Precisely does not supply the NCOALink data. You must contact the USPS directly to obtain the NCOALink data. The USPS requires all licensees to obtain product updates from the USPS Electronic Product Fulfillment (EPF) website.
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Download the NCOALink data from the USPS Electronic Product Fulfillment (EPF) website at https://epf.usps.gov. Note the following additional steps required when
downloading the NCOALink data from the USPS EPF
website:
- Navigate to the location of the downloaded NCOALink data file.
- The downloaded NCOALink data from the USPS EPF website may be in a zipped or tar format. Unzip or untar the data before running the explode process.
- Navigate to the folder that contains the unzipped or untarred NCOALink data. The number of files in the directory will vary depending on the database format you are licensed to use (hash or flat). The following table provides information on the unzipped/untarred files.
| File Name | Description |
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| clk.zip | Zipped data file that contains necessary NCOALink data files. |
| dvdhdr01.dat dvdhdr02.dat | Files that store the contents of the NCOALink database. |
| rv9.zip | Zipped data file that contains additional NCOALink data files. |
| clk.* | Additional NCOALink tables present when you receive 18 month (hash or flat) or 48 month data (hash or flat). |
| ank.* | Additional NCOALink tables present only when you receive ANKLink data (hash or flat). Note: After the explode process, these files are renamed to clk.* file names.
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- Proceed to Using explode.bat to Explode the NCOALink Files.