How Does LACSLink Processing Work? - Finalist - 10.0

Finalist Installation
Product type
Software
Portfolio
Verify
Product family
Data Quality - Postals
Product
Finalist
Version
10.0
Language
English
Product name
Finalist
Title
Finalist Installation
Copyright
2023
First publish date
1984
Last updated
2024-05-15
Published on
2024-05-15T00:57:53.836782

These steps describe the sequence of Finalist LACSLink processing.

  1. Finalist codes an address that USPS data indicates has undergone a LACS conversion. In this case, the cLACS field in the PBFNAddressDataDef structure contains "L" indicating a LACS conversion has taken place. Finalist sends the record through LACSLink processing.
  2. Finalist encounters a rural route address and cannot match the address to a Box number. Finalist codes the record to the rural route default level. Finalist sends any rural route record that cannot be matched to a Box through LACSLink processing.
  3. Finalist sends any address that fails postal coding through LACSLink processing.
  4. Finalist then processes the LACSLink returned address through the coding engine using the LACSLink returned address as the input address.
    Note: For LACS converted addresses, the PBFNAddressDataDef fields are based on the LACS returned address as input. The PBFNAddressDataDef fields are not based on the original (pre-LACS) input address.