DataFlux Data Management Studio 2.5: User Guide

Prerequisites, Required Documentation, and Usage Notes for Address Update

• Prerequisites
• Required USPS Documentation
• Usage Notes

Prerequisites

Before you can use the Address Update add-on, you must perform the following tasks outside of the DataFlux Data Management Studio interface.

• Install the CI 2011 Quality Knowledge Base as the default QKB. Follow the QKB installation instructions in the DataFlux Data Management Studio Installation and Configuration Guide.
• Run the Address Update installer, which updates DataFlux Data Management Studio to support the Address Update add-on.
• Install DataFlux USPS Verify Data (CASS, DPV, LACS Data). Follow the instructions in the Address Update Add-On to Data Management Studio Quick Start Guide. Note that this information is also available in the "Installing the Address Update Add-On" chapter of the DataFlux Data Management Studio Installation and Configuration Guide.
• Install NCOALINK Data from the United States Post Office (USPS). Follow the instructions in the Address Update Add-On to Data Management Studio Quick Start Guide.
• Update paths to data in the ncoa.cfg and app.cfg files. Follow the instructions in the Address Update Add-On to Data Management Studio Quick Start Guide.

You must also perform the following setup tasks in DataFlux Data Management Studio.

• Create the address update repository. See Work with Address Update Repositories.
• Add information about one or more Processing Acknowledgment Form (PAF) forms to the address update repository. See Work with PAFs.

If you will run address update jobs on a Data Management Server, see Using the Address Update Add-On with Data Management Server.

Required USPS Documentation

You must complete the required information in step three on page 11 of a USPS document entitled FSP_INFO/SVC_PROV_CERT_PROC.PDF. Access this document at the following location:

https://ribbs.usps.gov/ncoalink/documents/tech_guides/FSP_INFO/SVC_PROV_CERT_PROC.PDF

Complete the information listed in the following table:

Select the Closed System option in the CASS Certification Options and enter the values listed in the following table:

Usage Notes

USPS Documentation for NCOALINK

The USPS provides documentation for NCOALINK on its Web site: https://ribbs.usps.gov/ncoalink/documents/tech_guides

Out of Memory Errors Associated with Address Update Lookup Jobs

The Address Update Add-On to Data Management Studio Quick Start Guide describes a number of NCOA options that can be specified in the ncoa.cfg file. Monitor the impact of the NCOA/DFAV_CACHE_SIZE and NCOA/DFAV_PRELOAD options on the available memory on your system. If you run out of memory, you might want to decrease the amount of memory that you have allocated to these options. For example, when you use the following option:

NCOA/DFAV_PRELOAD=ALL

you can get out of memory errors. This option preloads the CASS data, but it requires approximately 3.5GB of additional memory. You should be cautious with this option unless you know that your system has sufficient memory available.