Throughout the software, it is possible on address input to automatically see the postal code displayed from the entry of the town or vice-versa (when several postal codes are associated with a town or vice-versa, a selection window needs to be used). This function is based on the postal code table defined herewith.

Furthermore it is possible to carry out a control based on this table, by warning the user when the town or the postal code are unknown. This control can be performed only on the default country or on all the countries.

Prerequisite

SEEREFERTTO Refer to documentation Implementation

Screen management

Entry screen

Entry of the postal code is carried out on a single tab. The user defines the country, zip code, city, commune code and, if the setup of the country requires, the geographical subdivision precise for the country.
None of these codes forms a unique table key.

SEEINFO In order to make selections easier without taking into account the format (accented characters/uppercase letters/lowercase letters), the selection window available on this field proposes a column dedicated to the search, where the names of the cities are displayed in uppercase.

Block number 1

Country (field CRY)

This field identifies the country to which the zip/postal code belongs.
Postal code (field POSCOD)

Entry format of the postal code defined in the Country table.
City (field POSCTY)

Name of the town/city corresponding the zip code previously entered : It is the issuing office or the attached community.

Block number 2

Municipality code (field POSCTYCOD)

This code is the "official" code for the municipality. It is part of the record identifier, because a town/city can have 2 different codes in rare cases.
field SATCOD

In federal countries where the notion of a state exists (for example the USA), define the code for the state.
Geographic code (field GEOCOD)

Used to associate a geographic code with a zip code (USA localization).

Distributor office (field BURDIS)

This field, that can only be accessed for the French localization only, is submitted to the KPO activity code.
It enables the user to specify the distributing office.

Reports

By default, the following reports are associated with this function :

  POSCOD : Postal code listing

This can be changed using a different setup.

Error messages

The only error messages are the generic ones.

Tables used

SEEREFERTTO Refer to documentation Implementation