the Informatica Content Guide to learn about the prebuilt data quality rules and reference data that you
can download and install in the Informatica domain. Informatica releases prebuilt rules in accelerator
packages for countries, regions, and business sectors. Reference data includes address reference data files
and identity population files.

Informatica Resources
Informatica provides you with a range of product resources through the Informatica Network and other online
portals. Use the resources to get the most from your Informatica products and solutions and to learn from
other Informatica users and subject matter experts.

Informatica Network
The Informatica Network is the gateway to many resources, including the Informatica Knowledge Base and
Informatica Global Customer Support. To enter the Informatica Network, visit
https://network.informatica.com.

As an Informatica Network member, you have the following options:

• Search the Knowledge Base for product resources.

• View product availability information.
• Create and review your support cases.
• Find your local Informatica User Group Network and collaborate with your peers.

Informatica Knowledge Base

Use the Informatica Knowledge Base to find product resources such as how-to articles, best practices, video
tutorials, and answers to frequently asked questions.

To search the Knowledge Base, visit https://search.informatica.com. If you have questions, comments, or
ideas about the Knowledge Base, contact the Informatica Knowledge Base team at
[email protected].

Informatica Documentation
Use the Informatica Documentation Portal to explore an extensive library of documentation for current and
recent product releases. To explore the Documentation Portal, visit https://docs.informatica.com.

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 If you have questions, comments, or ideas about the product documentation, contact the Informatica
Documentation team at [email protected].

Informatica Product Availability Matrices

Product Availability Matrices (PAMs) indicate the versions of the operating systems, databases, and types of
data sources and targets that a product release supports. You can browse the Informatica PAMs at
https://network.informatica.com/community/informatica-network/product-availability-matrices.

Informatica Velocity
Informatica Velocity is a collection of tips and best practices developed by Informatica Professional Services
and based on real-world experiences from hundreds of data management projects. Informatica Velocity
represents the collective knowledge of Informatica consultants who work with organizations around the
world to plan, develop, deploy, and maintain successful data management solutions.

You can find Informatica Velocity resources at http://velocity.informatica.com. If you have questions,
comments, or ideas about Informatica Velocity, contact Informatica Professional Services at
[email protected].

Informatica Marketplace
The Informatica Marketplace is a forum where you can find solutions that extend and enhance your
Informatica implementations. Leverage any of the hundreds of solutions from Informatica developers and
partners on the Marketplace to improve your productivity and speed up time to implementation on your
projects. You can find the Informatica Marketplace at https://marketplace.informatica.com.

Informatica Global Customer Support

You can contact a Global Support Center by telephone or through the Informatica Network.

To find your local Informatica Global Customer Support telephone number, visit the Informatica website at
the following link:
https://www.informatica.com/services-and-training/customer-success-services/contact-us.html.

To find online support resources on the Informatica Network, visit https://network.informatica.com and
select the eSupport option.

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Chapter 1

Content Installation
This chapter includes the following topics:

• Content Overview, 7
• Installation Overview, 8
• Installation Prerequisites, 8
• Importing Rule and Mapping Objects, 14
• Importing Data Domains and Data Domain Groups, 15
• Installing Reference Data Files and Other Files, 15

Content Overview
Informatica applications can use data quality rules and reference data to improve data accuracy, enhance
data, and standardize data. Informatica uses the term content to refer to rules and reference data
collectively.

Informatica distributes the following types of content:

Accelerators

Accelerators are content bundles that address common data quality problems in a country, a region, or
an industry. An accelerator might contain mapplets and rules that you can use to analyze and enhance
the data in an organization. An accelerator might also contain data domains that you can use to discover
the types of information that the data contains. You add the mapplets, rules, and data domains to the
Model repository.

Informatica Data Quality includes a Core accelerator and a Core Data Domain accelerator. You can buy
and download additional accelerators from Informatica.

For more information about accelerators, see the Data Quality Accelerator Guide.

Address reference data files

Address reference data files contain information on all valid addresses in a country. The Address
Validator transformation uses address reference data to analyze the quality of the input data that you
select. The transformation compares the input data to the address reference data and fixes any error it
finds in the input data.

You purchase address reference data on an subscription basis. Informatica updates address reference
data files with new postal information at regular intervals. You can download the current address data
files at any time during your subscription period.

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 Identity population files

Identity population files contain metadata for personal, household, and corporate identities. Population
files also contain algorithms that apply the metadata to input data. The Match transformation and the
Comparison transformation use population file data to parse potential identities from input fields.

You must copy address reference data, identity population data, and accelerator demonstration data to the
installation directories. You can use Informatica Developer to import accelerator rules, demonstration
mappings, and reference table metadata to the Model repository and to write reference table data to the
reference data database.

Installation Overview
Use Informatica Developer to import accelerator rules, demonstration mappings, and reference tables to the
Model repository and to write reference table data to the reference data database. To install address
reference data, identity populations, and accelerator demonstration data, copy the files manually to the target
machine.

When you install address reference data files and identity population files, verify that the Data Integration
Service can access the machine to which you install the files. You install address reference data files and
identity population files to an Informatica domain.

You import a set of prebuilt Informatica rules or reference data files once to a Model repository and reference
data database. If more than one Developer tool or Analyst tool user imports the rules or data files, the data is
either overwritten each time or installed multiple times to different folders in the same system.

Note: You must install all accelerator reference data to a single project in the Model repository.

Installation Prerequisites
Complete or verify the prerequisites for the types of content that you will install before you install the
content.

You must complete the Informatica Data Quality or PowerCenter® installation before you install content.

Accelerator Prerequisites
The repository objects and data files in an accelerator operate in the same way as other objects and files in
the Informatica system. Some rules and guidelines apply to the accelerator contents.

Consider the following rules and guidelines when you install an accelerator:

• Before you import or copy files, verify that you have all privileges on the Data Integration Service, the
Content Management Service, and the Analyst Service.
• Import the accelerators to a single Model repository project. Create the project before you import the
accelerators.
• Install the Core accelerator before you install another accelerator.
• Install the Core Data Domain accelerator before you install the Data Domain accelerator.

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 • If you import a metadata file that contains an object in common with an accelerator that you imported
earlier, replace the object in the repository.

Address Reference Data Prerequisites

Install Informatica Data Quality or PowerCenter before you install address reference data to either product.

Before you install address reference data for PowerCenter, stop the PowerCenter Integration Service. Before
you install address reference data for Data Quality, stop the Data Integration Service and the Content
Management Service. After you install the data, restart any service that you stopped. If you do not stop and
restart the services when you install address reference data, the Address Validator transformation continues
to run any older data that it stores in memory.

The Address Validator transformation can read the following types of address reference data:

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.

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 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.

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.

Rules and Guidelines for Address Reference Data

Informatica releases new versions of address reference data files at regular intervals. When you subscribe to
address reference data for a country, you can download and install the latest data files for the country at any
time.

Consider the following rules and guidelines when you work with address reference data:

• Do not run an address validation mapping or session while you install address reference data.

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 • Informatica works with national mail carriers to develop the address reference data. When a mail carrier
updates its data records with new information, Informatica adds the information to the address reference
data files for the country.
• Informatica updates address reference data files several times each year. Informatica sends you a
monthly email to notify you that the latest updates are ready for download.

Address Certification Considerations

The Address Validator transformation can indicate if an address contains the data required by the
certification standards of national mail carriers. The standards require that a software application validates
address accuracy and prepares address records in the correct format for automated mail sorting and
delivery. If you use the data in a certified validation process, update the address reference data files once a
month.

If you use United States or Canadian address reference data to certify address records to the Coding
Accuracy Software System (CASS) or Software Evaluation and Recognition Program (SERP) standard, you
must use reference data that is no more than 60 days old.

Identity Population Prerequisites

Install the identity population files to a location that the Informatica services can access.

