Router Utility

The Circulation router is essentially a set of address ranges. Each address range has a default route. For example, the following address ranges and routes could be assigned:

100 Main St - 500 Main St	route 7
340 5th Ave - 770 5th Ave (even only)	route 7
2440 Portland Ave - 2565 Portland Ave	route 3
35 Robbie Pl - 90 Robbie Pl	route 12

When a subscription is started for a subscriber at, say, 55 Robbie Pl, the router will automatically default route 12.

The router can store address ranges by either Zip code or city. It might be easier to use the Zip code, but there may be situations where there are two streets of the same name in one Zip code. For example, there may be a 1st Ave in St. Anthony and one in Falcon Heights, both in Zip code 55114. In this case you would define 1st Ave by city.

It may be helpful to look at the router in terms of a single route: route 08 (illustrated at right).

Route 08 would be defined in the router by the following address ranges:

100 - 300 Bolivar St (odd only)	200 - 500 3rd Ave (even only)
100 - 300 Elm St	200 - 400 2nd Ave
100 - 200 10th St (even only)	400 - 500 2nd Ave (odd only)
200 - 300 10th St	215 - 400 1st Ave (odd only)
200 - 300 Como Pl (even only)	210 1st Ave, Units 10-90 (other units delivered by another route)

Business Rules determine whether you use routers and, if so, whether any of the router boundaries are defined by city rather than Zip code. Business Rules also determine whether the Zip code or the city should be consulted first when assigning a route to an address. When routing Canadian addresses, Business Rules determine whether the full Zip will be used. Finally, Business Rules determine whether the delivery method of an unrouteable address should default to mail or be decided by an operator.

Note: Changes made to the router will update the route address records immediately. This could result in changes to existing Targeted Marketing selections, since route address records are used in identifying the recipients of Targeted Marketing products.

To define the router:

1. Select Router Utility from the Setup menu.

2. Enter the delivery map, product, and selection options for this router entry session.

   Field	Type	What to enter
   MAP	setup	Enter the delivery map for which you are defining the router. This determines which routes are valid. Enter “*” to include all delivery maps.
   PRODUCT	setup	Enter the product for which you are defining the router. Enter “*” to include all products.
   SELECTION	predefined	Indicate what you want to enter selections for: Zip, city (also includes county, state, and country), route, or street (a street name default can also be entered with the other three options). For example, if in this session you are defining the router for only one route, you might select route.
   ZIP CODE	open (5)	If you entered “Zip” in Selection, enter a Zip code.
   COUNTRY, STATE, COUNTY, CITY	setup setup setup setup	If you entered “city” in Selection, enter a country, state, county, and city.
   ROUTE	setup	If you entered “route” in Selection, enter a route.
   STREET	open (28)	This field will always be active. Enter a street name, if most of your entries will be for one street.

3. Click Find. Address ranges that have already been defined will then be displayed, according to your selections. For example, if you entered a Zip code, all of the address ranges defined for that Zip code will be displayed.

