{"id":5538,"date":"2022-11-14T22:23:32","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T22:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serviceobjects.wpaladdin.com\/?page_id=5538"},"modified":"2025-08-20T15:13:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T22:13:15","slug":"nv2-options-and-codes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.serviceobjects.com\/docs\/dots-name-validation-2\/nv2-options-and-codes\/","title":{"rendered":"NV2 &#8211; Options and Codes"},"content":{"rendered":"<nav aria-label=\"Name Validation Navigation\">\n<ul class=\"is-style-bullets-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#NV2-OptionsandCodes-Options\">Options<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#NV2-OptionsandCodes-StatusCodes\">Status Codes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#NV2-OptionsandCodes-References\">References<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav>\n<section aria-labelledby=\"NV2-OptionsandCodes-Options\">\n<h2 id=\"NV2-OptionsandCodes-Options\">Options<\/h2>\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<article aria-label=\"Available options for ValidateNameV2\">\n<ul class=\"is-style-no-bullets-indented-list\">\n<li>Available options for ValidateNameV2. These options can be submitted as a comma separated list of values for the Option input.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/article>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-table-section\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Option<\/th>\n<th>Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Strict<\/td>\n<td>Increase penalties to meet stricter criteria. A provided name that is not a complete match in terms of First and Last Name found will be more heavily penalized<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>NoSwap<\/td>\n<td>Disables automatic name swap detection (Eg. Smith John) would not be corrected to John Smith.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>NoBusiness<\/td>\n<td>Disables name classification checks and defaults to &#8220;Unknown&#8221; classification value<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KeepLocalCharacters<\/td>\n<td>Will return accented characters in the output of the name if they are submitted in the input.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>AllowAbbreviations<\/td>\n<td>Allows names with abbreviations, such as &#8216;K Richardson&#8217; or &#8216;Thomas M&#8217;.  Either the first or last name may be an abbreviation but not both.  Name swapping is disabled when AllowAbbreviations is enabled. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>AutoDetectName<\/td>\n<td>Auto-detect if a full or single name was given and validate it accordingly.  This includes non-Latin character foreign names, although non-Latin foreign name data is limited at the moment.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section aria-labelledby=\"NV2-OptionsandCodes-StatusCodes\">\n<h2 id=\"NV2-OptionsandCodes-StatusCodes\">Status Codes<\/h2>\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-table-section\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Option<\/th>\n<th>Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Name was given in inverse order<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Name uses dictionary words unlikely to be names<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Disables name classification checks and defaults to &#8220;Unknown&#8221; classification<br \/>value.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Name unknown due to multiple penalties<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Severe penalty found<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>No last name<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>One or more names contained international symbols<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>One or more names is of unknown origin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>The provided name is classified as a business<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>The provided name was leet speak translated<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>Part of name is abbreviated.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section aria-labelledby=\"NV2-OptionsandCodes-References\">\n<h2 id=\"NV2-OptionsandCodes-References\">References<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Options Status Codes References Options Available options for ValidateNameV2. 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