FAQs
How does postal validation with post for iSeries (AS/400) differ from a "normal" table look-up?
- Automatic validation and correction of all postal address elements.
- The validation is error tolerant, so that many errors are corrected automatically without any user interaction.
- Allocation of the correct postal code on the basis of street, house or post office box information.
- Display of the most probable alternatives if there is ambiguity.
- National program versions for the most important European countries.
How does the address retrieval system mail for iSeries (AS/400) differ from a search with "wildcards", which is the standard search method in the database?
- The result output is significantly faster. Even for databases containing several million addresses, the response time is usually under one second.
- The search with mail for iSeries (AS/400) is error tolerant even without wildcards. This is important to mention, since the input of wildcards presumes that the user has an idea where a deviation could be!
- The search can be carried out automatically for new entries and changes without any initiation by the user. Thus, duplicates can be prevented to the greatest extent without intensive user research.
- Result output is according to the degree of agreement.
What makes the Uniserv solution different from other software solutions?
- Uniserv not only provides individual components, but a complete solution.
- Postal validation and duplicate check are integrated and are usually carried out together, thus achieving better qualitative results in detecting duplicates.
- The solution is utilizable both online and – with mass data – in a batch.
- Uniserv solutions are uncompromising and were exclusively developed for address management.
- High scalability, even for many "power users" through flexible distribution to the different logical and physical servers.
- Uniserv's solutions are internationally oriented and sector and application independent.
- Uniserv address software, with more than 3,300 server installations, is one of the most frequently installed solutions in Europe.