Geography Validation for the US

Geography validation determines the geography mapping and validation for the US's address styles, as well as its overall geography validation control.

The No Styles Format address style format is the default. By defining the mapping and validation for this format, you ensure that validations can be performed for any address. After you define the No Styles Format, you can set up additional mapping for specific address styles.

For each address style format, you can define the following.

What you can set	What it does for you
Map to attribute	For every address style format, you map each geography type to an address attribute. For example, you can map the State geography type to the State address attribute. Which geography types you can select are based on how you defined the country structure. The list the address attributes that appear are based on either the predefined or user-defined address formats. Note: Map only the geography types that you want to use for geography or tax validation purposes.
Enable list of values	Once you mapped a geography type to an attribute, specify if it appears in a list of values during address entry in user interfaces. Enable a list of values only if you have sufficient geography data imported or created for that geography. Note: If the setup for master geography data is incomplete, then the geography data is either not imported or created. As a result, the list of values for the address attribute doesn't list any geography data. Once you have enabled a list of values for an address attribute, you can only select the geography data available for the geography type. If a specific geography value isn't available in the geography hierarchy, you can't create an address with a different geography value.
Tax validation	Don't change the default Tax Validation settings. Oracle Fusion HCM applications don't use this functionality.
Geography validation	Don't change the default Geography Validation settings. Oracle Fusion HCM applications don't use this functionality.
Geography validation control	You can select the geography validation level for the US. The validation checks if the address you entered maps to the available geography hierarchy data. The geography validation control determines whether you can save an address that didn't pass validation during address entry. For example, if the validation level is Error, then you can't save an address if the values don't match the geography hierarchy data. You can choose these geography validation levels. Error You can save completely valid addresses only, with all mandatory address elements entered. No Validation You can save all addresses, including incomplete and invalid addresses. Regardless of the result of validation, the validation process tries to: Map any address attribute to a geography of the country. Store any mapping it could establish based on the available data. This is called Geography Name Referencing, and it's executed as part of validation. Several business processes use the result of this referencing to map an address to a specific geography or zone. The Geography Dimension value in territories is derived from sell-to addresses of sales accounts. To use geography dimensions in territories, you must validate the geography elements in the addresses, such as state, city, and ZIP Code. You can validate the address by enabling geography validation for each country using the Geographies task. Do this in the Geographies task: Enable at least one level in the geography hierarchy for geography validation. Enable geography validation for all geography levels that you intend to use for territory definition for each country. If needed, enable a list of values containing specific geography elements. This helps you search and select appropriate geography values during addresses entry and eliminate all possibilities of wrong address entry. You can set geography validation control to Error in the Geography Validation task. This ensures that users can only use valid geography elements in addresses. Note: If you have already created addresses before setting up geography validation, you must enable geography validation and then execute the Run Maintain Geography Name Referencing task. This validates all your geography elements.