Create an Address Label Field

Overview

Postal conventions differ between countries: what goes on each line, where the postal code sits, and which parts of the address are needed at all. In the United Kingdom, for example, a state is not part of the postal address. The address label is the address laid out correctly for the country it belongs to, returned as a single block of text.

If you send physical mail, the label gives you an address formatted correctly for the recipient's country, held in a single text area ready to print onto an envelope, a letter or any document that shows the address.

Step 1: Create the Field

1. Navigate to Setup > Object Manager.
2. Select the object, then select Fields & Relationships.
3. Click New.
4. Choose Text Area (Long) as the data type and click Next.
5. Enter a Field Label naming the address it belongs to, for example Mailing Address Label.
6. Leave Length at its default value.
7. Set # Visible Lines to 5.
8. Click Next.
9. Provide visibility to all the users who will be verifying addresses, then click Next.
10. Add the field to the page layouts where you want the label visible, then click Save.

Step 2: Map it on the Address Block

1. Click the App Launcher to search for and select AddressTools Administration.
2. Select Address Blocks from the left menu.
3. Open the block for this address by using the dropdown to select Edit.
4. In the Additional Address Fields section, set Address Label to the field you just created.
5. Click Save.

When the Label Is Written

The address label is populated when verification returns a status of Verified. You can edit this field manually, and verifying a different address will overwrite it automatically.

The address label field is populated by address verification, so to fully enable this follow the setup steps in Verification.