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DataType

Definition

            public enum DataType
            {
                Residential,
                Business,
                Mixed
            }
        

Description

Identifies the category of data in a FileFormat.

Different types of data can be processed in different ways. Selecting the appropriate data type for a file format ensures that the correct set of data cleansing services are applied in the right way.

• Residential - indicates that the file contains exclusively residential records identifying individual consumers.
• Business - indicates that the file contains exclusively business records, optionally with a named individual within the business
• Mixed - indicates that the file contains some residential and some business records.

When the Mixed option is selected, each record is processed separately against both the residential and business cleansing services. This is particularly useful when an apparently business file is cleansed, but it contains a large number of home businesses which in fact are only matched against residential records, e.g. a business is using a residential phone number or is found to move when the proprietor moves house.

File Format Store documentation