In a Data Quality installation, the Data Integration Service reads the population files. Install the files on the
Data Integration Service host machine or to a shared directory on a machine that the Data Integration Service
can access. In a PowerCenter installation, the PowerCenter Integration Service reads the population files.
Install the files on the PowerCenter Integration Service host machine or to a shared directory on a machine
that the Integration Service can access.

Informatica Data Quality stores the path to the population file directory in the Reference Data Location
property on the Content Management Service. Use the Administrator tool to verify or edit the path.

Install the population files to the following directory on the Data Integration Service machine:

[Informatica_installation_directory]/services/DQContent/INFA_Content/identity/default

Before you install the population files, verify that the /default/ directory is present. Before you create a
mapping that reads the population files, verify that the Reference Data Location property on the Content
Management Service specifies the parent directory for the /default/ directory.

PowerCenter stores the path to the population file directory in the IdentityReferenceDataLocation property in
the IDQTx.cfg configuration file. Open the file and verify or edit the path.

Consider the following rules and guidelines before you install the identity population files to a PowerCenter
machine:

• The Content installer writes the population files to the following directory on the PowerCenter Integration
Service machine:
[Informatica_installation_directory]/services/DQContent/INFA_Content/identity/default
Before you run the Content installer, verify that the /default/ directory is present. Before you run a
session that reads the population files, verify that the IdentityReferenceDataLocation property in the
IDQTx.cfg file specifies the parent directory for the /default/ directory.
The PowerCenter installer writes the IDQTx.cfg file to the following path:
[Informatica_Installation_directory]/server/bin
• Earlier versions of PowerCenter read the path to the population files from the SSAPR environment
variable. The PowerCenter Integration Service can read the location of the population files from the
IDQTx.cfg file or from the SSAPR environment variable. By default, the PowerCenter Integration Service

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 reads the location from the IDQTx.cfg file. If the IDQTx.cfg file does not specify the location, or if the file is
not present, the PowerCenter Integration Service reads the location from the SSAPR environment variable.
• The IDQTx.cfg file and the SSAPR environment variable specify the path to the parent directory of
the /default/ directory. The path does not include the /default/ directory name. The path cannot
contain character spaces.
• You can use the current version of the population files with the current versions of Informatica Data
Quality and PowerCenter. To use the current population files with an earlier version of PowerCenter, install
the current version of the Data Quality Integration plug-in to PowerCenter.
Note: When you install the current plug-in on a PowerCenter machine, you cannot import objects from an
older Model repository to the PowerCenter repository. You can continue to use any data quality object that
you imported to the PowerCenter repository before you installed the current plug-in.

Reference Table Data Prerequisites

Before you import the reference data, verify that the Data Integration Service, Model Repository Service, and
Content Management Service are running.

The import operation writes the metadata for the reference tables to the Model repository and writes the
reference data values to tables in the reference data database. The Content Management Service stores the
reference data database connection name. You associate a reference data database with a single Model
repository. You can specify the same reference data database for multiple Content Management Services if
the Content Management Services identify the same Model repository.

You can create the reference data database in the following relational database systems:

• IBM DB2
• Microsoft Azure SQL Server
• Microsoft SQL Server
• Oracle
• PostgreSQL
Verify that the reference data database supports mixed-case column names.

Allow 200 MB of disk space for the database.

Note: Ensure that you install the database client on the machine on which you want to run the Content
Management Service.

For more information about configuring the database, see the documentation for the database system.

IBM DB2 Database Requirements

Use the following guidelines when you set up the repository on IBM DB2:

• Verify that the database user account has CREATETAB and CONNECT privileges.
• Verify that the database user has SELECT privileges on the SYSCAT.DBAUTH and SYSCAT.DBTABAUTH
tables.
• Informatica does not support IBM DB2 table aliases for repository tables. Verify that table aliases have
not been created for any tables in the database.
• Set the tablespace pageSize parameter to 32768 bytes.
• Set the NPAGES parameter to at least 5000. The NPAGES parameter determines the number of pages in
the tablespace.

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Microsoft Azure SQL Database Requirements
Use the following guidelines when you set up the repository:

• Set the allow snapshot isolation and read committed isolation level to ALLOW_SNAPSHOT_ISOLATION
and READ_COMMITTED_SNAPSHOT to minimize locking contention.
To set the isolation level for the database, run the following commands:
ALTER DATABASE DatabaseName SET ALLOW_SNAPSHOT_ISOLATION ON
ALTER DATABASE DatabaseName SET READ_COMMITTED_SNAPSHOT ON
To verify that the isolation level for the database is correct, run the following commands:
SELECT snapshot_isolation_state FROM sys.databases WHERE name=[DatabaseName]
SELECT is_read_committed_snapshot_on FROM sys.databases WHERE name = DatabaseName
• The database user account must have the CONNECT, CREATE TABLE, and CREATE VIEW privileges.

Microsoft SQL Server Database Requirements

Use the following guidelines when you set up the repository:

• Verify that the database user account has CONNECT and CREATE TABLE privileges.

Oracle Database Requirements

Use the following guidelines when you set up the repository on Oracle:

• Verify that the database user has the following privileges:

ALTER SEQUENCE
ALTER TABLE
CREATE SEQUENCE
CREATE SESSION
CREATE TABLE
CREATE VIEW
DROP SEQUENCE
DROP TABLE
• Informatica does not support Oracle public synonyms for repository tables. Verify that public synonyms
have not been created for any tables in the database.

PostgreSQL Database Requirements

Use the following guidelines when you set up the repository on PostgreSQL:

• Use a JDBC connection to connect to the PostgreSQL database.

Informatica installs a DataDirect JDBC driver for PostgreSQL that you can use to connect to the database.
Find the driver in the clients/DeveloperClient/infacmd installation directory, and copy the driver to the
clients/externaljdbcjars directory .
• Specify the database schema name. Do not leave the schema name blank.
If the database uses the default PostgreSQL schema name of public, you can specify public as the
schema name.
• Verify that the database user has the CONNECT and CREATE TABLE privileges.

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 Verifying the Support Status for Mixed-Case Column Names
Use the Administrator tool to verify that the reference data database supports mixed-case column names.

1. Log in to the Administrator tool.

2. Select the Domain tab, and select Connections.
3. Select the reference data database.
4. Review the Advanced Connection Properties for the database.
5. Verify that Support mixed case identifiers is set to true.
If not, edit this property.

Importing Rule and Mapping Objects

Use the Developer tool to import metadata for accelerator rules, demonstration mappings, and mapping data
sources. During the import operation, select the reference data file that the rules and mappings use.

1. In the Developer tool, connect to the Model repository that contains the destination project for the
metadata.
2. In the Object Explorer, select the destination project.
For example, select the Informatica_DQ_Content project. If required, create a project in the Model
repository.
3. Select File > Import.
4. In the Import dialog box, select Informatica > Import Object Metadata File (Advanced).
5. Click Next.
6. Browse to the XML metadata file in the accelerator directory structure, and select the file.
7. Click Open, and click Next.
8. In the Source pane, select the items that appear under the project node.
9. In the Target pane, select the destination project.
10. Click Add to Target.
• If the repository project contains an object that you want to add, the Developer tool prompts you to
merge the object with the current object. Click Yes to merge the objects.
• If the Developer tool prompts you to rename the objects, click No.
• If any object remains in the Source pane, use the pointer to move the object to the target project.
11. Click Next.
12. Browse to the compressed reference data file in the accelerator directory structure, and select the file.
13. Click Open.
14. Verify that the code page is UTF-8, and click Next.
15. In the Target Connection field, select the reference data database.
16. Click Finish.

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Importing Data Domains and Data Domain Groups
Use the Preferences dialog box to import metadata for data domains and data domain groups. During the
import operation, select the reference data file that the data domains use.

