The table given below lists the Postal Matcher attributes for Canada (CA).
|
Attribute Name |
Length |
Description |
|---|---|---|
|
ca_gin_building |
30 |
Building name. |
|
ca_gin_city_name |
30 |
Area name. |
|
ca_gin_filler |
8 |
Reserved for future use. |
|
ca_gin_house_number |
10 |
House number. |
|
ca_gin_organization_name |
30 |
Organization name. |
|
ca_gin_postal_code |
6 |
Postal code containing original post code from the input record. |
|
ca_gin_province_name |
2 |
Province name code. Values are: NF—Newfoundland and Labrador NS—Nova Scotia PE—Prince Edward Island NB—New Brunswick QC—Quebec ON—Ontario MB—Manitoba SK—Saskatchewan AB—Alberta BC—British Columbia NT—Northwest Territories YT—Yukon NU—Nunavut |
|
ca_gin_record_type |
1 |
Address type. Values are: 1—Street Record 2—Route Record 3—PO Box Record 4—All Records that don't fit any other type 6—Street with Route Record E—Pattern Error Record F—Foreign Record |
|
ca_gin_route_number |
10 |
Route number. |
|
ca_gin_route_type |
20 |
Route type. Values are: RR—Rural Route SS—Suburban Service MR—Mobile Route GD—General Delivery |
|
ca_gin_street_direction |
2 |
Street direction. Values are: N—North/Nord S—South/Sud E—East/Est W—West O—Ouest NE—North East/Nord-est NW/NO—North West/Nord-Ouest SE—South East/Sud-est SW/SO—South West/South-Ouest |
|
ca_gin_street_name |
30 |
Street name. |
|
ca_gin_street_type |
6 |
Street type. |
|
ca_gin_sub_building |
30 |
Unit type within a building. |
|
ca_gin_sub_building_value |
10 |
Unit value within a building. |
|
ca_gout_a1_questionable_flag |
1 |
If set to Y, indicates that an A1 record is determined to be valid but questionable because (1) the GAV table does not include a suite range for this address and (2) the record does not include a suite number. Note: An A1 record is one in which the ca_gout_record_type attribute is
set to A and the ca_gout_address type is set to 1.
|
|
ca_gout_abbr13_city_name |
30 |
A 13-character abbreviation for city name. This only takes place if the Match Level Code is 0. The original city name will be returned if there is no abbreviated name available. |
|
ca_gout_abbr18_city_name |
30 |
A 18-character abbreviation for city name. This only takes place if the Match Level Code is 0. The original city name will be returned if there is no abbreviated name available. |
|
ca_gout_address_type |
1 |
Address type. Values are: 1—Civic (street) address format 2—Delivery installation (station) address format |
|
ca_gout_base_format_flag |
1 |
French or English formatting indicator based on the information in ca_gout_base_street_type. Values are: 1—English formatting (Street Name, Street Type, Street Direction) 2—French formatting (Street Type, Street Name, Street Direction) Note: This attribute is used in the default Transformer Data
Reconstruction process. Canadian projects that were created in the
previous version did not include this attribute. If an old Canadian
project is imported or migrated and a new Transformer Data
Reconstruction process is added, the user may need to add this
attribute manually.
|
|
ca_gout_base_street_dir |
2 |
Base street direction for alias street information. |
|
ca_gout_base_street_name |
30 |
Base street name for alias street information. |
|
ca_gout_base_street_type |
6 |
Base street type for alias street information. |
|
ca_gout_building |
30 |
Building name. |
|
ca_gout_city_name |
30 |
Area name. |
|
ca_gout_city_prov_changed |
1 |
If Y, indicates the city name output is different from the input. |
|
ca_gout_completion_code |
1 |
Return code.
|
|
ca_gout_conflict_pc |
1 |
If Y, indicates a conflict between a PO box record and a non-PO box record. |
|
ca_gout_cp_status |
1 |
Canada Post status. Values are: N—Not correctable V—Verifiable C—Correctable O—Optional record |
|
ca_gout_delivery_address |
50 |
Reconstructed street address. |
|
ca_gout_format_flag |
1 |
French or English formatting. Values are: 1—English formatting (Street Name, Street Type, Street Direction) 2—French formatting (Street Type, Street Name, Street Direction) Note: This attribute is used in the default Transformer Data
Reconstruction process. Canadian projects that were created before
Version 13.5 did not include this attribute. If an old Canadian
project is imported or migrated and a new Transformer Data
Reconstruction process is added, the user may need to add this
attribute manually.
