DataFlux Data Management Studio 2.6: User Guide

Area Code Node

You can add an Area Code node to a data job to match information from the phone reference database with ZIP codes in your data to calculate Area Code, Overlay, and Result values. To use the Area Code node, you must have ZIP codes in your data. You can create the codes with the Address Verification (US/Canada) node. Once you have added the Area Code node, you can double-click it to open its properties dialog. The properties dialog includes the following elements:

Name - Specifies a name for the node.

Notes - Enables you to open the Notes dialog. You use the dialog to enter optional details or any other relevant information for the input.

ZIP code input field - Enables you to select the field in your data that contains ZIP codes. The items displayed in this list are determined by your data source(s) and any steps preceding the Area Code node in your data job.

The Output fields section of the dialog includes the following elements:

Available - Displays the fields that you can make available for the next step in your data job. Items displayed in this list are dependent on your data sources and any preceding steps in your data job.

Selected - Displays the fields that will be made available to the next node in your data job.

Additional Outputs - Displays the Additional Outputs dialog. This dialog enables you to specify the fields that you can make available to the next node in your data job.

You can access the following advanced properties by right-clicking the Area Code node:

• FIELD_MAP
• GEO_PATH
• INPUT_FIELDS
• OUTPUTS