October 2009
Entity Search Enhancements and New Web Service
Entity Search Web Page
The Entity Search page on the AGIIS website has been enhanced to give users more flexibility and to provide better results when doing an entity search.
The search fields for Company Name and Last Name have been removed.
A new search field called Name has been added. When information is provided in the new Name search field, the data entered is checked for an exact match against existing entity records’ Company Name, DBA Name and Last Name fields. When providing data in the Name field, the user must also provide a postal code, postal code range or city and state information.
A new search field called Address has been added to the Entity Search page, enabling users to execute entity searches by providing entity address information. When this new Address field is used, the information provided in the new field is checked for an exact match against existing entity records’ physical address line 1 and mailing address line 1. The user must also provide a postal code, postal code range or city and state information. The new Standardize Address button will only work if information is provided in the new address field along with a postal code and/or city and state information.
If the user provides a complete address along with a postal code and/or city and state information, a new Standardize Address button can be used to standardize the address provided. Using the Standardize Address button will provide a better chance to match an existing entity record in AGIIS.
The use of wild cards ( * ) is supported in the Name and Address fields. A minimum of 3 characters is required. The Standardize Address button is not compatible with the use of wild cards.
For more information, please see Help for this page & the Entity Search tutorial.
Web Service
A new web service named AdvancedEntitySearcyByAddress is now available. This web service has all of the functionality of the newly enhanced Entity Search web page. For details on this new web service, please go to the AGIIS website, select the Links menu, select Web Service Overview then select AdvancedEntitySearcyByAddress.