1. In the Developer tool, connect to the Model repository that contains the destination project for the
metadata.
2. Select Window > Preferences.
3. In the Preferences dialog box, expand the Informatica node and select Data Domain Glossary.
4. In the repository pane, select the top-level node for the data domains or the data domain groups.
5. Click Import.
6. Browse to the XML metadata file in the accelerator directory structure, and select the file.
7. Click Open, and click Next.
8. In the Source pane, select the data domain glossary project.
9. In the Target pane, select the destination project.
10. Select the following option in the Resolution field:
Replace option in target
11. Click Add Contents to Target.
• If the Developer tool prompts you to add the objects, click Yes.
• If the Developer tool prompts you to rename the objects, click No.
12. Click Next.
13. If the import operation identifies dependencies, copy the dependent objects from the source project to
the target project.
14. Click Next.
15. Browse to the compressed reference data file in the accelerator directory structure, and select the file.
16. Click Open.
17. Verify that the code page is UTF-8, and click Next.
18. In the Target Connection field, select the reference data database.
19. Click Finish.

Installing Reference Data Files and Other Files

Install address reference data files, identity population files, and accelerator demonstration data files on a
machine that a Data Integration Service or PowerCenter Integration Service can access. Before you install
any file, review the installation prerequisites.

To install the files, copy the files manually to the machine.

You can replace any older file with a file of the same name.

Each time you install address reference data, review the configuration steps. For information about the
configuration steps for address reference data, see the “Configuration Overview” on page 16

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Chapter 2

Configuration Steps for Address

Reference Data
This chapter includes the following topics:

• Configuration Overview, 16
• Address Reference Data Properties, 17
• Address Validation Properties in the Preferences Window, 20

Configuration Overview
After you install address reference data for Data Quality or PowerCenter, you must configure the properties
that the Data Integration Service or PowerCenter Integration Service uses when it runs an address validation
mapping.

You can also verify or edit address reference data settings in the Developer tool.

Configure the Address Reference Data Properties

After you install address reference data for Data Quality or PowerCenter , configure the address reference
data properties.

You provide the license key for the address reference data and the path to the address reference data files.
You also determine how the Integration Service loads reference data.

If you install address reference data for Data Quality, use the Administrator tool to configure the properties
on the Content Management Service. If you install address reference data for PowerCenter, configure the
properties in the AD50.cfg file.

Installing Address Reference Data

After you install address reference data, you add the license key for the data to the License property on the
Content Management Service or in the AD50.cfg file. If you install more than one type of address reference
data, you add license keys for each type in a comma-separated string.

If you install reference data files at different times, add the license key data property with the license key for
the new files. You provide the license key data as a comma-delimited string.

Updating Address Reference Data

You can update the address reference data you installed for a country without entering a new license key.
You change the license key when your subscription to the data for that country expires.

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 Review the Address Validator Transformation Advanced Settings
After you install address reference data for Data Quality, review the Address Validator transformation
advanced settings.

You can edit these settings to ensure that the address validation mapping processes the source data in the
correct manner for your project. You find the advanced settings on the Advanced tab of the transformation.

Review the Address Reference Data File Status

After you install address reference data for Data Quality, review the status of the data files.

You can view a list of the address reference data files on the domain that you connect to. Verify that the files
are properly licensed and that the file types match the processing mode that you configured in the Address
Validator transformation. Use the Developer tool to view the file list.

Note: You can review address reference data file status at any time. Review the status at regular intervals to
verify that the installed address reference data is up to date.

Address Reference Data Properties

The Data Integration Service or PowerCenter Integration Service reads address reference data properties
when you run an address validation mapping or session.

If you run an address validation mapping in Data Quality, the Data Integration Service reads the address
reference data properties that you set on the Content Management Service. Use the Administrator tool to
configure the Content Management Service properties. If you run an address validation session in
PowerCenter, the Integration Service reads the address reference data properties from the AD50.cfg file.
Locate the AD50.cfg file and configure the properties.

You must enter a license key, the reference data location, and at least one data preload value before you run
an address validation mapping or session. Optionally, enter values to the other properties.

Note: The AD50.cfg file and the Content Management Service use the same names for the address reference
data properties. However, the property names in AD50.cfg do not contain spaces. For example, you can set
the Max Address Object Count property on the Content Management Service. You set the
MaxAddressObjectCount property in AD50.cfg.

The following table describes the address reference data properties:

Property Description

License License key to activate validation reference data. You might have more than one key, for example,
if you use batch reference data and geocoding reference data. Enter keys as a comma-delimited
list. The property is empty by default.

Reference Data Location of the address reference data files. Enter the full path to the files. Install all address
Location reference data files to a single location. The property is empty by default.

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 Property Description

Full Pre-Load List of countries for which all batch, CAMEO, certified, interactive, or supplementary reference
Countries data is loaded into memory before address validation begins. Enter the three-character ISO
country codes in a comma-separated list. For example, enter DEU,FRA,USA. Enter ALL to load all
data sets. The property is empty by default.
Load the full reference database to increase performance. Some countries, such as the United
States, have large databases that require significant amounts of memory.

Partial Pre-Load List of countries for which batch, CAMEO, certified, interactive, or supplementary reference
Countries metadata and indexing structures are loaded into memory before address validation begins. Enter
the three-character ISO country codes in a comma-separated list. For example, enter
DEU,FRA,USA. Enter ALL to partially load all data sets. The property is empty by default.
Partial preloading increases performance when not enough memory is available to load the
complete databases into memory.

No Pre-Load List of countries for which no batch, CAMEO, certified, interactive, or supplementary reference
Countries data is loaded into memory before address validation begins. Enter the three-character ISO
country codes in a comma-separated list. For example, enter DEU,FRA,USA. Default is ALL.

Full Pre-Load List of countries for which all geocoding reference data is loaded into memory before address
Geocoding validation begins. Enter the three-character ISO country codes in a comma-separated list. For
Countries example, enter DEU,FRA,USA. Enter ALL to load all data sets. The property is empty by default.
Load all reference data for a country to increase performance when processing addresses from
that country. Some countries, such as the United States, have large data sets that require
significant amounts of memory.

Partial Pre-Load List of countries for which geocoding reference metadata and indexing structures are loaded into
Geocoding memory before address validation begins. Enter the three-character ISO country codes in a
Countries comma-separated list. For example, enter DEU,FRA,USA. Enter ALL to partially load all data sets.
The property is empty by default.
Partial preloading increases performance when not enough memory is available to load the
complete databases into memory.

No Pre-Load List of countries for which no geocoding reference data is loaded into memory before address
Geocoding validation begins. Enter the three-character ISO country codes in a comma-separated list. For
Countries example, enter DEU,FRA,USA. Default is ALL.

Full Pre-Load List of countries for which all suggestion list reference data is loaded into memory before address
Suggestion List validation begins. Enter the three-character ISO country codes in a comma-separated list. For
Countries example, enter DEU,FRA,USA. Enter ALL to load all data sets. The property is empty by default.
Load the full reference database to increase performance. Some countries, such as the United
States, have large databases that require significant amounts of memory.

Partial Pre-Load List of countries for which the suggestion list reference metadata and indexing structures are
Suggestion List loaded into memory before address validation begins. Enter the three-character ISO country codes
Countries in a comma-separated list. For example, enter DEU,FRA,USA. Enter ALL to partially load all data
sets. The property is empty by default.
Partial preloading increases performance when not enough memory is available to load the
complete databases into memory.

No Pre-Load List of countries for which no suggestion list reference data is loaded into memory before address
Suggestion List validation begins. Enter the three-character ISO country codes in a comma-separated list. For
Countries example, enter DEU,FRA,USA. Default is ALL.

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Property Description

Full Pre-Load List of countries for which all address code lookup reference data is loaded into memory before
Address Code address validation begins. Enter the three-character ISO country codes in a comma-separated list.
Countries For example, enter DEU,FRA,USA. Enter ALL to load all data sets. The property is empty by default.
Load the full reference database to increase performance. Some countries, such as the United
States, have large databases that require significant amounts of memory.

