Data Exchange Standards Bureau Field Name Standard Abbreviations

Multiplex MPX™ format reference

FAST - Field Assignment Standard Type
DATA - Data Acronym Type Assignments

**FDES-2003-04-01** -- all fields type A/N character
FIELD NAME	FIELD DESCRIPTION	FIELD ATTRIBUTES	LENGTH
NAM	name fully assembled	pre + fir + mid + las + suf	40
COM	companion name	company name or second personal name	40
AD1	extra extra address line	normally not used	40
AD2	extra address line	frequently used	40
AD3	delivery address line	always used	40
CIT	city name	always used	25
STA	state abbreviation	always used	2
ZIP	USPS Zip	always used	5
EXT	extended Zip (plus 4™)	used when standardized	4
DPX	delivery point extension	used when standardized	2
CDG	delivery point check digit	used when standardized	1
TYP	USPS address type	optional	1
RET	USPS return code	optional	2
RTE	USPS carrier route	optional	4
DPV_CMR	CMRA paid address proxy	optional	1
DPV	delivery point validation	optional	1
DPV_FTN	delivery point footnotes	optional	4
EWS	early warning system	optional	1
OTH	diagnostic codes	optional	20
WRD	diagnostic words found	optional	20
UPD	diagnostic actions, advice	optional	20
SAL	letter salutation	optional	40
GEN	name gender-M,F,U,A,C,B	optional	1
PRE	name prefix	optional	20
FIR	name first	optional	20
MID	name middle	optional	20
LAS	name last	optional	20
SUF	name suffix	optional	20
USE	mail package	note record use: yes,no,etc	3
PKG	mail package	select for mail package qualifications	15
MCD	mail code	prints on mailpiece	8
LCD	list or file source code	as needed	2
PRI	merge purge priority	as needed	1
ACT	customer account number	A/N character, right-set	12
REC_NO	record number	A/N, unique, always used 0000001 to 9999999	7
DMA	DMA mail preference	as needed	1
DUP_SEQ	duplicate sequence number	used	7
DCD	duplicate code - K,D	used	1
MAT_LEV	duplicate match level	used	7

FDES-2003-04-01 -- all fields type A/N character

FIELD NAME

FIELD DESCRIPTION

FIELD ATTRIBUTES

LENGTH

NAM

name fully assembled

pre + fir + mid + las + suf

COM

companion name

company name or
second personal name

AD1

extra extra address line

normally not used

AD2

extra address line

frequently used

AD3

delivery address line

always used

CIT

city name

always used

STA

state abbreviation

always used

ZIP

USPS Zip

always used

EXT

extended Zip (plus 4™)

used when standardized

DPX

delivery point extension

used when standardized

CDG

delivery point check digit

used when standardized

TYP

USPS address type

optional

RET

USPS return code

optional

RTE

USPS carrier route

optional

DPV_CMR

CMRA paid address proxy

optional

DPV

delivery point validation

optional

DPV_FTN

delivery point footnotes

optional

EWS

early warning system

optional

OTH

diagnostic codes

optional

WRD

diagnostic words found

optional

UPD

diagnostic actions, advice

optional

SAL

letter salutation

optional

GEN

name gender-M,F,U,A,C,B

optional

PRE

name prefix

optional

FIR

name first

optional

MID

name middle

optional

LAS

name last

optional

SUF

name suffix

optional

USE

mail package

note record use: yes,no,etc

PKG

mail package

select for mail
package qualifications

MCD

mail code

prints on mailpiece

LCD

list or file source code

as needed

PRI

merge purge priority

as needed

ACT

customer account number

A/N character, right-set

REC_NO

record number

A/N, unique, always used
0000001 to 9999999

DMA

DMA mail preference

as needed

DUP_SEQ

duplicate sequence number

used

DCD

duplicate code - K,D

used

MAT_LEV

duplicate match level

used

**Other Commonly Used Fields**
FIELD NAME	FIELD DESCRIPTION	FIELD ATTRIBUTES	LENGTH
NAM2	name two fully assembled	pre2 + fir2 + mid2 + las2 + suf2	40
BUS_TIT	name business title	normally floated into COM	40
TIT_COD	name title prefix code	normally not exchanged use NAM_TIT	2
NAM_TIT	same as name prefix, pre	use if no name isolation	20
LOT	line of travel	is alpha	5
LOT_DIR	line of travel directional	is alpha	2
MLS	internal mail stop	improves address correction	20
HPC	highest previous contribution	can be alpha or numeric	12
MRC	most recent contribution	can be alpha or numeric	12
UP1	upgrade amount 1	is alpha, $20	10
UP2	upgrade amount 2	is alpha, $40	10
UP3	upgrade amount 3	is alpha, $60	10
SCAN	scan line with check digit	is alpha, customer specified length	21
STATE	state spelled	as needed for drop in	30
HOM_PHO	home phone	(000) 000-0000 or 000.000.0000	15
HOM_EXT	home extension	x 000 or X-0000	10
HOM_FAX	home fax	(000) 000-0000 or 0000000000	15
BUS_PHO	business phone	(000) 000-0000 or 000.000.0000	15
BUS_EXT	business extension	x 000 or X-0000	10
BUS_FAX	business fax	(000) 000-0000 or 0000000000	15
EML	email address	being careful not to remove punctuations	50
SSAN	social security account	000-00-0000 or 000000000	11

