12 Overview to Address Book Reports and Mailing Labels

This chapter contains these topics:

12.1 Objectives

  • To review information by address and contact person (who's who)

  • To check for duplicate address information

  • To understand the different types of mailing labels

12.2 About Address Book Reports and Mailing Labels

You can print several types of reports to verify accuracy and track any changes made to your address book information. Additionally, several types of mailing labels are available to suit your specific business requirements.

Complete the following tasks:

  • Print reports by address and Who's Who

  • Print the Check for Duplicates report

  • Create the Address Book Reporting file

  • Print mailing labels

12.2.1 Which Report Should You Print?

The following describes the address book reports.

Report Description
Reports by Address Print this report for a list of all addresses.
Reports by Who's Who Print this report for a list of only addresses that have contact names.
Check for Duplicates Print this report periodically to verify that you do not have duplicate information in the address book. Additionally, you should print this report if you have recently converted to the JD Edwards World system.

The current program logic compares Alpha Name, Postal Code, and City fields to identify possible duplicate Address Book entries. Set processing option 15 (Duplicate Data Verification) in your version of Address Book Revisions (P01051) to configure duplicate checking functionality:

Blank – No duplicate checking

1 – Hard error

2 – Warning


12.2.2 What Are the Types of Mailing Labels?

The following types of mailing labels are available:

  • Address and Who's Who labels

    Address and Who's Who labels are standard labels that print two or three across a page, depending on the type of printer you use.

  • Cheshire labels

    Cheshire labels are different from standard mailing labels. They print four labels across that are 3.2 inches wide by .9 inches high. You can print a maximum of nine lines on a Cheshire label. The form size for Cheshire labels is 14-7/8 inches wide by 12 inches high. Cheshire labels are printed on a Cheshire printing machine.

  • Dun & Bradstreet labels

    Dun & Bradstreet labels are the same as Cheshire labels, except that they print in the Dun & Bradstreet style.