Partial Pre-Load List of countries for which the address code lookup reference metadata and indexing structures
Address Code are loaded into memory before address validation begins. Enter the three-character ISO country
Countries codes in a comma-separated list. For example, enter DEU,FRA,USA. Enter ALL to partially load all
data sets. The property is empty by default.
Partial preloading increases performance when not enough memory is available to load the
complete databases into memory.

No Pre-Load List of countries for which no address code lookup reference data is loaded into memory before
Address Code address validation begins. Enter the three-character ISO country codes in a comma-separated list.
Countries For example, enter DEU,FRA,USA. Default is ALL.

Preloading Determines how the Data Integration Service preloads address reference data into memory. The
Method MAP method and the LOAD method both allocate a block of memory and then read reference data
into this block. However, the MAP method can share reference data between multiple processes.
Default is MAP.

Max Result Maximum number of addresses that address validation can return in suggestion list mode. Set a
Count maximum number in the range 1 through 100. Default is 20.

Memory Usage Number of megabytes of memory that the address validation library files can allocate. Default is
4096.

Max Address Maximum number of address validation instances that can run at the same time. Default is 3. Set
Object Count a value that is greater than or equal to the Maximum Parallelism value on the Data Integration
Service.
If the Data Integration Service will run mappings with Address Validator transformations that you
deploy as web service applications, increase the Max Address Object Count value to at least 10.

Max Thread Maximum number of threads that address validation can use. Set to the total number of cores or
Count threads available on a machine. Default is 2.

Cache Size Size of cache for databases that are not preloaded. Caching reserves memory to increase lookup
performance in reference data that has not been preloaded.
Set the cache size to LARGE unless all the reference data is preloaded or you need to reduce the
amount of memory usage.
Enter one of the following options for the cache size in uppercase letters:
- NONE. No cache. Enter NONE if all reference databases are preloaded.
- SMALL. Reduced cache size.
- LARGE. Standard cache size.
Default is LARGE.

SendRight Location to which an address validation mapping writes a SendRight report and any log file that
Report Location relates to the report. You generate a SendRight report to verify that a set of New Zealand address
records meets the certification standards of New Zealand Post. Enter a local path on the machine
that hosts the Data Integration Service that runs the mapping.
By default, address validation writes the report file to the bin directory of the Informatica
installation. If you enter a relative path, the Content Management Service appends the path to the
bin directory.

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 Rules and Guidelines for Address Reference Data Preload Options
If you run a mapping that reads address reference data, verify the policy that the Data Integration Service
uses to load the data into memory. To configure the policy, use the preload options on the address validation
process properties. The Data Integration Service reads the preload options from the Content Management
Service when an address validation mapping runs.

Consider the following rules and guidelines when you configure the preload options on the Content
Management Service:

• By default, the Content Management Service applies the ALL value to the options that indicate no data
preload. If you accept the default options, the Data Integration Service reads the address reference data
from files in the directory structure when the mapping runs.
• The address validation process properties must indicate a preload method for each type of address
reference data that a mapping specifies. If the Data Integration Service cannot determine a preload policy
for a type of reference data, it ignores the reference data when the mapping runs.
• The Data Integration Service can use a different method to load data for each country. For example, you
can specify full preload for United States suggestion list data and partial preload for United Kingdom
suggestion list data.
• The Data Integration Service can use a different preload method for each type of data. For example, you
can specify full preload for United States batch data and partial preload for United States address code
data.
• Full preload settings supersede partial preload settings, and partial preload settings supersede settings
that indicate no data preload.
For example, you might configure the following options:
Full Pre-Load Geocoding Countries: DEU
No Pre-Load Geocoding Countries: ALL
The options specify that the Data Integration Service loads German geocoding data into memory and does
not load geocoding data for any other country.
• The Data Integration Service loads the types of address reference data that you specify in the address
validation process properties. The Data Integration Service does not read the mapping metadata to
identify the address reference data that the mapping specifies.

Address Validation Properties in the Preferences

Window
You can view the properties of the address validation engine and the address reference data files that the
engine reads in the Developer tool. The Developer tool exposes the properties of the engine that the Data
Integration Service uses to run address validation mappings. The Developer tool lists the properties for the
Content Management Service that governs the address validation operations.

Use the Preferences window in the Developer tool to review the properties. Select the Content Status option
on the Preferences window to identify the Content Management Service that the current Data Integration
Service uses. To view the properties, select the local Content Management Service.

You can view the following properties:

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 Address Validation Data

The address validation data properties list the types of reference data that the current Content
Management Service can provide to the Data Integration Service. The properties also indicate the
countries to which the reference data applies.

Address Validation Engine

The address validation engine properties include the current engine version, the engine in which the
certification components were most recently updated, and the data preloading method.

Address Validation License

The address validation license properties include license information for the reference data that the
current Content Management Service can provide to the Data Integration Service.

Address Validation Data Properties

The address validation data properties list the types of reference data that the current Content Management
Service can provide to the Data Integration Service. The properties also include the countries to which the
reference data applies.

The following table describes the data properties that display when you select the Content Management
Service in the Content Status view:

Property Description

Country ISO The country to which the address reference data file applies. The property shows the ISO three-
character code for the country.

Expiry Date The date on which the current file expires. Informatica releases a newer file on the expiry date. You
can use the current address reference data file after the expiry date, but the data in the file may no
longer be accurate.

Country Type The type of address validation that you can perform with the data.
You select the processing type in the Mode option on the General Settings tab. If the mode that you
select does not correspond to an address data file on the domain, the address validation mapping
will fail.

Unlock Expiry The date on which the license expires. You cannot use any version of the file after the unlock expiry
Date date.
The Unlock Expiry Date property and Expiration Date property on the Address Validation License
Properties view represent the same information.

Unlock Start The date on which the license becomes effective for the mode that the Country Type property
Date identifies and the country that the Country ISO property identifies. You cannot use any version of the
file before the unlock start date.

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 Address Validation License Properties
The address validation license properties include license information for the reference data that the current
Content Management Service can provide to the Data Integration Service.

The following table describes the license properties that display when you select the Content Management
Service in the Content Status view:

Property Description

Unlock Code The license code that unlocks the reference data for the mode that the Code Type property
identifies. The Developer tool displays the first four characters of the code and masks the other
characters.

Code Type The mode of address validation that you can perform with the data that the license specifies.
Informatica issues a single license code for each mode. The license code can apply to one or more
countries.
You select the processing type in the Mode option on the General Settings tab. If the mode that you
select does not correspond to an address data file on the domain, the address validation mapping
will fail.

Country List The countries for which the unlock code unlocks the reference data.
The Country List property contains one or more ISO three-character codes for each country.

Status The status of the license code. The property returns OK when the license file is valid.

Expiration The date on which the license expires.

Date The Expiration Date property and the Unlock Expiry Date property on the Address Validation Data
Properties view represent the same information.

Address Validation Engine Properties

The address validation engine properties include the current engine version, the engine in which the
certification components were most recently updated, and the data preloading method.

The following table describes the engine properties that display when you select the Content Management
Service in the Content Status view:

Property Value

Engine Version The version of the address validation engine that the Data Integration Service runs.

CASS Version The version of the address validation engine in which Informatica most recently updated the CASS
certification components. Use the property to identify the engine version in a CASS certification
report.
The property also includes the CASS certification cycle that the engine supports. For example, the
engine might support certification cycle N.

AMAS Version The version of the address validation engine in which Informatica most recently updated the
AMAS certification components. Use the property to identify the engine version in a AMAS
certification report.

SendRight The version of the address validation engine in which Informatica most recently updated the
Version SendRight certification components. Use the property to identify the engine version in a SendRight
certification report.

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Property Value

SERP Version The version of the address validation engine in which Informatica most recently updated the SERP
certification components. Use the property to identify the engine version in a SERP certification
report.

SNA Version The version of the address validation engine in which Informatica most recently updated the SNA
certification components. Use the property to identify the engine version in a SNA certification
report.

