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Important Updates for U.S. Address Directories and CASS O Cycle
I like to inform you about the important updates with United States Address Directories.
This article is relevant if you are using:
SAP Data Services or SAP Data Quality Management SDK
- USA Regulatory Address Cleanse transform
- Global Address Cleanse transform
SAP HANA 2 smart data quality (on premise)
- Cleanse transform
- Match transform
What Changed
The software is updated to require the new USPS CASS O compliant address directories. The older software versions will not function properly using the new directories. You should check which version of your software is compatible with which U.S. address directories as described in the SAP Note:
3303337 – US Address Directory Update for SAP Data Services and SAP HANA Smart Data Quality
Two versions of U.S. national address directories will be available to download until mid 2024 (subject to change) on SAP Support Portal – Software Downloads. You can keep using the old version (SAP ADDR US 2009) for non-certified U.S. address processing. The monthly updates for the CASS N based postal certification directories (DPV, LACSLink, RDI, SuiteLink, and Z4Change) will end after July 2023. Please refer to the U.S. Directory Update for additional details.
The details of CASS O updates in SAP Data Services 4.3 SP2 can be found in the What’s New document.
Important Dates
The following dates are some important dates to be aware of while transitioning into the new CASS O cycle.
Feb 28, 2023 to July 31, 2023
If you enable U.S. postal certification within SAP Data Services USA Regulatory Address Cleanse transform, install SAP Data Services 4.3 SP02 and download SAP ADDR US 2023 address directories to be USPS CASS O compliant by the end of July 2023.
Select the CASS O compliant directories from the Software Downloads with either “2023” or “CASS O” in their names for National, eLOT, DPV, LACSLINK, RDI, SUITELINK, and Z4CHANGE directories.
August 1, 2023
USPS starts requiring CASS O reporting for postal certification. SAP Data Services 4.2 will end the CASS N support, and the monthly directory updates for CASS N based postal certification will also end.
September 1, 2023 to October 31, 2023
SAP Data Services 4.3 SP02 patch 3 release will include the new CASS O compliant NCOALink and DSF reports. Install this version by the end of September 2023 to be ready for the processing month of October. Please check the Release Notes to confirm the details.
September 26, 2023
SAP HANA 2 SP7 patch 3 (2.00.073) release will start requiring the new SAP ADDDR US 2023 address directories instead of the old SAP ADDDR US 2009 address directories. Please check the Release Notes to confirm the revision that supports these updates.
November 1, 2023
USPS starts to accept the NCOALink and DSF monthly reports in the new format (for processing month of October). If you did not install SAP Data Services 4.3 SP02 Patch 3 by the end of September, 2023, you will need to save the reports from the old software version before you install the latest version of SAP Data Services 4.3. You can email the reports from the old software version to USPS for this month.
December 1, 2023
USPS starts to require the NCOALink and DSF monthly reports in the new format (for processing month of November). SAP Data Services 4.3 SP02 Patch 3 or higher is required for these reports.
Again, please check SAP Note 3303337 for the details that may apply to you.
Hozumi Nakano Will this change impact SAP DQM Microservice for location data API (cloud-based), as per this blog and SAP note, it seems Data Service and SDQ will be impacted i.e. products where Address Directories are manually maintained. Can you please help and confirm if SAP DQM Microservice for location data API is already CASS Certified?
Hi Deep. SAP DQM Microservice for location data is not CASS certified as you would find in Data Services' URAC transform. However SAP DQM Microservice for location data will process US addresses in non-CASS mode with SAP managed directories, so no manual address directory maintenance is needed.
Hi Hozumi Nakano , Thank You for your response. I really appreciate it. This will be one of the negative points for us when we decide to use Microservices vs SDQ and Data Services for Address Standardization. The current system which we are using is CASS certified and provides a lot of value and discounts when mailing letters/invoices to customers.
Hi Deep, SDQ is not CASS certified either. Our microservices and SDQ provide a value similar to what you will get from the Global Address Transform in SAP Data Services. Also if you like to send us any feature requests, please send them to data_quality_microservice@sap.com. Thank you.