Specifying US Postal Matcher Options - trillium_discovery - trillium_quality - 17.2

The Postal Matcher uses the output from the Sort Utility process as input to this process. 

To specify US Postal Matcher general options

1. From the Navigation or Project View, right-click the us Postal Matcher process and select Edit Process.
2. Select the Options tab. The US Postal Matcher Options window displays.
3. (Optional) Specify How should streets be matched to the postal directory. Options are: Exact match required, Match against likely street candidates, and Match against all streets in city.  
4. (Optional) In the Maximum amount of memory for streets, specify numeric value that indicates the maximum amount of memory that can be used for the street information.
5. (Optional) In the Maximum amount of memory for details, specify numeric value that indicates the maximum amount of memory that can be used for the street details information.
6. (Optional) Click the Data encoding drop-down list and select the encoding used for the input data.The default encoding is Latin1. See Encoding for details.
7. (Optional) Click the Alias options drop-down list and select the alias option.
   • No alias on output. This is the default setting.
   • Return optional alias to street name. This enables streets that have a value of "O" (Optional) on the USPS alias street file to be returned in the output area. This option has matching implications because it allows different street names to represent the same location.
   • Return alias street information to alias street fields. If you select this option, the following alias attributes will be automatically added to the output schema and store available information: us_gout_alias_street_pre_directionus_gout_alias_street_nameus_gout_alias_street_post_direction us_gout_alias_street_suffixus_gout_alias_type
   Note: The Alias options will be ignored if CASS mode is selected.
8. (Optional) You can also use the Census, Delivery Point Validation (DPV) , CASS certification, Residential Delivery Indicator (RDI), LACS^Link , Suite^Link  , Abbreviation , Street Details, and Detail Buffer options for the US Postal Matcher.
9. Click Finish.