Preloading The method that the Data Integration Service uses to preload reference database into memory.
Method The Content Management Service properties specify the countries for which the Data Integration
Service preloads reference data. The possible values are MAP and LOAD. The default value is
MAP.
The MAP method and the LOAD method both allocate a block of memory and then read the
reference data into the block. However, the MAP method can share reference data between
multiple processes.

Cache Size The size of the data cache that the Data Integration Service uses for reference data that the
service does not preload. The possible values are NONE, SMALL, and LARGE. The default value is
LARGE.

Maximum The number of megabytes of memory that the address validation engine can allocate. The default
Memory Usage value is 4096.

Maximum The maximum number of address validation instances that the Data Integration Service can run at
Address Object the same time. The default value is 3.
Count

Maximum Thread The maximum number of threads that address validation can use. The default value is 2.
Count

Maximum Result The maximum number of addresses that address validation can return when you run a mapping in
Count suggestion list mode. The default value is 20. The upper limit on the property is 100.

Current Date The current date. The Developer tool returns the property values that apply on the current date.

Write XML BOM Indicates whether the Data Integration Service writes a byte order mark in the GetConfig.xml file.
The possible values are ALWAYS, IF_NECESSARY, and NEVER. The default value is
IF_NECESSARY.

XML Encoding Identifies the XML encoding that the address validation engine uses to read and write data.

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Appendix A

Address Validator Transformation

Advanced Properties
This appendix includes the following topic:

• Address Validator Transformation Advanced Properties, 24

Address Validator Transformation Advanced

Properties
The advanced properties on the Address Validator transformation include properties that determine how the
transformation uses address reference data. Open the transformation in the Developer tool to review the
advanced properties. Verify that the advanced properties define the required behavior for the address
reference data that you install.

Alias Locality
Determines whether address validation replaces a valid locality alias with the official locality name.

A locality alias is an alternative locality name that the USPS recognizes as an element in a deliverable
address. You can use the property when you configure the Address Validator transformation to validate
United States address records in Certified mode.

The following table describes the Alias Locality options:

Option Description

Off Disables the Alias Locality property.

Official Replaces any alternative locality name or locality alias with the official locality
name. Default option.

Preserve Preserves a valid alternative locality name or locality alias. If the input locality
name is not valid, address validation replaces the name with the official name.

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Alias Street
Determines whether address validation replaces a street alias with the official street name.

A street alias is an alternative street name that the USPS recognizes as an element in a deliverable address.
You can use the property when you configure the Address Validator transformation to validate United States
address records in Certified mode.

The following table describes the Alias Street options:

Option Description

Off Does not apply the property.

Official Replaces any alternative street name or street alias with the official street name.
Default option.

Preserve Preserves a valid alternative street name or street alias. If the input street name is
not valid, address validation replaces the name with the official name.

Casing Style
Specifies the character case style that the transformation applies to the output address data.

The following table describes the Casing Style options:

Option Description

Assign Parameter Uses a parameter that you define to set the casing style.

Lower Writes the output address in lowercase letters.

Mixed Uses the casing style in use in the destination country when it is possible to do
so.

Preserved Applies the casing style that the address reference data uses. Default option.

No Change Does not apply a casing style to the address.

Note: The No Change option does not guarantee that the output address will
match the case of the input address. If address validation replaces an address
element with an element from the reference data, the element follows the case
that the reference data uses.

Upper Writes the output address in uppercase letters.

You can also configure the casing style on the General Settings tab.

Parameter Usage
You can use one of the following parameters to specify the casing style:

• LOWER. Writes the output address in lowercase letters.

• MIXED. Uses the casing style in use in the destination country when it is possible to do so.
• NATIVE. Applies the casing style that the address reference data uses. Default option. Matches the
Preserved option.
• NOCHANGE. Does not apply a casing style to the address.

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 • UPPER. Writes the output address in uppercase letters.
Enter the parameter value in uppercase.

Country of Origin
Identifies the country in which the address records are mailed.

Select a country from the list. The property is empty by default.

Country Type
Determines the format of the country name or abbreviation in Complete Address or Formatted Address Line
port output data. The transformation writes the country name or abbreviation in the standard format of the
country you select.

The following table describes the Country Type options:

Option Country

ISO 2 ISO two-character country code

ISO 3 ISO three-character country code

ISO # ISO three-digit country code

Abbreviation (Reserved for future use)

CN Canada

DA (Reserved for future use)

DE Germany

EN Great Britain (default)

ES Spain

FI Finland

FR France

GR Greece

IT Italy

JP Japan

HU Hungary

KR Korea, Republic of

NL Netherlands

PL Poland

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 Option Country

PT Portugal

RU Russia

SA Saudi Arabia

SE Sweden

Default Country
Specifies the address reference data set that the transformation uses when an address record does not
identify a destination country.

Select a country from the list. Use the default option if the address records include country information.
Default is None.

You can also configure the default country on the General Settings tab.

Parameter Usage
You can use a parameter to specify the default country. When you create the parameter, enter the ISO 3166-1
alpha-3 code for the country as the parameter value. When you enter a parameter value, use uppercase
characters. For example, if all address records include country information, enter NONE.

Dual Address Priority

Determines the type of address to validate. Set the property when input address records contain more than
one type of valid address data.

For example, use the property when an address record contains both post office box elements and street
elements. Address validation reads the data elements that contain the type of address data that you specify.
Address validation ignores any incompatible data in the address.

The following table describes the options on the Dual Address Priority property:

Option Description

Delivery service Validates delivery service data elements in an address, such as post office box
elements.

Postal admin Validates the address elements required by the local mail carrier. Default option.

Street Validates street data elements in an address, such as building number elements
and street name elements.

Element Abbreviation
Determines if the transformation returns the abbreviated form of an address element. You can set the
transformation to return the abbreviated form if the address reference data contains abbreviations.

For example, the United States Postal Service (USPS) maintains short and long forms of many street and
locality names. The short form of HUNTSVILLE BROWNSFERRY RD is HSV BROWNS FRY RD. You can select the

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 Element Abbreviation property when the street or locality values exceed the maximum field length that the
USPS specifies.

The option is cleared by default. Set the property to ON to return the abbreviated address values. The
property returns the abbreviated locality name and locality code when you use the transformation in batch
mode. The property returns the abbreviated street name, locality name, and locality code when you use the
transformation in certified mode.

Execution Instances
Specifies the number of threads that the Data Integration Service tries to create for the current
transformation at run time. The Data Integration Service considers the Execution Instances value if you
override the Maximum Parallelism run-time property on the mapping that contains the transformation. The
default Execution Instances value is 1.

The Data Integration Service considers multiple factors to determine the number of threads to assign to the
transformation. The principal factors are the Execution Instances value and the values on the mapping and
on the associated application services in the domain.

The Data Integration Service reads the following values when it calculates the number of threads to use for
the transformation:

• The Maximum Parallelism value on the Data Integration Service. Default is 1.

• Any Maximum Parallelism value that you set at the mapping level. Default is Auto.
• The Execution Instances value on the transformation. Default is 1.
If you override the Maximum Parallelism value at the mapping level, the Data Integration Service attempts to
use the lowest value across the properties to determine the number of threads.

If you use the default Maximum Parallelism value at the mapping level, the Data Integration Service ignores
the Execution Instances value.

The Data Integration Service also considers the Max Address Object Count property on the Content
Management Service when it calculates the number of threads to create. The Max Address Object Count
property determines the maximum number of address validation instances that can run concurrently in a
mapping. The Max Address Object Count property value must be greater than or equal to the Maximum
Parallelism value on the Data Integration Service.

Rules and Guidelines for the Execution Instances Property

Consider the following rules and guidelines when you set the number of execution instances:

• Multiple users might run concurrent mappings on a Data Integration Service. To calculate the correct
number of threads, divide the number of central processing units that the service can access by the
number of concurrent mappings.
• In PowerCenter, the AD50.cfg configuration file specifies the maximum number of address validation
instances that can run concurrently in a mapping.
• When you use the default Execution Instances value and the default Maximum Parallelism values, the
transformation operations are not partitionable.
• When you set an Execution Instances value greater than 1, you change the Address Validator
transformation from a passive transformation to an active transformation.

