To Validate Addresses

If you need to validate the addresses of branches, warehouses and customers, you can do this on the Companies (CS101500), Branches (CS102000), Warehouses (IN204000), and Customers (AR303000) forms as described in the instructions below.

To Validate the Addresses of Companies

  1. Open the Companies (CS101500) form.
  2. For each of the companies, do the following:
    1. Make sure that the following information is provided on the General Info tab: company name, country, state, city, postal code, phone number (Phone 1), and address.
    2. If the Validate Addresses feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form, click Validate Addresses on the form toolbar. If the feature is not enabled, click the View on map button and validate the address manually.

To Validate the Addresses of Branches

  1. Open the Branches (CS102000) form.
  2. For each of your organization's branches, do the following:
    1. Make sure that the following information is provided on the General Info tab: company name, country, state, city, postal code, phone number (Phone 1), and address.
    2. If the Validate Addresses feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form, click Validate Addresses on the form toolbar. Otherwise, click the View on map button and validate the address manually.

To Validate the Addresses of Warehouses

  1. Open the Warehouses (IN204000) form.
  2. For each warehouse defined in the system, perform the following:
    1. On the Address Information tab, make sure the required address is specified.
    2. If the Validate Addresses feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form, click Validate Addresses on the More menu. Otherwise, click the View on map button and validate the address manually.

To Validate the Addresses of Customers

  1. Open the Customers (AR303000) form.
  2. For each customer to which shipments will be sent via the integrated carrier, perform the following steps:
    1. Open the General Info tab, and make sure that the main address is specified.
    2. On the More menu, click Validate Addresses if the Address Validation feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form. If the Address Validation feature is not enabled, validate the addresses manually.

      You can run validation for multiple business accounts at once by using the Validate Addresses in Profiles (CR509020) form.

    3. Open the Locations tab, and make sure that the address information is specified for each customer location.
    4. On the More menu, click Validate Addresses if the Address Validation feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features form. If the Address Validation feature is not enabled, validate the addresses manually.