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.
This service is costed on a per hit basis.
Upload Options
The following options can be configured for this service at the upload stage. These are only available if Advanced Options are enabled on your account.
MPSDeceased |
MPSDeceased Processes the data provided against the MPS file provided by The Data & Marketing Association. |
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Mortascreen |
Mortascreen Processes the data provided against the Mortascreen file.. |
TBR |
TBR Processes the data provided against The Bereavement Register file provided by The REaD Group. |
ExperianDeceased |
ExperianDeceased Processes the data provided against the Experian Deceased file provided by Experian. |
NDR |
NDR Processes the data provided against the National Deceased Register file provided by The Ark. |
Download Options
The following options can be configured for this service at the download stage.
Suppression Type |
Suppression Type Set this to configure what should happen when a match is made by this service:
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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.
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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. This option is only displayed if Advanced Options are enabled on your account. |
Output Data Source |
Output Data Source When appending flags, includes an additional column indicating which data source matched each record. This option is only displayed if Advanced Options are enabled on your account. |
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. This option is only displayed if Advanced Options are enabled on your account. |
Output Columns
This service adds the following columns to your output data.
Deceased Flag |
Deceased Flag Only output if appending flags. Outputs "Deceased" to indicate a match and blank to indicate a nonmatch. |
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Deceased Match Level |
Deceased Match Level Only output if appending flags and if the "Output Match Level" advanced option is selected. Outputs either "Premise", "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:
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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. |