Address Records Editing Desk
Traditional / directory field guide

Address records

Separate a campus address from an individual unit

A practical guide for the location editor, focused on one public listing decision.

Keep the building address and the unit identifier visible together in the resulting record.

“Separate a campus address from an individual unit” is a specific information-maintenance task. The location editor needs to connect the public detail with approved customer address and postal record, then decide what a visitor should be told. The aim is a clear, supported result that can be checked after saving.

01

Set the boundary of this address records check

To separate a campus address from an individual unit, first distinguish the affected public detail from neighbouring information that serves a different purpose. Keep premises, unit, street and postcode in their intended fields; an administrative contact address can serve a different purpose from a visitor address. Record the question in ordinary language before editing. This keeps the review focused when several profile fields appear to need attention, and lets a second person understand why this change is being proposed.

02

Build a usable source note

The source note for “Separate a campus address from an individual unit” should identify approved customer address and postal record, the relevant date or version if known, and the person able to confirm the arrangement. Check the saved address as a whole, because a correct unit number cannot compensate for a missing street or the wrong branch. Keep a source claim separate from the wording you plan to publish. When one part remains unconfirmed, write down that gap explicitly instead of allowing the rest of the evidence to imply that everything has been established.

03

Test the likely misunderstanding

Consider “Separate a campus address from an individual unit” as a hypothetical editing exercise: consider a hypothetical record for Unit 6 at 24 Example Street. Replacing the street field with only the unit helps identify an internal space but loses the route to the building. This is an illustrative decision test, not a report about a real business. Ask the location editor to explain which part of the current display could produce that misunderstanding and which supported detail would prevent it. A cosmetic rewrite alone may leave the underlying confusion intact.

04

Prepare the public-facing change

For the actual edit to separate a campus address from an individual unit, preserve the smallest useful distinction and avoid changing unrelated approved facts. Keep the building address and the unit identifier visible together in the resulting record. If the platform supports a dedicated field, use it for its intended purpose. Where explanatory text is needed, put the qualification close to the information it limits; visitors should not need to discover it in an unrelated section.

05

Finish with a reproducible check

Treat “Separate a campus address from an individual unit” as complete only after reviewing what the public record now shows. Compare the saved result with approved customer address and postal record, including any formatting or truncation introduced by the platform. Record the affected field, the visible outcome and any remaining question for the location editor. A submitted update and a visible correction are separate milestones; retain the distinction so that a later editor does not assume a pending change is already live.

Before marking this task complete

  • Can a new visitor understand the result of “Separate a campus address from an individual unit”?
  • Is the relevant address records detail supported by approved customer address and postal record?
  • Are the location editor’s unresolved questions kept separate from the approved change?