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Flexible Range Expansion
Imposes a practical limit on the number of addresses that the Address Validator transformation returns when
you set the Ranges to Expand property. You can set the Ranges to Expand property and the Flexible Range
Expansion property when you configure the transformation to run in suggestion list mode.

The Ranges to Expand property determines how the transformation returns address suggestions when an
input address does not contain house number data. If the input address does not include contextual data,
such as a full post code, the Ranges to Expand property can generate a large number of very similar
addresses. The Flexible Range Expansion property restricts the number of addresses that the Ranges to
Expand property generates for a single address. Set the Flexible Range Expansion property to On when you
set the Ranges to Expand property to All.

The following table describes the options on the Flexible Range Expansion property:

Option Description

On Address validation limits the number of addresses that the Ranges to Expand
property adds to the suggestion list. Default option.

Off Address validation does not limit the number of addresses that the Ranges to
Expand property adds to the suggestion list.

Note: The Address Validator transformation applies the Flexible Range Expansion property in a different way
to every address that it returns to the suggestion list. The transformation does not impose a fixed limit on the
number of expanded addresses in the list. The transformation also considers the Max Result Count property
setting when it calculates the number of expanded addresses to include in the list.

Geocode Data Type

Determines how the Address Validator transformation calculates geocode data for an address. Geocodes are
latitude and longitude coordinates.

The geocoding results that the transformation returns depend on the geocoding reference data that you
install. For information about geocoding reference data, contact Informatica.

Select one of the following geocode options:

Arrival point

Returns the latitude and longitude coordinates of the entrance to a building or parcel of land. Default
option.

You can select the arrival point option for addresses in the following countries:

Australia, Austria, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia,
Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States.

If you specify arrival point geocodes and the Address Validator transformation cannot return the
geocodes for an address, the transformation returns interpolated geocodes.

Standard

Returns the estimated latitude and longitude coordinates of the entrance to the building or parcel of
land. An estimated geocode is also called an interpolated geocode.

The Address Validator transformation uses the nearest available geocodes in the reference data to
estimate the geocodes for the address.

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 Note: Informatica no longer issues reference data for parcel centroid or rooftop geocoding.

Parameter Usage
You can use a parameter to specify the geocode type. Enter ARRIVAL_POINT or NONE. To return the standard
geocodes, enter NONE.

Enter the parameter value in uppercase.

Global Max Field Length

Determines the maximum number of characters on any line in the address. If the Address Validator
transformation writes an output address line that contains more characters than you specify, the
transformation abbreviates the address elements on the line.

Use the property to control the line length in the address. For example, the SNA standards require that an
address contains no more than 38 characters on any line. If you generate addresses to the SNA standard, set
the Global Max Field Length to 38.

Default is 1024.

Parameter Usage
You can use a parameter to specify the maximum number of addresses. To set the parameter value, enter an
integer from 0 through 1024.

Global Preferred Descriptor

Determines the format of the building descriptor, sub-building descriptor, and street descriptor that the
Address Validator transformation writes to the output data. Select a descriptor when the address reference
data for the destination country contains a range of descriptors for one or more of the data elements.

The following table describes the options on the property:

Option Description

Database Returns the descriptor that the reference database specifies for the element in the
address. If the database does not specify a descriptor for the address, the
transformation copies the input value to the output address.
Database is the default value.

Long Returns the complete form of the descriptor, for example Street.

Preserve Input Copies the descriptor from the input address to the output address.
If the input descriptor is not a valid version of the descriptor, the transformation
returns an equivalent valid descriptor from the reference database.

Short Returns an abbreviated form of the descriptor, for example St.

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Input Format Type
Describes the most common type of information contained in unfielded input data. Use the Input Format
Type property when you connect input data to the Complete Address or Formatted Address Line ports. Select
the option that best describes the information in the mapping source data.

Select one of the following options:

• All
• Address
• Organization
• Contact
• Organization/Contact
The address includes organization information and contact information.
• Organization/Dept
The address includes organization information and department information.
Default is All.

Input Format With Country

Specifies whether the input contains country data. Select the property if you connect input data to the
Complete Address or Formatted Address Line input ports and if the data contains country information.

The option is cleared by default.

Line Separator
Specifies the delimiter symbol that indicates line breaks in a formatted address.

Select one of the following options:

• Assign a parameter to identify the line separator

• Carriage return (CR)
• Comma
• Line Feed (LF)
• None
• Semicolon
• Tab
• Windows New Line (CRLF)
Default is semicolon.

You can also configure the line separator on the General Settings tab.

Parameter Usage
You can use a parameter to specify the line separator. The parameter value is case-sensitive. Enter the
parameter value in uppercase characters.

Enter one of the following values:

• CR
• CRLF

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 • COMMA
• LF
• PIPE
• SEMICOLON
• SPACE
• TAB

Matching Alternatives
Determines whether address validation recognizes alternative place names, such as synonyms or historical
names, in an input address. The property applies to street, locality, and province data.

Note: The Matching Alternatives property does not preserve alternative names in a validated address.

The following table describes the Matching Alternatives options:

Option Description

All Recognizes all known alternative street names and place names. Default option.

Archives only Recognizes historical names only. For example, address validation validates
"Constantinople" as a historical version of "Istanbul."

None Does not recognize alternative street names or place names.

Synonyms only Recognizes synonyms and exonyms only. For example, address validation
validates "Londres" as an exonym of "London."

Matching Extended Archive

Determines whether address validation returns a unique delivery point code for an out-of-date Japanese
address.

The address reference data files for Japan include data for out-of-date or retired addresses alongside the
current addresses for the corresponding mailboxes. When you select the Matching Extended Archive
property, address validation returns the delivery point code for the current version of each address. Address
validation also writes a value to the Extended Element Result Status port to indicate that the input address is
out of date.

To retrieve the current address from the address reference data, enter the address code as an input element.

The following table describes the Matching Extended Archive options:

Option Description

Off Does not apply the property.

On Returns the address code for the current version of an out-of-date Japanese
address.

The Matching Extended Archive property uses supplementary data and address code lookup data for Japan.
To apply the property in address validation, configure the transformation to run in address code lookup
mode.

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Matching Scope
Determines the amount of data that the transformation matches against the address reference data during
address validation.

The following table describes the Matching Scope options:

Option Description

All Validates all selected ports. Default option.

Delivery Point Validates building and sub-building address data in addition to data that the
Street option validates.

Locality Validates province, locality, and postcode data.

Street Validates street address data in addition to data that the Locality option
validates.

Max Result Count

Determines the maximum number of addresses that address validation can return in suggestion list mode.

You can set a maximum number in the range 1 through 100. Default is 20.

Note: Suggestion list mode performs an address check against address reference data and returns a list of
addresses that are possible matches for the input address. When you verify an address in suggestion list
mode, address validation returns the best matches first.

Parameter Usage
You can use a parameter to specify the maximum number of addresses. To set the parameter value, enter an
integer from 0 through 100.

Mode
Determines the type of address analysis that the transformation performs. You can also configure the mode
on the General Settings tab of the transformation.

The following table describes the Mode menu options and the corresponding parameter values that you can
set:

Mode Type Description

Address code Returns a partial address or a complete address from the reference data when you provide an
lookup 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.

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 Mode Type Description

Country Determines a destination country for the postal address. The transformation does not perform
recognition 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.

Optimization Level
Determines how the transformation matches input address data and address reference data. The property
defines the type of match that the transformation must find between the input data and reference data
before it can update the address record.

The following table describes the Optimization Level options:

Option Description

Narrow The transformation parses building numbers or house numbers from street
information before it performs validation. Otherwise the transformation validates
the input address elements strictly according to the input port structure. The
narrow option performs the fastest address validation, but it can return less
accurate results than other options.

