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Build History

7.1.5.1077

Released on: February 2024

Added

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Changed

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Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

  • Fixed an issue where internal logs were not recording usage that return 0 response

Security

  • Fixed an issue where some usage logs were not recording the correct value for results
  • Improved Error logging for debugging purposes

7.1.1.1045

Released on: November 2023

Added

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Changed

  • Service version changed to “7.1.1.1045” to follow Melissa Web Service versioning standards.
  • Inverse names are now handled accordingly and given better match scores
  • Improved match scores for Address and Last Name only matches to be over 80%
  • Improved: Partial address inputs (with missing street number) will now return matches
  • Improved: Addresses with missing suite numbers but have a matching last name will no longer prioritize matching to different addresses. It will instead return suite numbers for the same address with matching last names
  • Improved: Handling of Postal codes with missing 0 at the begging
  • Improved: Significantly increased maximum to possible matching record collection to produce better and more relevant results
  • Searches will now prioritize Zip Codes first, then cascade to City/State or State
  • Invalid States (“ZZ”) will no longer have any effect on searches when there is a valid zip code
  • Several changes and improvements to scoring logic
  • Locality Alternates are now title cased
  • Inverse Names are now given higher match levels as expected

Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

  • Fixed UPS Reported Issue where “Sea Klein” was given higher match percentage over “Decker’s” records
  • Fixed an issue where input street names were incorrectly matching to people’s last names
  • Fixed an issue where non-exact matches gave a 100% match score
  • Fixed an issue where a non-matching middle name will cause the match level to return below 90% despite all other inputs matching
  • Fixed an issue where the match level returned is too high (over 80%) for records that only had a state and partial name match
  • Fixed an issue where identical names were giving different match level scored when entered ass Full Name vs First/Last Name
  • Fixed an issue where fully verified addresses existing in the data sometimes don’t return any results
  • Fixed an issue where Locality Alternates includes the official city name
  • Fixed an issue where Locality alternates sometimes return extra spaces
  • Fixed: Issue where inputting a Plus4 caused results to return no matches
  • Fixed issue where inputting supremise number in the subpremise parsed input with result in incorrect match levels
  • Fixed an issue where using the parsed inputs return 100 for all match levels
  • Fixed an issue where US01 results sometimes return 0 records

Security

  • CustomerID/License verification now fully implemented
  • Subuser is now working and logging correctly in our logs

0.5.2.1029

Released on: November 2023

Added

  • First and Last name inputs now work as expected
  • “X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff” to header

Changed

  • Several improvements to search algorithm to get better matches
  • Scoring improvements to Company Name input
  • Scoring improvements to FullName input

Deprecated

  • None

Removed

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Fixed

  • Results now score secondary suite information in address1 correctly
  • UE01 records now correctly returns a matchlevel of 0
  • UE Errors now correctly returns blank Results Array

Security

  • None