Address Validation
You can define country-specific validation rules on any element of your address style. Validation rules determine the information you can enter in these address elements. The validation rules the system uses to verify your address information during address entry depend on the following:
- your home country and the country of the address you are entering
- the Sales Tax Location Flexfield structure you are using
- the address validation level you choose
- the flexible address format and validation rules assigned to the country of the address you are entering
Home Country
You define your home country in the Default Country field of the Systems Options window. The system uses this information to specify the home country for tax calculation, flexible bank structures, flexible address formats, and taxpayer id and tax registration number validation. It also provides a default value of the Country field when you enter addresses; however, you can override this value by setting the user profile option 'Default Country.' See: Overview of Receivables User Profile Options.
Note: If you assign a flexible address style to your home country to validate address information, please refer to Implementing Flexible Addresses with the Sales Tax Location Flexfield for information on the recommended Sales Tax Location Flexfield structure to use.
Sales Tax Location Flexfield Structure
Your Sales Tax Location Flexfield structure validates addresses within your home country and calculates sales tax based on your customer's shipping address. You must enter a Location Flexfield Structure in the System Options window whether your Tax Method is Sales or VAT.
Address Validation Level
You can choose how the system will respond when you enter an invalid address. You can choose to display an error message, a warning, or simply choose 'No Validation'.
Flexible Address Format and Validation Rules
The Country field is the first field of the address region on every window because it determines the format and validation for the rest of the address fields.
If you are using a location-based tax method and you enter the value for your home country in this field, the system requires you to enter a value for every component of your Sales Tax Location Flexfield.
If you implement the Flexible Address Formats feature, when you enter a value in the Country field that has been assigned to an address style, a window opens with the address elements defined for that style. See: Flexible Addresses.
See Also
Defining Receivables System Options
Sales Tax Location Flexfield Structure
Address Validation Level
Entering Customer Addresses
