# Glossary

The key terms of 365 business Address Validation, from address data initialization to address prediction.

Terms in **bold** are listed exactly as they appear in 365 business Address Validation.

## A

### Address Data (address directory)

Table name of the central table that stores checked and predicted addresses, so the same address is not sent to a service again. This documentation refers to it as the address directory. → [Address directory](address-data-directory.mdx)

### Address Data Initialization

Page and action used to read the existing address data of your company into the address directory once, split into batches per source table. Loading addresses does not check them. → [Initialize address data](../setup/address-data-initialization.mdx)

### Address Field Decoration

Visual highlighting of address fields that have not yet been checked or are ambiguous, on cards and documents. → [Validate an address](../address-validation.mdx)

### Address prediction

Feature that suggests matching addresses or companies while you type in the **Name** or **Address** field. → [Address prediction](../address-prediction.mdx)

### Address Validation All

Permission set (**bdev.ADR All**) that includes **Address Validation Basic** and additionally grants full rights on all tables of the app, including the setup. → [Permissions](../setup/permissions.mdx)

### Address Validation Basic

Permission set (**bdev.ADR Basic**) that allows day-to-day work with address validation and address prediction, but only read access to the setup. → [Permissions](../setup/permissions.mdx)

### Address Validation Results

Page that shows every match of a check sorted in descending order by **Match Score**, for selection, when a check returns more than one match. → [How address validation works](how-validation-works.mdx)

### Address Validation Scope

Setup field with the options *All*, *Only enabled for client sessions with user interface*, and *Only enabled for sessions without user interface*, which restricts automatic validation to one type of session. → [How address validation works](how-validation-works.mdx#address-validation-scope)

### Address Validation Status

Status field of an entry in the address directory, with the values *Not Validated*, *Manually Checked*, and *Validated*. → [Address directory](address-data-directory.mdx)

### Address Verification

Setup field that shows the **Compare Address** page before a suggested change is applied. → [Address Validation Setup](../setup/address-validation-setup.mdx)

### Alternative Address

Standard record of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central whose address 365 business Address Validation can also check. → [Master data](../records/master-data.mdx)

### Always apply address change

User setting (enum **Addr. Val. User Setting**, value *Always apply address change*) that lets a user accept future suggested changes from address validation without being asked, on the **Compare Address** page. → [User settings](../setup/user-settings.mdx)

### Check Contact Address

Batch report that checks the addresses of several contacts in one run. → [Validate addresses in bulk](../batch-validation.mdx)

### Check Customer Address

Batch report that checks the addresses of several customers in one run. → [Validate addresses in bulk](../batch-validation.mdx)

### Check Resource Address

Batch report that checks the addresses of several resources in one run. → [Validate addresses in bulk](../batch-validation.mdx)

### Check Vendor Address

Batch report that checks the addresses of several vendors in one run. → [Validate addresses in bulk](../batch-validation.mdx)

### Change Address Value

Page used to manually overwrite a suggested field value, opened from the AssistEdit button next to an address field on the **Compare Address** page. → [Validate an address](../address-validation.mdx)

### Compare Address

Page that shows the original and the suggested address side by side, if **Address Verification** is enabled, before the change is applied. → [Validate an address](../address-validation.mdx)

## I–O

### Initialization Batch Size

Setup field that sets the number of records per batch for address data initialization. → [Initialize address data](../setup/address-data-initialization.mdx)

### Initialized and Initialization Pct. Completed

Fields on the Address Validation Setup that show whether address data initialization for the company is complete and how far it has progressed. → [Initialize address data](../setup/address-data-initialization.mdx)

### Match Score

Column (labeled **Genauigkeit** on the German pages) on the **Address Validation Results** page, by which matches are sorted in descending order. → [How address validation works](how-validation-works.mdx)

### Max. No. of Predictions

Setup field that sets the maximum number of suggestions shown in the address prediction drop-down, between *1* and *10*. → [Address prediction](../address-prediction.mdx)

### Order Address

Term used by 365 business Address Validation for the order address record of Business Central. → [Master data](../records/master-data.mdx)

## R–V

### Role Center

The **Address Validation** Role Center shows the checked status of your address data at a glance, with the **Validated** and **Unchecked** cues. → [Role Center](../setup/role-center.mdx)

### Ship-to Address

Address checked by 365 business Address Validation, either as its own master record or as an address group on a sales or purchase document. → [Master data](../records/master-data.mdx)

### Trial period

30-day period during which you can use address validation and address prediction without a license. → [Get started](../get-started.mdx)

### Usage

Field on an entry in the address directory that shows which records currently use that address. → [Address directory](address-data-directory.mdx)

### User settings

Page on which you set, per user or globally, whether suggested changes are applied automatically without being asked. → [User settings](../setup/user-settings.mdx)

### Validated and Unchecked

Two cues on the **Address Validation** Role Center that open the address directory, filtered accordingly. → [Role Center](../setup/role-center.mdx)