|
|
ca_gout_filler |
20 |
When the FORMAT_OPTION setting of the Canadian Postal Matcher is on (set to Y), the matcher program returns the second address line to this field. (The first line is returned to the 50-character ca_gout_delivery_address attribute.) You can use the two fields separately for a two-line SERP address or combine them by appending ca_gout_delivery_address to ca_gout_filler to create a valid SERP delivery line that is effectively 70 characters long. |
|
ca_gout_house_number |
10 |
House number. |
|
ca_gout_install_name |
30 |
Delivery Installation name. |
|
ca_gout_install_qual |
15 |
The qualifier name that uniquely identifies the delivery installation when more than one delivery installation serves and is described by the Delivery Installation Name. |
|
ca_gout_install_type |
15 |
Category of Delivery Installation. Values are: BDP—Bureau De Post CC—Concession Commerciale CDO—Commercial Dealership Outlet CMC—Community Mail Center CPC—Centre Postal Communautaire CSP—Comptoir Service Postal LCD—Letter Carrier Depot PDF—Poste Des Facteurs PO—Post Office RPO—Retail Postal Outlet STN—Station SUCC—Succursale |
|
ca_gout_match_level |
1 |
Contains the numeric code to identify the level at which the address matched, or failed to match, the GAV tables. Values are: 0—Exact match 1—City/Province failure 2—Street name failure 3—House number range failure 4—Street component failure 5—Multiple possible matches to Director 6—Rural record failure |
|
ca_gout_multiple_installations |
1 |
Multiple installations. |
|
ca_gout_number_of_changes |
3 |
Numerical indicator for the number of changes to the output address. |
|
ca_gout_organization_name |
30 |
Organization name. |
|
ca_gout_postal_code |
6 |
Value from the table when there is a match to the street components, otherwise the original input post code is returned. |
|
ca_gout_postal_code_changed |
1 |
If Y, indicates that the postal code output is different from input. |
|
ca_gout_province_county |
2 |
Province name. Values are: NF—Newfoundland and Labrador NS—Nova Scotia PE—Prince Edward Island NB—New Brunswick QC—Quebec ON—Ontario MB—Manitoba SK—Saskatchewan AB—Alberta BC—British Columbia NT—Northwest Territories YT—Yukon NU—Nunavut |
|
ca_gout_record_type |
1 |
Values are: 1—Street address record 2—Street served by route record 3—Lock box address record 4—Route service address record 5—General delivery address record A—Building name record B—Large volume receiver name (Street) record C—Government name (Street) record D—Large volume receiver name (Lock Box) record E—Government name (Lock box) record F—General delivery name record |
|
ca_gout_route_number |
10 |
Secondary route number. Number that identifies a rural route, suburban service, or mobile route delivery mode. |
|
ca_gout_route_type |
2 |
Secondary route type. Values are: RR—Rural Route SS—Suburban Service MR—Mobile Route GD—General Delivery |
|
ca_gout_rural_questionable_flag |
1 |
If set to Y, indicates that the postal matcher determined that a match to a rural record is not a perfect match; also set to Y when the postal matcher returns a fail level of 6. |
|
ca_gout_street_components_change |
1 |
If Y, indicates the street components output is different from input. |
|
ca_gout_street_direction |
2 |
Street direction. Values are: N—North/Nord S—South/Sud E—East/Est W—West O—Ouest NE—North East/Nord-est NW/NO—North West/Nord-Ouest SE—South East/Sud-est SW/SO—South West/South-Ouest |
|
ca_gout_street_name |
30 |
Name of the street. |
|
ca_gout_street_name_changed |
1 |
If Y, indicates the street name output is different from the input. |
|
ca_gout_street_type |
6 |
Street type. |
|
ca_gout_sub_building |
30 |
Unit type within a building. |
|
ca_gout_sub_building_value |
10 |
Unit value within a building. |