SPL block on address rather than name in some instances

Question

We run GTS 7.1, and we have the requirement where in some instances (but not all), we need GTS to place a SPL block on a business partner based on the partner's street address and city rather than their name.  This is a requirement because there are some "business partners" that we believe are performing inappropriate activities and are using the same address for their companies but are changing their company names often to try to avoid detection. Consequently, we want GTS to block documents when it sees a particular street address and city, no matter what the name of the business partner is. It appears that in GTS 7.1 name is a required field for a SPL record, so it does not allow us to enter a SPL record without a name.  We have entered SPL records with a name such as "No Name Listed" and the addresses that should be blocked, but we received inconsistent results (i.e., it blocks on some addresses, but not for others).  We also have attempted to adjust the configuration settings related to SPL screening service and modifying our SPL exclusion list, but we continue to get inconsistent results.  Can anyone help me solve this issue?
Thanks,
Nate

Answer 1

Hi Nate -
Never had the type of requirement you have posted, but intrigued.  Can't validate this in a system, but may be of some help.
Possibility 1:
Assumption:
business specific list type for screening is created.
solution:
use your minimal index threshold to your advantage in the name field...enter the minimum number of characters to prevent the system from storing a search term/index for name when defining the specific SPL entity for your requirement....as well as any other components from your control procedure that you don't want the system to evaluate.
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Possibility 2
(not as ellegant as 1 & likely a performance hit):
Assumptions:
you have a separate legal regulation set up for this specific type of check; as I'm not aware of a manner to assign multiple control procedures to achieve your additional requirement.
Though I haven't implemented multiple SPL regs in a production environment, know it is possible; performance hit would need to be monitored.
solution:
Define Control Procedure for Address Comparison - set up a new one with only your screening criteria : CityAND, StreetAND ( wouldn't think you would want to match purely on City, so an OR statement would not be appropriate)
Control Settings for "Sanctioned Party List Screening" Service - Assign the new control procedure to the new reg w/all the applicable settings for your requirements....& create business specific list type for screening.
Would think that even though name is a required field in the manual Create SPL Entity, it should not actually get screened (use whatever you want); as it would not be included in the new control procedure.
feel free to give the above a try if you haven't already done so.
Regards,
Jon
Edited by: Jon Sledge on May 13, 2009 2:07 AM
Edited by: Jon Sledge on May 13, 2009 2:56 AM provided second possibility