Supported records

Master data

365 business Address Validation checks the address fields of every master data record, with differences in scope by table.

It checks the fields Address, Address 2, Post Code, City, County, and Country/Region Code. In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, automatic validation only runs when one of these fields is changed, not when a record is created.

Contact

Automatic validation is enabled by default through the Contact Address Validation switch. The Contact Card and the Contact List provide the Validate Address action; the Check Contact Address report processes multiple contacts in one run.

In addition to the address, address prediction also completes the name: for contacts of type Company, it suggests company names with their postal address; for contacts of type Person, only the postal address.

Field highlighting marks Address, Address 2, Post Code, City, and Country/Region Code, but not County.

Source: app/src/Integration/View/ContactCard.PageExt.al.

Customer

Automatic validation is enabled by default through Customer Address Validation, with the Validate Address action on the Customer Card and the Check Customer Address report. Field highlighting covers all six address fields, including County.

When validation applies a new address, Business Central also updates the contact linked to the customer in the same step, the way the standard CustCont-Update function does for every address change on a customer.

Source: app/src/Integration/View/CustomerCard.PageExt.al; contact update app/src/Integration/AddressValidationMgmt.Codeunit.al:1407-1411 (custContUpdate.OnModify).

Vendor

Works the same as Customer: automatic validation enabled by default through Vendor Address Validation, the Validate Address action, the Check Vendor Address report, and field highlighting on all six fields. Here too, the standard VendCont-Update function updates the linked contact.

Source: app/src/Integration/View/VendorCard.PageExt.al; contact update app/src/Integration/AddressValidationMgmt.Codeunit.al:1498-1502 (vendContUpdate.OnModify).

Employee

The Employee Address Validation switch enables automatic validation for employees; it is disabled by default. The Validate Address action on the Employee Card is available independently of this switch, as is field highlighting on all six address fields. There is no batch report for employees.

Address prediction is enabled by default through Employee Address Prediction.

Source: app/src/Integration/View/EmployeeCard.PageExt.al.

Resource

The Resource Address Validation switch enables automatic validation for resources; it is disabled by default. The Validate Address action on the Resource Card and the Check Resource Address report are available independently of this switch. The report has no entry of its own in the Role Center.

Address prediction is controlled through Resource Address Prediction; this switch is disabled by default, while the other prediction switches are enabled out of the box.

Source: app/src/Integration/View/ResourceCard.PageExt.al; report app/src/AddressValidation/Report/CheckResourceAddress.Report.al.

Ship-to Address

Automatic validation is disabled by default through Ship-To Address Validation. The Validate Address action is available on the Ship-to Address; a selection from the Ship-to Address list can also be checked through bulk compare. There is no dedicated batch report.

Address prediction is controlled through Ship-To Address Prediction. Field highlighting covers Address, Address 2, Post Code, City, and Country/Region Code, but not County.

Source: app/src/Integration/View/ShipToAddress.PageExt.al.

Alternative Address and Order Address

For Alternative Address and Order Address, only automatic validation is available, through Alternative Address Validation and Order Address Validation, both disabled by default. Neither an action, a batch report, address prediction, nor field highlighting is available for these two tables.

Source: app/src/Integration/AddressValidationEvents.Codeunit.al:104 (Alternative Address), :136 (Order Address).