2023 Q2.1 Minor Release Notes
Important note for customers – we released a hotfix for our API on Tuesday 6th June to correct an issue in the release on 1st June.
Important Notice – From this release we have upgraded to Java 1.8 for our installation process please see details at the end of the below API Release Notes.
Please also note we have updated our supported platform pages, you can access this information using this link
The setup wizard for the Local API can be obtained from our SFTP server. Please contact your account manager to retrieve the SFTP information. If you do not know who your account manager is, please contact the support team at support@loqate.com.
Note: If you are using command line to connect to the SFTP server, you will need to use ‘sftp user@site’ format instead of just ‘sftp site’.
The 2023Q2.1 Minor release makes improvements to the verification process and the quality of the results. Please remember to update the reference data. The improvements are tied to the data in the Global Knowledge Repository and the Local API.
When updating the data, it is recommended to use a new data folder each time in order to ensure the latest dataset is installed properly.
If you need any assistance with the upgrade of the Local API or the data update process, please contact GBG Loqate Support. The md5checksum can be used to help ensure the data packs have been fully downloaded.
If you would like to see a list of md5checksums for this release please visit the md5 hash value guide or contact your account manager.
Local API Notices
There are several fixes certain to our API this release along with fixes for our CASS2 certification product. Details are available in the API Release Notes via the link below.
Data Notices
This release includes data updates for 21 countries. – These include regular refreshes for US, CA, GB, DE, AU, GY, JE, IM and updates for AT, BE, DK, ES, FI, FR, HK, IE, LU, NL, NZ, RS & SE.
Please see the Data Release Notes below for details on these updates and any significant data changes.
We have resolved 11 data related support cases as part of this release and details of these can be found in the below release notes.
API Release Notes
- To download a PDF version of the API Release Notes, please click here
- To download a DOCX version of the API Release Notes, please click here
Data Release Notes
- To download a PDF version of the Data Release Notes, please click here
- To download a DOCX version of the Data Release Notes, please click here
Seed Release Notes
- To download a PDF version of the Geographic Hierarchy (Seed) Release Notes, please click here
- To download a DOCX version of the Geographic Hierarchy (Seed) Release Notes, please click here
Additional Information
For a list of resolved support cases, please click here
A list of supported platforms for this release can be found here UPDATED
The information on the SFTP file contents for the release is available here
The installation instructions are available here