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AddressTools Free: Understanding standardization in AddressTools

What is address standardization?

Standardization is the process of converting multiple known values to a single predetermined format. For example, “USA”, “US”, and “United States of America” can each be standardized to “United States”.

The same behaviour can also be applied to states. For example, “TX” can be standardized to “Texas”. Standardization is a crucial piece of functionality for organizations running reports on country and state data, or relying on duplicate rules where these field values are compared.

What address fields can be standardized in AddressTools?

Standardization is available for the following fields:

  • Country
  • State

What formats are acceptable for country standardization?

There is one format available for country standardization, an example for Egypt is provided below:

  • Full name – Egypt

This data is stored on the Countries object installed with the package.

What formats are acceptable for state standardization?

There is one format available for state standardization, an example for Texas is provided below:

  • Full name – Texas

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