The Name Correction Result (NCR) code is returned by the name processing functionality. It shows the status the name component fields after name processing is complete. The status for each field consists of a single character component label followed by a numeric value. The component labels are:
T - Title
F - First Name
M - Middle Initials
L - Last Name
S - Suffix
The numeric values are:
0 - Not found/empty
1 - Component found
2 - Standard on input
3 - Standardized
4 - Validated using the Global Datastore
5 - Updated using the Global Datastore
6 - Added using the Global Datastore
7 - Correctly empty
8 - Needs standardizing
9 - Needs correcting to match the Global Datastore
For example:
T0F0M0L0S0
No name components found
T5F4M2L1S0
Title corrected using lookup
First name found in lookup (first names are never changed)
Initials in correct format already
Last name present
Suffix not present
T0F1M0L1S4
Title not found
First name found (but was not in lookup)
Last name found
Suffix found in lookup