Installing and updating address and geo reference files for the QualityStage Address Verification stage

To validate address and geocode data with the QualityStage Address Verification stage, you must purchase and install the QualityStage Address Verification stage Installation Manager for reference data and the corresponding reference files. Reference files are updated regularly, typically on a quarterly basis.

About this task

To validate address and geocode data, the Address Verification stage needs the corresponding reference data files. The location these files are stored is /opt/ibm/data/avi/LQTDB/. You purchase reference data files from IBM®. You purchase packages for individual countries or packages that contain multiple countries or regions. You can purchase the following packages:
  • Africa and Middle East
  • Asia Pacific
  • Asia
  • Central America and Caribbean
  • Eastern Europe
  • North America
  • South America
  • Western Europe
  • Worldwide
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Netherlands
  • United Kingdom
  • U.S. Address Certification (Available for use only in the United States of America due to USPS regulations.)

To download the postal validation reference files, go to Downloading and Installing QualityStage Address Verification, Version 10.6, on Cloud Pak for Data. Reference files are updated regularly, typically on a quarterly basis. Download the updated reference files to ensure that you have the most recent address data for a country or region. In addition, updating reference files ensures that the data does not expire.

Procedure

  1. Go to InfoSphere QualityStage Address Verification Interface Files, Version 10.6.
  2. Find the part number for "IBM InfoSphere® QualityStage® Address Verification – Install Manager for reference data" in the Address Reference Data or Geo Reference Data section.
  3. Download "IBM InfoSphere QualityStage Address Verification – Install Manager for reference data" by following the instructions in the Downloading the product section. Be sure to extract the file on the same platform that you plan to run it on.
  4. In the Address Reference Data and Geo Reference Data sections, find the part numbers of the reference data packages that you must update.
  5. Download and extract the reference data packages by following the instructions in the Downloading the product section of the download document. Then, copy the reference data packages to the <Installation Manager download directory>/datapacks folder. You can overwrite existing files that were previously extracted from another package.
  6. Run the appropriate setup file for your operating system from the directory where you downloaded and extracted the Installation Manager.
    Table 1. Installation Manager setup files
    Operating System Setup file
    Windows IBM_InstallManager.bat
    AIX® IBM_InstallManager.sh
    Linux® IBM_InstallManager.sh
  7. Follow the prompts in the installation program to continue installing the reference data on your computer.