User manual BUSINESS OBJECTS ACE 7.70C

[. . . ] ACE User's Guide Version 7. 70c March 2006 Address standardization and postal coding Options for input, output, and address style Samples of reports and postal forms Address status and fault codes Directory queries and suggestion lists GeoCensus, Z4Change, Mover ID, and RapidKey options Notices Published in the United States of America by Firstlogic, Inc. , 100 Harborview Plaza, La Crosse, Wisconsin 54601-4071. Customer Care Technical help is free for customers who are current on their ESP. When you call, have at hand the user's manual and the version number of your Firstlogic product. Call from a location where you can operate your software while speaking on the phone. To save time, fax or e-mail your questions, and an advisor will call or e-mail back with answers prepared. [. . . ] Be assured that when you print your report (using landscape mode, condensed print, wide paper, and so on. ), you should see the full report. Reporting on ACE can produce separate Error Reports for the input file, the output file(s), or all input and output files. We chose the fields, set the width of each column, and selected the title over each column. We included the input record number, the output record number, and the error code. Report Type In, Out, Code, Address, City, St, and ZIP Chapter 3: Reports 63 Statistics files for custom reporting ACE Views and ACE Job offer you the ability to create statistics files. These are data files that contain much of the same information as the ACE Job Summary Report. However, statistics files contain only the numbers, without special formatting. This makes them easier to import into other programs, such as spreadsheets, report writers, or accounting systems. Statistics files are a popular feature of our ACE and Match/Consolidate programs. Customers use statistics files most often to create custom reports, either about one job or, by accumulating, about several jobs. In order to generate statistics files, ACE must perform the same processing that goes into the Job Summary Report. Therefore, if you elect not to create the Job Summary Report, ACE will not create statistics files. Two types ACE offers two separate types of statistics files: File type Description Job-based The Job statistics file contains much of the same information that you would find on pages 1 and 2 of the Job Summary Report. It consists of a single record The File statistics file may describe how your input file was updated, or what was posted to output files. There is a strong relationship between this statistics file and the ACE Job Summary Report: The File statistics file contains much of the same information that you would see on page 3 and subsequent pages of the Job Summary Report. The scope of this statistics file is governed by the Report on Files parameter in the Job Summary Report block. As you may recall, you can elect to cover the input file, the output file(s), or both. File-based 64 ACE User's Guide Chapter 4: Postal certification and forms The United States Postal Service (USPS) tests and certifies the accuracy of address software. They do this because, for their own efficiency, they want to make sure that the mail they receive is accurately addressed and barcoded. For you, the ACE user, there are two issues to be aware of: Maintaining your certified status. Handling the postal forms that ACE provides you. Chapter 4: Postal certification and forms 65 U. S. Postal Service certification programs: CASS and NDI CASS ACE is certified by the USPS and meets the Coding Accuracy Support System (CASS) standards for accuracy of postal coding and address correction. As a result, ACE may produce a facsimile of USPS Form 3553, the CASS Summary Report. For more information about CASS, call the USPS National Customer Support Center (NCSC), CASS department, at 1-800-238-3150 or write to: CASS/ZIP+4 Matching National Customer Support Center 6060 Primacy Parkway, Suite 101 Memphis, Tennessee 38188-0001 You'll also find information about CASS in the USPS's Domestic Mail Manual. NDI The National Deliverability Index is a program of the USPS. The measuring and scoring are performed during processing by ZIP+4 matching software such as ACE. The USPS uses the NDI Report to verify that the software is capable of determining the input-record quality. [. . . ] You can run ACE with a "Verify Only" option so that ACE only verifies, but does not run, your job. To run jobs at night, check if your operating system offers a scheduling feature. That would enable you to set a particular time when processing will begin. Split and simultaneous On some UNIX and Windows systems, the file system is so efficient that ACE is CPU-bound rather than I/O-bound. In this situation, you may be able to increase overall throughput by splitting your job in half, and running it as two simultaneous processes. [. . . ]