Introduction

Batch API cleans the address records in your database by verifying them against the official address files for the relevant country. Cleaned records are assigned a match result, based on the accuracy of the original address.

Batch API returns matched addresses in the format that you specify. You can decide which address elements appear on which line, and which elements are capitalized or abbreviated. Batch API always returns address elements using the string data type, even when there are fields which may only contain numeric data. You define the output address format in the configuration file.

In 3 easy steps you can check your Address database:

1. Extract your records that you wish to check (Batch API will not directly access your files.)
2. Pass them through Batch API (Batch API will check the list one by one) and update your records list.
3. Batch API will return an update records list for you to check and feedback into your database.

Benefits

• Scalability: BatchAPI provides Batch functionality in a distributed architecture, and can be centralised and accessible via multiple clients / applications.
• On-premise control: The software and data are installed on your environment, giving you complete control and low latency.
• Flexible licensing: Reference data for each country can be licensed on per- click or unlimited basis.
• Improve marketing campaigns: Use Batch to keep records up to date, manage duplicate records and ensure important messages reach the intended recipients.
• Gain customer insights: Valuable consumer, business, location and public sector data can be appended to your existing data for further analysis and segmentation of your customer base.
• Reduce costs: Frequent address cleanses eliminate the potential for human error and reduce failed deliveries and chargeback costs.
• Experience quick time-to-value: The API and standalone application are easy to set up and use, and quick in delivering results for your business, while the web service is connected to within minutes.
• Minimal interaction needed: Does not require user interaction, only a one-off development and configuration
• Large data volumes: Can handle higher volumes and increased throughput

Features

• Global coverage: 18 country coverage
• Data enrichment – Enhance your data by adding additional attributes such as: latitude/longitudes, lifestyle and demographic data and UPRNs, subject to search type.
• Trusted data – validates against authoritative postal sources (including Royal Mail, USPS and Australia Post), trusted third-party providers, and Experian proprietary information.
• Data Cleanse: Cleanse data in an automated fashion by validating each record against the reference dataset from the relevant postal authority
• Standardise the format: Take advantage of the advanced matching engine to standardise the structure of your address data. Experian Data Quality can provide flexible formats for returned data and actionable response codes.
• Address checks: Audit changes made to each record through an appended matchcode. This can be interpreted to understand:
  • The match confidence
  • Identifies incorrect addresses that fall short of the
  • criteria set
  • Adds missing address elements
  • Corrects spelling errors and typos
  • Validates addresses and standardises the format
  • Enriches existing data with additional datasets
  • Suppresses records using datasets for house movers,
  • deceased individuals and marketing preferences