Deceased • Data8 Web Services API Documentation

Deceased

Identifies records that match to deceased sources.

Description

Data8's Deceased service checks the name and address of the records provided against a number of third party suppression sources.

Records that are found on a suppression source at the specified match level are either flagged or suppressed.

The service can only be used for flagging or removing records from a marketing list.

This service is costed on a per hit basis.

Required Data

This service requires the following data to be available before it can be used:

Address
Person Name

This service can also make use of the following optional data to improve its effectiveness:

Last Transaction Date

Upload Options

The following options can be configured for this service at the upload stage.

Name	Description
Match Level	Match Level Set this to indicate how closely names need to match for a record to be considered a match by this service. Surname allows two completely different forenames to match so long as they have a fuzzy match on the surname. Initial requires a fuzzy match on both the surname and forename, allowing single initials to match. For example, "R Smith" would be allowed to match "Robert Smith", but "Richard Smith" and "Robert Smith" would not be considered a match. Forename requires a fuzzy match on both the surname and forename, and single initials are not allowed to match.
MPS Deceased	MPS Deceased Processes the data provided against the MPS file provided by The Data & Marketing Association.
Mortascreen	Mortascreen Processes the data provided against the Mortascreen file..
The Bereavement Register (TBR)	The Bereavement Register (TBR) Processes the data provided against The Bereavement Register file provided by The REaD Group.
National Deceased Register (NDR)	National Deceased Register (NDR) Processes the data provided against the National Deceased Register file provided by The Ark.
Output Type	Output Type Set this to configure what should happen when a match is made by this service: Flag adds an extra column to your output file which is populated when a match is made and blank otherwise. Suppress removes any matching records from your output file.
Output Data Source	Output Data Source When appending flags, includes an additional column indicating which data source matched each record.
Output Date Of Death	Output Date Of Death When appending flags, includes an additional column indicating the date the person died. Not all data sources provide this information - it will be provided where available.
Output Match Level	Output Match Level When appending flags, includes an additional column indicating how much of the name information in the supplied record matched that in the reference data source.

Download Options

There are no options that can be configured for this service at the download stage.

Output Columns

This service adds the following columns to your output data.

Name	Description
Deceased Flag	Deceased Flag Only output if appending flags. Outputs "Deceased" to indicate a match and blank to indicate a nonmatch.
Deceased Match Level	Deceased Match Level Only output if appending flags and if the "Output Match Level" advanced option is selected. Outputs either "Surname", "Initial" or "Forename" to indicate the level at which the match has been made.
Deceased Data Source	Deceased Data Source Only output if appending flags and if the "Output Data Source" advanced option is selected. Provides the name of the source file that the record has matched to. Source files are as follows: MPSDeceased Mortascreen TBR NDR
Date of Death	Date of Death Only output if appending flags and if the "Output Date of Death" advanced option is selected. Provides the date of death of the record matched on the source file.