DataFlux Data Management Studio 2.6: User Guide
You can add a Geocoding node to a data job to match geographic information from the geocode reference database with ZIP codes in your data to determine latitude, longitude, census tract, Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), and block information.
To use Geocoding, you must have ZIP or ZIP+4 code values in your address data for US geocoding and full post codes for Canadian address geocoding (or be able to create them using the Address Verification (US/Canada) node). A US 5-digit ZIP code will return only the longitude and latitude. A US ZIP+4 additionally provides the other Geocoding outputs. Results from Geocoding processing are placed in fields named as specified in the Geocoding Properties dialog.
Once you have added the Geocoding 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.
Input - Displays all of the fields on which you can run geocoding. Items in this list are dependent on your data source(s) and any steps preceding the Geocoding node in your data job. To implement geocode processing, click in the field that contains your ZIP code values. Then, select Postal/ZIP from the drop-down menu in the Field Type column (for mixed United States/non-United States data or purely non-United States data) or ZIP+4 (for US only data). If a field contains both the ZIP and ZIP+4 data in the same column, select Postal/ZIP as the type.
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 Geocode node:
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