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Households or Families

Addresses

  • You'll find every Address entered into the system in Lookup Values > Addresses.
  • You can connect Addresses to a Household, Location, or Group.
  • The best way to change an individual's or Family's Address is using the Add/Edit Family Tool.

Address Fields

Address Line 1
First line of the Address.
Address Line 2
If applicable, enter the P.O. Box, apartment number, suite number, or other necessary address information.
Country Code
The 2- or 3-letter code that represents the country. For example, "US" or "USA" for addresses in the United States.
Latitude and Longitude
The latitude and longitude of this address. You must enter information in these fields to display in the Map Record Insight, Widgets, and Care Life. Update these with the Map My Selection tool.
Bar Code
The Intelligent Mail Barcode used on US mailings. You can use this with a scanner at check-in.
Area Code
The three-digit phone area code associated with this address. Third-praty applications may use this field to create labels.
Validated
Indicates whether this address has been validated. The Melissa Data Address Validation integration updates this field.
Do Not Validate
If you don't want to validate this specific address using the Melissa Data Address Validation integration, select Yes. This is not common, but you may need to do this for certain addresses that are incorrectly marked invalid.

View Address Changes

See any changes someone made to a Household's address in the Audit Log.

  1. In the Basic menu, go to Contacts > Households, or in the Advanced menu, click Households.
  2. Click the Household record to open it.
  3. Click the jump link next to the Address field.
  4. Click Audit Log to expand the Audit Log and view all changes.

Delete Addresses

Permanently remove addresses from your account.

Typically, you do not delete a Household's Address, you would use a tool to update it. If you receive notice that a person or company is no longer at an address (without a forwarding address provided), you can edit the Household record, clear the Address field, and click Save.

However, to clean up one or more unused Address records, you can delete them.

  1. In the Advanced menu, go to Lookup Values > Addresses.
  2. Clear any current/unsaved selection.
  3. In the View drop-down list, select Address Not In Use.
  4. Select the records you want to delete.
  5. In the selection drop-down list, select Current/Unsaved Selection to see only the records you want to delete.
  6. Click the Actions button and click Delete.
  7. Review any dependencies, and click Delete to confirm the deletion.
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Last updated: July 29, 2024