AccuZIP6 Users: Read this before you start using AccuTrace
This tech note serves as your AccuTrace checklist. If you've recently purchased the AccuTrace Intelligent Mail Barcode tracking service and have not used it, ensure you have performed these steps before using AccuTrace.
1. Activate the AccuTrace service
- Pull down the Additions menu to Activate Product
- Paste your AccuTrace registration number, then click Activate
2. Make sure your AccuTrace service types are IMB Tracing types
- In the AccuZIP6 software, pull down the Additions menu to AccuTrace > Intelligent Mail Setup
- Select one of the classes of mail that you’ll be using, and make sure the Service Types are IMB Tracing service types. For instance:
First Class
- Service Type: 270
- Service Type (Basic): 310
Standard Mail
- Service Type: 271
- Service Type (Basic): 311
Periodicals
- Service Type: 146
- Service Type (Basic): 148
PSVC
- Service Type: 351
- Service Type (Basic): 451
Make these changes where necessary, then click OK and click Yes to save changes
3. Add a userpcid field to your database
Some of your tracking reports in AccuTrace will have a User ID column. This column can be up to 50 characters with whatever you’d like to appear in that column (but it cannot contain commas). For instance, if you’re viewing the Results by Single Piece report, that’s a good report for searching by a specific name or address or company name. That User ID field gets populated by having a field in your AccuZIP6 database named userpcid. You can use the Command feature of AccuZIP6 to easily create the userpcid field and populate it with a field or combination of fields. For instance, pull down the Edit menu to Command, create a new command and name it AccuTrace-userpcid and then in the Command Statement Syntax area, paste this command:
ON ERROR com_Mesg=MESSAGE()
SET SAFETY OFF
ALTER TABLE ALIAS() ADD COLUMN userpcid C(50)
Replace all userpcid with ALLT(UPPER(first))+" "+ALLT(UPPER(last))
The command above creates a userpcid field and populates it with First and Last. If want that field to contain the address instead, you can use this command:
ON ERROR com_Mesg=MESSAGE()
SET SAFETY OFF
ALTER TABLE ALIAS() ADD COLUMN userpcid C(50)
Replace all userpcid with ALLT(UPPER(address))
Run that command before you presort. If you’re putting the address into the userpcid field, run the command after address validation, but before presorting.