Other Commonly Used Fields

FIELD NAME

FIELD DESCRIPTION

FIELD ATTRIBUTES

LENGTH

NAM2

name two fully assembled

pre2 + fir2 + mid2 + las2 + suf2

BUS_TIT

name business title

normally floated into COM

TIT_COD

name title prefix code

normally not exchanged
use NAM_TIT

NAM_TIT

same as name prefix, pre

use if no name isolation

LOT

line of travel

is alpha

LOT_DIR

line of travel directional

is alpha

MLS

internal mail stop

improves address correction

HPC

highest previous contribution

can be alpha or numeric

MRC

most recent contribution

can be alpha or numeric

UP1

upgrade amount 1

is alpha, $20

UP2

upgrade amount 2

is alpha, $40

UP3

upgrade amount 3

is alpha, $60

SCAN

scan line with check digit

is alpha, customer specified length

STATE

state spelled

as needed for drop in

HOM_PHO

home phone

(000) 000-0000 or 000.000.0000

HOM_EXT

home extension

x 000 or X-0000

HOM_FAX

home fax

(000) 000-0000 or 0000000000

BUS_PHO

business phone

(000) 000-0000 or 000.000.0000

BUS_EXT

business extension

x 000 or X-0000

BUS_FAX

business fax

(000) 000-0000 or 0000000000

EML

email address

being careful not to remove
punctuations

SSAN

social security account

000-00-0000 or 000000000

mail-production.com tracks more than 150,000 non-foreign business words, and 225,000 name and gender words.

NCOA Updates Processing

NCOA has never been easier. After our rapid processing cycle of just a few hours, your return file is completely posted with the USPS updates, as well with all your former unchanged records, and it's all in your preferred file format. Our experts take the worry and difficulty out of return file postings. Your new return file automatically contains the newly updated addresses, as well as the move dates, USPS operational codes and flags. It's all done for you, sparing you any worries about the correctness of your customer's return-file updating!

**MPX™ NCOA** Processing Includes...

Name Preparations, isolating Dual Names.
Address Preparations, removing non-address words from address lines.
Input Address Standardization.
Updating with current Zip+4™ extention.
Delivery Point Barcode, Check-Digit, and Carrier Route.
National Delivery Index (NDI) Report.
NCOA Match Status, including all changed addresses.
All Pertinent `No Forwarding Address' information.
Type of NCOA Move for Individual, Family, or Business.
USPS Address Type, single family, high rise, PO Box, rural.
USPS Return Codes, explaining address match or non-match reason.
USPS NCOA Match Reports.
USPS Month and Year Move Dates.
USPS Match Statistics.

MPX™ NCOA Processing Includes...

Name Preparations, isolating Dual Names.

Address Preparations, removing non-address words from address lines.

Input Address Standardization.

Updating with current Zip+4™ extention.

Delivery Point Barcode, Check-Digit, and Carrier Route.

National Delivery Index (NDI) Report.

NCOA Match Status, including all changed addresses.

All Pertinent `No Forwarding Address' information.

Type of NCOA Move for Individual, Family, or Business.

USPS Address Type, single family, high rise, PO Box, rural.

USPS Return Codes, explaining address match or non-match reason.

USPS NCOA Match Reports.

USPS Month and Year Move Dates.

USPS Match Statistics.

**NCOA Processing Return Record**
Name	Type	Length
CLIJOB	Character	5
OLDAD1	Character	30
OLDAD2	Character	30
OLDCIT	Character	13
OLDURB	Character	28
OLDSTA	Character	2
ORIZIP	Character	5
OLDZIP	Character	5
OLDEXT	Character	4
OLDRTE	Character	4
OLDDPC	Character	3
LOTNUM	Character	5
LOTSEQ	Character	2
FILLER	Character	8
ZIPCOR	Character	1
OLDCOR	Character	1
EXTRET	Character	1
UNDCOD	Character	1
ADRTYP	Character	1
FORFLA	Character	1
FOTNOT	Character	30
MOVDAT	Character	6
NEWAD1	Character	30
NEWAD2	Character	30
NEWCIT	Character	13
NEWURB	Character	28
NEWSTA	Character	2
NEWZIP	Character	5
NEWEXT	Character	4
NEWTYP	Character	1
NEWRTE	Character	4
NEWDPC	Character	2
NEWCDG	Character	1
GLOSEQ	Character	9
NEWDMA	Character	1
RESERV	Character	8
REC_NO	Character	7

NCOA Processing Return Record

Name

Type

Length

CLIJOB

Character

OLDAD1

Character

OLDAD2

Character

OLDCIT

Character

OLDURB

Character

OLDSTA

Character

ORIZIP

Character

OLDZIP

Character

OLDEXT

Character

OLDRTE

Character

OLDDPC

Character

LOTNUM

Character

LOTSEQ

Character

FILLER

Character

ZIPCOR

Character

OLDCOR

Character

EXTRET

Character

UNDCOD

Character

ADRTYP

Character

FORFLA

Character

FOTNOT

Character

MOVDAT

Character

NEWAD1

Character

NEWAD2

Character

NEWCIT

Character

NEWURB

Character

NEWSTA

Character

NEWZIP

Character

NEWEXT

Character

NEWTYP

Character

NEWRTE

Character

NEWDPC

Character

NEWCDG

Character

GLOSEQ

Character

NEWDMA

Character

RESERV

Character

REC_NO

Character

mail-production.com tracks more than 150,000 non-foreign business words, and 225,000 name and gender words.

The Data-Exchange Standards Bureau

NCOA Updates Processing