Standard The transformation parses multiple types of address information from the input
data before it performs validation. When you select the standard option, the
transformation updates an address if it can match multiple input values with the
reference data.
Default is Standard.

Wide The transformation uses the standard parsing settings and performs additional
parsing operations across the input data. When you select the wide option, the
transformation updates an address if it can match at least one input value with
the reference data. The wide option increases mapping run times.

Parameter Usage
You can use a parameter to specify the optimization level. Enter NARROW, STANDARD, or WIDE. Enter the
parameter value in uppercase.

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Output Format Type
Describes the most common type of information that the transformation writes on the Complete Address or
Formatted Address Line output port. Select the option that best describes the data that you expect on the
output port.

Select one of the following options:

• All
• Address
• Organization
• Contact
• Organization/Contact
The address includes organization information and contact information.
• Organization/Dept
The address includes organization information and department information.
Default is All.

Output Format With Country

Determines if the transformation writes country identification data to the Complete Address or Formatted
Address Line output ports.

The option is cleared by default.

Preferred Language
Determines the languages in which the Address Validator transformation returns address elements when the
reference data sets contain data in more than one language. You can set a preferred language for addresses
in Belgium, Canada, China, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Macau, Switzerland, and Taiwan.

The Address Validator transformation can return address data in the following languages:

• The default language for the address in the address reference data. The default language is the main
spoken language in the region to which each address belongs.
• Any other language that the address reference data supports for an address. For example, the Belgium
reference data contains address elements in Flemish, French, and German.
The address reference data might contain data for a single address element or for a complete address in
multiple languages. For example, address validation can return all address elements for Ireland in the English
language and can return street, locality, and province information in the Irish language. Additionally, the
reference data might specify different default languages for addresses in different parts of a country. For
example, in the Switzerland reference data, the default language varies from region to region between French,
German, and Italian.

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 The following table summarizes the options that you can select on the Preferred Language property:

Option Description

Database Returns each address in the language that the address reference data specifies. The address
reference data might specify different languages for addresses in different regions in a country.
Database is the default option.

Alternative 1, Returns address elements in an alternative language from the reference data. The alternative
Alternative 2, languages depends on the country to which the address belongs.
Alternative 3

English Returns address elements in English when the reference data contains the data in English. Returns
the other address elements in the default language of the region to which the address belongs.

Preserve Input Returns the address information in the input language. Address validation preserves the language if
the reference data contains the address information in the input language.
If address validation detects more than one supported language in the input address, it returns the
address in the database language. If Address Verification cannot return an element in the input
language, it returns the element in the database language.

Note: An address reference data set might contain some address elements in a non-default language but not
others. If the transformation cannot find an element in the language that the property specifies, the
transformation returns the element in the default language.

When you set a preferred language option, verify that the character set that the Preferred Script property
specifies is compatible with the output address data that you expect.

Multilanguage Support for Belgium Addresses

The following table describes the languages that you can specify for addresses in Belgium:

Option Description

Database Default value. Returns addresses in the main language of the region to which the address belongs.
The language might be Flemish, French, or German.

English Returns the province, locality, and street information in English if the address reference data
contains the information in English.
Returns the other address elements in the main language of the region to which the address belongs.

Alternative 1 Returns the province, locality, and street information in Flemish.

Alternative 2 Returns the province, locality, and street information in French.

Alternative 3 Returns the province, locality, and street information in German.

Preserve Input Returns the address information in the input language. Address validation preserves the language if
the reference data contains the address information in the input language.
If address validation detects more than one supported language in the input address, it returns the
address in the database language. If Address Verification cannot return an element in the input
language, it returns the element in the database language.

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Multilanguage Support for Canada Addresses
The following table describes the languages that you can specify for addresses in Canada:

Option Description

Database Default value. Returns addresses in English for all provinces except Quebec.
Returns Quebec addresses in French.

English Returns all addresses in English.

Alternative 1 Returns all addresses in English.

Alternative 2 Returns Quebec addresses in French.

In provinces other than Quebec, the transformation returns the street descriptors, directional
information, and province names in French and returns other address elements in English.

Preserve Input Returns the address information in the input language. Address validation preserves the language if
the reference data contains the address information in the input language.
If address validation detects more than one supported language in the input address, it returns the
address in the database language. If Address Verification cannot return an element in the input
language, it returns the element in the database language.

Multilanguage Support for China Addresses

The following table describes the languages that you can specify for addresses in China:

Option Description

Database Default value. Returns all address information in Chinese.

English Returns the English-language versions of street descriptor and street directional values. Returns all
other address information in the Chinese language.
The English address elements omit transliteration elements such as "shi."

Alternative 1 Returns all address information in the database language.

Alternative 2 Returns all address information in the database language.

Alternative 3 Returns all address information in the database language.

Preserve Input Returns the address information in the input language. Address validation preserves the language if
the reference data contains the address information in the input language.
If address validation detects more than one supported language in the input address, it returns the
address in the database language. If Address Verification cannot return an element in the input
language, it returns the element in the database language.

Consider the following rules and guidelines when you select the preferred language:

• To return the address in the Chinese language, select Database, Alternative 1, Alternative 2, or Alternative
3.
To return the address in a Chinese character set, set the Preferred Script property to Database.
• To return street descriptor and street directional information in the English language, select English.

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 To return the address in a Latin or ASCII character set, set the Preferred Script property to a LATIN or
ASCII value.
• If you select a LATIN or ASCII value as the preferred script and Database as the preferred language,
address validation returns the address data in Pinyin.

Multilanguage Support for Finland Addresses

The following table describes the languages that you can specify for addresses in Finland:

Option Description

Database Default value. Returns all address information in Finnish.

Alternative 1 Returns all address information in the database language.

Alternative 2 Returns the street, locality, and province information in Swedish. Returns all other information in
Finnish.

Preserve Input Returns the address information in the input language. Address validation preserves the language if
the reference data contains the address information in the input language.
If address validation detects more than one supported language in the input address, it returns the
address in the database language. If Address Verification cannot return an element in the input
language, it returns the element in the database language.

Multilanguage Support for Hong Kong Addresses

The following table describes the languages that you can specify for addresses in Hong Kong:

Option Description

Database Default value. Returns all address information in Chinese.

English Returns all address information in English.

Alternative 1 Returns all address information in the database language.

Alternative 2 Returns all address information in English.

Alternative 3 Returns all address information in the database language.

Preserve Input Returns the address information in the input language. Address validation preserves the language if
the reference data contains the address information in the input language.
If address validation detects more than one supported language in the input address, it returns the
address in the database language. If Address Verification cannot return an element in the input
language, it returns the element in the database language.

Consider the following rules and guidelines when you select the preferred language for Hong Kong:

• To return the address in a Chinese character set, set the Preferred Script property to Database.
• To return the address in a Latin or ASCII character set, set the Preferred Script property to a LATIN or
ASCII value.
• The language of the input data can affect the operation of the Preserve Input option on a Hong Kong
address. Address validation identifies the input language as English when the input data uses 7-bit ASCII
characters and includes an English-language descriptor.

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Multilanguage Support for Ireland Addresses
The following table describes the languages that you can specify for addresses in Ireland:

Option Description

Database Default value. Returns all address information in English.

English Returns all address information in English.

Alternative 1 Returns all address information in English.

Alternative 2 Returns the street, locality, and county information in Irish. Returns all other address information in
English.

Preserve Input Returns the address information in the input language. Address validation preserves the language if
the reference data contains the address information in the input language.
If address validation detects more than one supported language in the input address, it returns the
address in the database language. If Address Verification cannot return an element in the input
language, it returns the element in the database language.

Multilanguage Support for Israel Addresses

The following table describes the languages that you can specify for addresses in Israel:

Option Description

Database Default value. Returns all address information in Hebrew.

English Returns all address information in English.

Alternative 1 Returns all address information in Hebrew.

