In the USPS database, streets may have more than one name. All streets have one and only one base street name and may have one or more alias street names. Base and alias street names refer to a portion of the street, such as a house range or group of ranges. Both are valid, USPS deliverable addresses.
The USPS identified three types of alias street names:
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USPS-preferred street name
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Official street name change as a result of a chamber of commerce action
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Other
If the alias street name is a "preferred alias," CODE-1 Plus always stores the alias name instead of the base name.
If the alias street name is an "official street name change," CODE-1 Plus always stores the base name instead of the alias name.
If the alias street name is of type "other," CODE-1 Plus stores the alias or base, depending on the option you choose on the Return Base Street Name if Alias is matched? field.
To access the Standardized Address Storage Options screen:
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From the Name/Address Record Posting screen, page down to the Standardized Address Storage Options screen (C1CPOD045).
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Use the following table to complete the fields on the Standardized Address Storage Options screen.
Field Name
Description
Return Base Street Name if Alias is matched?
Optional. Code indicating whether to return a base street name if the input record alias street name matched.
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Y — Store the base street name.
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N — Do not store the alias street name.
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Blank — Default is N.
Location for Alias Return Code:Position
Optional. Enter a number from 1-9999 to define the location on the output record to store the alias/base return code described below:
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Blank — The input address matched a base street.
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A — The input address matched an alias street name.
No default.
Location for Alias Type Code:Position
Optional. Enter a number from 1-9999 to define the location on the output record to store the alias type code described below:
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P — The alias was a preferred street name.
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C — The alias was an official street name change.
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0 — The alias was some other type of alias.
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Blank — The address did not match an alias street name or no match was obtained.
No default.
Store Std Address if any information was dropped during standardization?
Optional. Code indicating whether the standardized address should be stored when information is dropped during the standardization process:
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Y — Store the information anyway.
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N — Do not store if information is dropped.
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Blank — Default is Y.
Store if multiple Std Addr matches are found?
Optional. Code indicating whether the standardized address should be stored when multiple address matches were found:
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Y — Store the standardized address anyway.
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N — Do not store the standardized address. Instead, store the information indicated in the Disposition field below.
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Blank — Default is N.
Store if multiple ZIP matches are found?
Optional. Code indicating whether the standardized address should be stored when multiple ZIP Code matches were found.
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Y — Store the standardized address anyway.
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N — Do not store the standardized address. Instead, store the information indicated in the Disposition field below.
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Blank — Default is N.
Max Correctness for storage:
Address
Optional. Enter a number from 0-9 to define the maximum acceptable address probability of correctness to store the standardized address. Type a number between 0 and 9, where 0 indicates the best case and 9 indicates the worst case. Default is 9.
Overall
Optional. Enter a number from 0-9 to define the maximum acceptable overall probability of correctness to store the standardized address. Type a number between 0 and 9, where 0 indicates the best case and 9 indicates the worst case. Default is 9.
What should be stored if a Std Addr is not matched
Optional. Code indicating what should be stored in cases where the standardized address was not stored, either because no match was found or because of specified storage conditions.
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B — Store blanks.
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X — Store nothing.
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Blank — Default is B.
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