DataFlux Data Management Studio 2.6: User Guide
Before you can use the Address Update add-on, you must perform the following tasks outside of the DataFlux Data Management Studio interface.
You must also perform the following setup tasks in DataFlux Data Management Studio.
If you will run address update jobs on a DataFlux Data Management Server, see Using the Address Update Add-On with Data Management Server.
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:
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| NCOALink Software Vendor | DataFlux Corporation |
| NCOALink Software Product Name | DataFlux Data Management Platform |
| NCOALink Software Product Version | 2.2 |
| Is Software Hardware Dependent? | No |
| Address Matching ZIP + 4 Product Name | DataFlux Data Quality Integration Solution |
| Address Matching ZIP + 4 Product Version | 08.03.00 N |
Select the Closed System option in the CASS Certification Options and enter the values listed in the following table:
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| DPV® Product Name | DataFlux Data Quality Integration Solution |
| DPV Product Version | 08.03.00 N |
| LACSLink® Software Product Name | DataFlux Data Quality Integration Solution |
| LACSLink Software Product Version | 08.03.00 N |
The USPS provides documentation for NCOALINK on its Web site: https://ribbs.usps.gov/ncoalink/documents/tech_guides
The "Installing the Address Update Add-On" topic of the DataFlux Data Management Studio Installation and Configuration 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.
The reference data that you must use to test Address Update software during configuration is published infrequently and on no fixed schedule. However, Address Update software is required by USPS rules to refuse to process addresses when the release date of the NCOALink reference data is more than 45 days in the past. Therefore, you must override Address Update's internal data expiration date check before you run the certification tests.
Override the data expiration date check by setting the NCOA/TESTING option in the ncoa.cfg configuration file as follows:
NCOA/TESTING=Y
Be sure to reset the option to NCOA/TESTING="N" before you use Address Update software in a production environment to process data. Using data older than 45 days old is a violation of the USPS rules. Note that the data reference dates are visible on the required monthly NCOA reports, so any violation will probably be noticed. Therefore, the flag should only be enabled during Stage 1 and Stage 2 testing.
Also note that this option is only available with testing data. If non-testing or live data older than 45 days is used , the following error occur even if the option is set:
NCOA - The NCOALink(R) data has expired
You should enter an operator ID into the CSL report when you run a Stage 1 or Stage 2 Audit report. Enter the operator ID by adding the NCOA/AUDIT_OPERID=Your Operator ID option to either the ncoa.cfg configuration file or the app.cfg configuration file. Note that this option is not provided by the installer. If you do not specify an operator ID, AuditOper is specified automatically.
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