Intelligent Mail® Full-Service Feedback Sample Data

Full-Service ACS™ Change of Address (COA) Data

Full-Service ACS COA Detail Records are made available to Intelligent Mail Full-Service option mailers when a COA exists for an intended addressee. These data are available via two methods:

  1. Downloadable reports in either of two formats: comma delimited (CSV) or Excel (XLS)
  2. Electronic data exchange using Mail.XML®.

Follow these links to sample data:

  Downloadable
  • Full-Service ACS COA Sample Data – CSV Format
  • Full-Service ACS COA Sample Data – Excel Format

  Electronic Data Exchange
  • Full-Service ACS COA Sample Data – XML Format

For general information on Full-Service ACS, go to A Guide to Intelligent Mail Letters & Flats. Information on the downloadable Full-Service ACS reports is available in the User Access to Electronic Mailing Information & Reports Guide. For details regarding the Mail.XML electronic data exchange, reference Postal Service Mail.XML Technical Specification.

Full-Service ACS Nixie Data

Full-Service ACS Nixie Detail Records are made available to Intelligent Mail Full-Service option mailers for addressed pieces that are undeliverable for reasons other than a COA. These data are available via two methods:

  1. Downloadable reports in either of two formats: comma delimited (CSV) or Excel (XLS)
  2. Automated data exchange using Mail.XML®.

Follow these links to sample data:

  Downloadable
  • Full-Service ACS Nixie Sample Data – CSV Format
  • Full-Service ACS Nixie Sample Data – Excel Format

  Electronic Data Exchange
  • Full-Service ACS Nixie Sample Data – XML Format

For general information on Full-Service ACS, go to A Guide to Intelligent Mail Letters & Flats. Information on the downloadable Full-Service ACS reports is available in the User Access to Electronic Mailing Information & Reports Guide. For details regarding the Mail.XML electronic data exchange, reference Postal Service Mail.XML Technical Specification.

Full-Service Start-the-Clock Data

Start-the-Clock Summary data are made available to Intelligent Mail Full-Service option mailers. This report provides information on when Intelligent Mail Full-Service containers are inducted for mail processing. The Start-the-Clock Summary Report is available as an online report or through electronic data exchange in XML format.

Follow these links to sample data:

  Electronic Data Exchange
  • Full-Service Start-the-Clock Summary Sample Data – XML Format

Information on the downloadable Full-Service Start-the-Clock online reports is available in the User Access to Electronic Mailing Information & Reports Guide. For details regarding the Mail.XML electronic data exchange, reference Postal Service Mail.XML Technical Specification.

Full-Service Container Visibility Induction Scan Data

Full-Service Container Visibility Induction Scan data are made available to Full-Service option mailers. Container Visibility Induction Scan information is available from USPS Business Mail Entry Units, Detached Mail Units, and processing facilities where scanning capabilities are implemented. The data are available as an online report or through automated data exchange in the XML format.

Follow these links to sample data:

  Electronic Data Exchange
  • Full-Service Container Visibility Induction Scan Sample Data – XML Format

Information on the Container Visibility Induction Scans is available in the User Access to Electronic Mailing Information & Reports Guide. For details regarding the Mail.XML electronic data exchange, reference Postal Service Mail.XML Technical Specification.

Full-Service Customer/Supplier Agreement (CSA) Data

CSAs will be established for mailers:

  1. Who have their origin-entered mail verified at a Detached Mail Unit
  2. Who perform additional mail preparation in order to enter mail after a Business Mail Entry Unit’s (BMEU) normal Critical Acceptance Time (CAT), and/or
  3. Whose volume warrants multiple dispatches to the BMEU to avoid the entire mailing being presented close to or at the unit’s Critical Acceptance Time.

CSAs are created jointly by the Postal Service® and mailers. The USPS® enters the data into the Facilities Access & Shipment Tracking (FAST®) system. Mailers can then download their CSA(s) from FAST. A Guide to Customer/Supplier Agreements describes how to access this data.

Follow these links to sample CSAs:

  • CSA File Format
  • CSA File DMU Origin Entered – Mailer Transported
  • CSA File DMU Origin Entered – USPS Transported
  • CSA File BMEU
  • CSA File BMEU – Unscheduled
  • CSA File Completed

Information on Customer/Supplier Agreements is available in A Guide to Customer/Supplier Agreements.