69827 - Datapack Migration to Loqate for US/Canada reference data used with DataFlux® Data Management Studio and DataFlux® Data Management Server

Problem Note 69827: Datapack Migration to Loqate for US/Canada reference data used with DataFlux® Data Management Studio and DataFlux® Data Management Server

This SAS Note contains information about the datapack migration to Loqate for US/Canada reference data. It contains the following sections:

Updates That Are No Longer Available
Loqate Datapacks
PhonePlus Datapack
Affected DataFlux Nodes
Migration Instructions
Required Patches

Updates That Are No Longer Available

As of July 31st, 2023 SAS no longer provides updates for the following US/Canada address and geocode datapacks:

US Address Verification (USPS)
- SAS Data Management Datapack US Address
Canada Address Verifcation (Canada Post SERP)
- SAS Data Management Datapack Canada Address
North America Postal Level Geocode (includes PhonePlus)
- SAS Data Management Datapack US Postal Level Geocode
- SAS Data Management Datapack Canada Geocode
- SAS Data Management Datapack North American Postal Level Geocode
- SAS Data Management Datapack North American PhonePlus
US Street Level Geocode
- SAS Data Management Datapack US Street Level Geocode

Loqate Datapacks

Users who wish to perform tasks in DataFlux that rely on US/Canada address and geocode reference data must migrate to the following Loqate datapacks that are used with the Loqate node before July 31st, 2023:

Loqate Data (includes Canada)
- SAS DataPack Canada Address Verification
- SAS DataPack Canada Geocode
Loqate US Data
- SAS Data Management Datapack United States Address Verification
- SAS DataPack US Geocode

PhonePlus Datapack

Users who wish to perform tasks in DataFlux that rely on the PhonePlus reference data, must use the following new PhonePlus datapack:

North America PhonePlus
- SAS Data Management Datapack North American PhonePlus

Affected DataFlux Nodes

The following DataFlux nodes are affected by this change:

Data Job Nodes

Address Update Lookup
Address Verification (US/Canada)
Geocoding
Street-level Geocoding
US City / State/ ZIP Validation
County
US City / State/ ZIP Lookup
Phone
Area Code
Canadian Postal Lookup
Distributed Geocoding
Distributed Address Verification
Distributed Phone
Distributed Area Code
Distributed County

Process Job Nodes

Address Update Audit Report
Address Update Monthly Reports
Address Update Process Summary Report

The functionality exposed by the Tools ► Verify Individual US Canadian Address and Address Update: NCOALink PAF Administration menu options are also affected.

Migration Instructions

For detailed migration instructions, see the DataFlux^® Data Management Studio and Server 2.9: Migration Guide for Data Packs.

Required Patches

Note: The migration patches are available only for DataFlux Data Management Studio and DataFlux Data Management Server 2.7 and later.

As part of the migration process, you must apply patches to DataFlux Data Management Studio and DataFlux Data Management Server to enable the Loqate node and Loqate reference data for US and Canada to be used in DataFlux.

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.

If you have any questions related to the DataFlux Datapack migration to Loqate, contact your account manager.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
Dataflux	N/A	N/A

* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	high

Date Modified:	2024-06-11 15:34:53
Date Created:	2023-01-23 12:25:55

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