Location Address Validation

Nextian supports multiple address validation providers: Smarty (f.k.a. SmartyStreets), USPS and Google for U.S. and international locations.

The following location fields carry information about validation status:

Address validation engine is configured in settings.

1. A new location is always created with the Pending status.
2. Once a validation attempt is successfully made, Address Validation Engine and Validation Status are updated based on the engine used and what the engine has returned.
3. A successful (partial or full) validation updates the values of Address 1, Address 2, City, State, Country, ZIP and ZIP+4.
4. Any manual change of the above address fields, resets a location to the Pending status and the location has to be re-validated.

Validating a single location

1. Open location details.
2. Click Validate Address.
3. If Standardize Location Name is checked, location name will be updated to Google address format upon successful validation (full or partial). Standardize Location Name is checked by default for Business and Residential locations and unchecked for Data Centers as they tend to have non-address names such as U.S. West, Dallas Data Center, etc. and typically won’t be standardized.
4. Click Validate.

Bulk location validation

1. Open any location list view.
2. Select locations to validate using check boxes on the left.
3. Click Validate Address.
4. A new page is opened.
5. If Standardize Location Name is checked, location names will be updated to Google address format upon successful validation (full or partial).
6. Click Validate.
7. A summary message is displayed.

Detailed REST logs are printed in the browser console for easy troubleshooting (the console can be opened by pressing the F12 key on Chrome and Firefox).