   
4. To define an address range, click Add and enter information in the Segment Details tab.

   Field	Type	What to enter
   ZIP CODE	open (5)	If you are defining this address range by Zip code (rather than city) enter the Zip code for the range.
   EXTENSION	open (4)	This field pertains only to Canadian rural routes (middle digit of FSA is “0”). Enter the LDU for this rural route.
   PO ROUTE (type and number)	setup	These fields enable you to define route boundaries by PO route type and PO route number, in cases where the house numbers have a dash, such as 11-04. The first set of digits is the block and the second the house number on the block. The availability of these fields depends on Business Rules.
   COUNTRY, STATE, COUNTY, CITY	setup setup setup setup	If you are defining the address range by city, leave Zip Code blank and enter the city for this address range, along with the county, state and country where the city is located.
   FROM HOUSE TO ODD/EVEN	open (10) open (10) predefined	Enter the starting and ending house numbers for this address range. Then, indicate whether the range includes odd house numbers, even house numbers, or both (a route may cover only one side of the street). If the entire street is in one route, you may leave the house number fields blank and the street side defaulted to “b”.
   Street Address fields	predefined open (28) setup predefined	Enter the street address (predirectional, street name, street type, and postdirectional) of this address range.
   FROM UNIT TO	setup open (8)	If the route covers only part of a street address (for instance, a large apartment building), enter the range of units delivered by the route. For example, if route 12 delivers units 200-400 at 300 Main St, you would enter 300 in both house number fields and 200 and 400 in the unit fields.
   COMPLEX, BUILDING	open (20) open (20)	If the address range covers only a certain complex or building at a particular street address, enter the complex and/or building here.
   CENSUS TRACT CENSUS BLOCK TOWN OF 25	setup setup setup	These fields are optional. Enter the census tract, block, and Town of 25 for this address range. These values will default when an address is added.
   AAM ZONE	setup	This field is optional. Enter the AAM zone that should default when a subscription is started in this range. This and the following field will be inactive if you entered “*” in Product—you will need to assign the AAM zone and delivery method by selecting Publication (see below).
   DELIVERY METHOD	predefined	Indicate whether the address range is route or mail delivered.
   DELIVERY PLACEMENT	setup	This field is optional. Enter the default delivery placement (for example, “door” or “mat”) for subscriptions in this range.
   ROUTE	setup	Enter the route that should be defaulted when a subscriber living in this address range starts a subscription. Leave this field blank if the addresses are mail delivered. If you entered “*” in Delivery Map, this field will be inactive and you will need to assign the route by selecting Route (see below).
   # OF HOUSES	integer (6)	This field is for reference only. Enter the number of houses within this address range.
   RULE	setup	If a special rule applies to this address range, enter the rule here. Rules must be set up beforehand (see the section on rules, below).
   CLEANSE	yes/no	Indicate whether this address range may be cleansed by Quadient.

5. Click OK to accept the router segment. In certain circumstances, you may need to enter information in one of the router option tabs, described below.

   
6. Add another address range, or click Cancel.

Route Tab

If a router segment was defined for a delivery map of “*”, you will need to assign the route to use with each delivery map from the Route tab.

To assign the route:

• Highlight a router segment and click Select.

• On the Route tab, enter the delivery map, the route that should be assigned under the delivery map, and the start date of the route assignment.

  
• If a previous route assignment existed (as displayed in the Router Route Segments area), it will be end-dated on the date previous to the start date entered for the new route assignment.

Publication Tab

This tab is similar to the Route tab, but it allows you to change the AAM zone and delivery method (route or mail) for a particular address range. If you entered “*” in Product, use this option to specify the AAM zone and delivery method for each publication.

Split Tab

You can use the Split tab to split a single address range into two ranges. Select the router range, and enter the split house number and odd/even type on the Split tab. Two router segments will result, the second one beginning at the split number.

Combining Router Segments

Two address ranges that are adjacent to one another can be combined into one segment if they have the same street name, route, publication and AAM zone. For example, if you want to combine 120 - 150 with 250 - 350 Colfax Ave., the result would be one address range: 120 - 350 Colfax Ave. Note that some house numbers not included before in either range (between 150 and 250) are now included.

To combine two router segments, highlight them both, click Select to select them, and then click Combine.

Address Defaults Tab

Some information entered with the router segment (Town of 25, for example) is for default purposes. Rather than entering this with the address range, you can add or modify the defaults on the Address Defaults tab. The information will also be added or modified in the Segment Details tab.

Rules Setup Tab

Use the Rules Setup tab to set up a special router rule. Rules are used when the address fields cannot adequately differentiate between address ranges. This happens most often in rural communities. The rule will contain a rule ID, display order, condition, and route.

If a subscription is started at an address where special rules apply (such as “North of Hwy 17 and west of County Rd 8” and “North of Hwy 17 and east of County Rd 8”), a rule window will pop up with the available rules, and the operator will select one. In cases where rules are used, two or more route records are entered with the same address range, but with different rules (and different default routes).