Supported records

365 business Address Validation checks addresses on master data, ship-to addresses, and documents, with a different scope of functions for each.

Not every record in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central supports every function the same way: for some, the check runs automatically when an address is changed, for others only through an action or a batch report. The following overview shows what applies to which record.

Master data

Contact, Customer, Vendor, Employee, Resource, and addresses

Documents

Sales and purchase documents

Functions by record

Record	Automatic validation	Action Validate Address	Batch report	Address prediction	Field highlighting	Setup switch
Contact	yes, enabled by default	yes	yes (Check Contact Address)	yes	yes	Contact Address Validation / Contact Address Prediction
Customer	yes, enabled by default	yes	yes (Check Customer Address)	yes	yes	Customer Address Validation / Customer Address Prediction
Vendor	yes, enabled by default	yes	yes (Check Vendor Address)	yes	yes	Vendor Address Validation / Vendor Address Prediction
Employee	yes, switch disabled by default	yes	no	yes, enabled by default	yes	Employee Address Validation / Employee Address Prediction
Resource	yes, switch disabled by default	yes	yes (Check Resource Address)	yes, switch disabled by default	yes	Resource Address Validation / Resource Address Prediction
Alternative Address	yes, disabled by default	no	no	no	no	Alternative Address Validation
Order Address	yes, disabled by default	no	no	no	no	Order Address Validation
Ship-to Address	yes, disabled by default	yes	no, but bulk compare	yes	yes	Ship-To Address Validation / Ship-To Address Prediction
Sales document (quote, order)	yes, enabled by default	yes (Sell-to, Ship-to, Bill-to)	no	yes, Ship-to and Bill-to only	yes	Sales Address Validation / Sales Document Address Prediction
Purchase document (quote, order)	yes, enabled by default	yes (Buy-from, Ship-to, Pay-to)	no	yes	yes	Purchase Address Validation / Purchase Document Address Prediction

The Resource Address Validation switch enables automatic validation for resources; it is disabled by default. The Employee Address Validation switch enables automatic validation for employees the same way, also disabled by default. Details for each record are on Master data and Sales and purchase documents.

A batch report is only available for Contact, Customer, Vendor, and Resource. Contact, Customer, Vendor, and Ship-to Address can additionally be checked in one run through bulk compare.