Alternative 2 Returns all address information in English.

Preserve Input Returns the address information in the input language. Address validation preserves the language if
the reference data contains the address information in the input language.
If address validation detects more than one supported language in the input address, it returns the
address in the database language. If Address Verification cannot return an element in the input
language, it returns the element in the database language.

Consider the following rules and guidelines when you select the preferred language:

• To return the addresses in a Hebrew character set, set the Preferred Script property to Database.
• To return the addresses in a Latin or ASCII character set, set the Preferred Script property to a LATIN or
ASCII value.
• If you select a Latin character set as the preferred script and you select Hebrew as the preferred language,
address validation transliterates the Hebrew address into Latin characters. For optimal results in a Latin
character set, select English as the preferred language.

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 Multilanguage Support for Macau Addresses
The following table describes the languages that you can specify for addresses in Macau:

Option Description

Database Default value. Returns all address information in Chinese.

Alternative 1 Returns all address information in the database language.

Alternative 2 Returns all address information in Portuguese.

Preserve Input Returns the address information in the input language. Address validation preserves the language if
the reference data contains the address information in the input language.
If address validation detects more than one supported language in the input address, it returns the
address in the database language. If Address Verification cannot return an element in the input
language, it returns the element in the database language.

• To return the address in a Chinese character set, set the Preferred Script property to Database.
• To return the address in a Latin or ASCII character set, set the Preferred Script property to a LATIN or
ASCII value.
• The language of the input data can affect the operation of the Preserve Input option on a Macau address.
Address validation identifies the input language as Portuguese when the input data uses 7-bit ASCII
characters and includes a Portuguese-language descriptor.

Multilanguage Support for Switzerland

The following table describes the languages that you can specify for addresses in Switzerland:

Option Description

Database Default value. Returns addresses in the main language of the region to which the address belongs.
For example, address validation returns a Zurich address in German and a Geneva address in French.

English Returns the locality and province information in English if the reference address database contains
the information in English.
Returns the other address elements in the main language of the region to which the address belongs.
Address validation returns the locality information in English for some localities, for example Geneva
and Zurich.

Alternative 1 Returns the province and locality information in German.

Alternative 2 Returns the province and locality information in French.

Alternative 3 Returns the province and locality information in Italian.

Preserve Input Returns the address information in the input language. Address validation preserves the language if
the reference data contains the address information in the input language.
If address validation detects more than one supported language in the input address, it returns the
address in the database language. If Address Verification cannot return an element in the input
language, it returns the element in the database language.

Note: Address validation also returns street information for addresses in Biel/Bienne in the alternative
language that you configure.

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 Multilanguage Support for Taiwan
The following table describes the languages that you can specify for addresses in Taiwan:

Option Description

Database Default value. Returns all address information in Chinese.

English Returns all address information in English.

Preserve Input Returns the address information in the input language. Address validation preserves the language if
the reference data contains the address information in the input language.
If address validation detects more than one supported language in the input address, it returns the
address in the database language. If Address Verification cannot return an element in the input
language, it returns the element in the database language.

Consider the following rules and guidelines when you select the preferred language:

• To return the address in a Chinese character set, set the Preferred Script parameter to Database.
• To return the address in a Latin or ASCII character set, set the Preferred Script parameter to a LATIN or
ASCII value.
• The language of the input data can affect the operation of the Preserve Input option on a Taiwan address.
Address validation identifies the input language as English when the input data uses 7-bit ASCII
characters and includes an English-language descriptor.

Preferred Script
Determines the character set that the Address Validator transformation uses for output data.

The following table describes the options on the property:

Option Description

ASCII (Simplified) Returns an address in ASCII characters.

ASCII (Extended) Returns an address in ASCII characters and expands any special character in an
address. For example, Ö transliterates to OE.

Database Returns an address in the character set that the address reference data uses for
the default language.
Database is the default value.

Latin Returns an address in the Latin character set.

Latin (Alt) Returns an address in an alternative Latin character set.

For example, specify Latin to return a South Korea address in the Revised
Romanization transliteration. Specify Latin (Alt) to return a South Korea address
in the older, ISO/TR 11941 transliteration.

Postal Admin Returns an address in the script that the postal service local to the address
prefers.

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 Option Description

Postal Admin (Alt) Returns an address in a script that the postal service local to the address
approves as an alternative script.

Preserve Input Returns address data in the character set that the input address uses.

The transformation can process a data source that contains data in multiple languages and character sets.
The transformation converts all input data to the Unicode UCS-2 character set and processes the data in the
UCS-2 format. After the transformation processes the data, it converts the data in each address record to the
character set that you specify in the property. The process is called transliteration.

Transliteration can use the numeric representations of each character in a character set when it converts
characters for processing. Transliteration can also convert characters phonetically when there is no
equivalent numeric representation of a character. If the Address Validator transformation cannot map a
character to UCS-2, it converts the character to a space.

Note: If you update the preferred language or the preferred script on the transformation, verify that the
language and the character code that you select are compatible.

Ranges To Expand
Determines how the Address Validator transformation returns suggested addresses for a street address that
does not specify a house number. Use the property when the transformation runs in suggestion list mode.

The Address Validator transformation reads a partial or incomplete street address in suggestion list mode.
The transformation compares the address to the address reference data, and it returns all similar addresses
to the end user. If the input address does not contain a house number, the transformation can return one or
more house number suggestions for the street. The Ranges to Expand property determines how the
transformation returns the addresses.

The transformation can return the range of valid house numbers in a single address, or it can return a
separate address for each valid house number. The transformation can also return an address for each
number in the range from the lowest to the highest house number on the street.

The following table describes the options on the property:

Option Description

All Address validation returns a suggested address for every house number in the
range of possible house numbers on the street.

None Address validation returns a single address that identifies the lowest and highest
house numbers in the valid range for the street.

Only with valid items Address validation returns a suggested address for every house number that the
address reference data recognizes as a deliverable address.

Note: Suggestion list mode can use other elements in the address to specify the valid range of street
numbers. For example, a ZIP Code might identify the city block that contains the address mailbox. The
Address Validator transformation can use the ZIP Code to identify the lowest and highest valid house
numbers on the block.

If the transformation cannot determine a house number range within practical limits, the number of
suggested addresses can grow to an unusable size. To restrict the number of addresses that the Ranges to
Expand property generates, set the Flexible Range Expansion property to On.

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Standardize Invalid Addresses
Determines if the address validation process standardizes the data values in an undeliverable address. The
property applies to address records that return a Match Code status in the range I1 through I4.

When you standardize the data, you increase the likelihood that a downstream data process returns accurate
results. For example, a duplicate analysis mapping might return a higher match score for two address
records that present common address elements in the same format.

Address validation can standardize the following address elements:

• Street suffix elements, such as road and boulevard.

• Predirectional and postdirectional elements, such as north, south, east, and west.
• Delivery service elements, such as Post Office Box.
• Sub-building elements, such as apartment, floor, and suite.
• State or province names. Standardization returns the abbreviated forms of the names.
The following table describes the options on the property:

Option Description

Off Address validation does not correct data errors. Default option.

On Address validation corrects data errors.

Parameter Usage
You can assign a parameter to specify the standardization policy for data errors. Enter OFF or ON as the
parameter value. Enter the value in uppercase.

Tracing Level
Sets the amount of detail that is included in the log.

You can configure tracing levels for logs.

Configure the following property on the Advanced tab:

Tracing Level

Amount of detail that appears in the log for this transformation. You can choose terse, normal, verbose
initialization, or verbose data. Default is normal.

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Index

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IBM DB2 database requirements Oracle database requirements
reference data warehouse 12 reference data warehouse 13

M R
Microsoft Azure SQL database requirements reference data warehouse
reference data warehouse 13 IBM DB2 database requirements 12
Microsoft SQL Server database requirements Microsoft Azure SQL database requirements 13
reference data warehouse 13 Microsoft SQL Server database requirements 13
Oracle database requirements 13

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