Configure an Address Evaluator

An Address Evaluator is an easy method of comparing locator extraction results to those in a database. If the records in the database match your input locator results, these are returned to the fields configured for this locator. Before you start configuring this locator method, it is necessary to ensure that the format locators that you are using for evaluation against the database are successfully finding the Zip Code and City as well as the Street and Region if configured.

You can change the subfield order by following these steps:

  1. Add a format locator to find the "Zip Code" on your documents.

    Before mapping this format locator to the Address Evaluator, ensure that it returns confident results on a set of test documents.

  2. Add a format locator to find the "City" on your documents.
  3. Optionally, add a format locator to find the "Street" on your document.
  4. Optionally, add a format locator to find the "State/Region" on your document.
  5. Add an Address Evaluator to your class.
  6. Open the locator properties.
  7. On the General tab, click the Browse button and select a database for your Import file.

    A Windows Explorer window is displayed so you can select your text of CSV file for the database.

  8. Optionally, select Ignore case if the content in you do not want the content on the document to have the same case as the records in your document.
  9. If the first line in your text of CSV file contains column labels, select First line contains caption.

    The Database Preview is updated and the heading row is updated with the labels from the first line in your database file.

  10. Type the Field delimiter in the text field.

    If your Field delimiter is different to the default value, the Database Preview is updated to match your database records.

  11. Add any necessary string substitutions.
  12. Click on the General tab.
  13. In the Mapping Database Fields To Locator Results table, do the following:
    1. For each Database Field, select the corresponding format locator for the Locator Field.
    2. For each Database Field, select the corresponding Field Type.
  14. Set the minimal confidence for the Other Text option.
  15. Set the minimal confidence for the Numeric Field option.
  16. Open a test document and click Test to test your settings.
  17. Optionally, click Close to close the locator properties window.
  18. Save the changes to your project.