Deceased

Identifies records that match to deceased sources.

Description

Data8's Deceased service checks the name and address of the records provided against a number of third party suppression sources.

Records that are found on a suppression source at the specified match level are either flagged or suppressed.

This service is costed on a per hit basis.

This service requires the following data to be available before it can be used:

Address

Person Name

This service can also make use of the following optional data to improve its effectiveness:

Last Transaction Date

Upload Options

The following options can be configured for this service at the upload stage. These are only available if Advanced Options are enabled on your account.

MPSDeceased	MPSDeceased Processes the data provided against the MPS file provided by The Data & Marketing Association.
Mortascreen	Mortascreen Processes the data provided against the Mortascreen file..
TBR	TBR Processes the data provided against The Bereavement Register file provided by The REaD Group.
ExperianDeceased	ExperianDeceased Processes the data provided against the Experian Deceased file provided by Experian.
NDR	NDR Processes the data provided against the National Deceased Register file provided by The Ark.

Download Options

The following options can be configured for this service at the download stage.

Suppression Type	Suppression Type Set this to configure what should happen when a match is made by this service: Append Flags adds an extra column to your output file which is populated when a match is made and blank otherwise. Suppress Records removes any matching records from your output file.
Match Level	Match Level Set this to indicate how closely names need to match for a record to be considered a match by this service. Surname allows two completely different forenames to match so long as they have a fuzzy match on the surname Initial requires a fuzzy match on both the surname and forename, allowing single initials to match. For example, "R Smith" would be allowed to match "Robert Smith", but "Richard Smith" and "Robert Smith" would not be considered a match. Forename requires a fuzzy match on both the surname and forename, and single initials are not allowed to match. Personal intelligently picks the highest match level available based on your data. If a record does not contain any forename information then a Surname match will be allowed, but if forename data is present then at least an Initial level match will be required.
Output Match Level	Output Match Level When appending flags, includes an additional column indicating how much of the name information in the supplied record matched that in the reference data source. This option is only displayed if Advanced Options are enabled on your account.
Output Data Source	Output Data Source When appending flags, includes an additional column indicating which data source matched each record. This option is only displayed if Advanced Options are enabled on your account.
Output Date of Death	Output Date of Death When appending flags, includes an additional column indicating the date the person died. Not all data sources provide this information - it will be provided where available. This option is only displayed if Advanced Options are enabled on your account.

Output Columns

This service adds the following columns to your output data.

Deceased Flag	Deceased Flag Only output if appending flags. Outputs "Deceased" to indicate a match and blank to indicate a nonmatch.
Deceased Match Level	Deceased Match Level Only output if appending flags and if the "Output Match Level" advanced option is selected. Outputs either "Premise", "Surname", "Initial" or "Forename" to indicate the level at which the match has been made.
Deceased Data Source	Deceased Data Source Only output if appending flags and if the "Output Data Source" advanced option is selected. Provides the name of the source file that the record has matched to. Source files are as follows: MPSDeceased Mortascreen TBR ExperianDeceased NDR
Date of Death	Date of Death Only output if appending flags and if the "Output Date of Death" advanced option is selected. Provides the date of death of the record matched on the source file.