August 09, 2019
If you need assistance implementing these changes, or have questions regarding the new features or business elements, please contact the D&B Direct Customer Support team at (866) 465-3829 or submit an online request for assistance.
Service Additions and Changes
The following additions were implemented to the D&B Direct 2.0 API:
| Service | Version | Interface(s) | Change(s) | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Custom Product Service,Financial Product Service, Firmographic Product Service,Assessment Product Service,Compliance Verification Service, (Undefined variable: Direct2 Service Names.Trade) | ALL | SOAP/REST | • Added 4 new registration type code for OrganizationNumber element. XPATH: Organization/RegisteredDetail/OrganizationIdentificationNumberDetail/OrganizationIdentificationNumber • Added 12 new significant event codes for Events indicators. XPATH's : Product/Organization/Events/LegalEvents/FinancialEmbarrassmentIndicator Product/Organization/Events/OtherSpecialEventsIndicator Product/Organization/Events/OperationalSpecialEventsIndicator Product/Organization/Events/FinancialOrLegalOrSpecialEventsIndicator • A Fix provided to throw an error message from the Services Local FeedsDB , when there is NO Match DUNS from CA DUnslink and GSRL.  | 
| Custom Product Service | ALL | SOAP/REST | • Suppressed TransferDunsNumberRegistration aggregate for CA markets in Custom packets.  | 
| (Undefined variable: Direct2 Service Names.Linkage) | ALL | SOAP/REST | • Fix provided for TerritoryOfficialName element to give the full name instead of abbreviated name.  | 
| Custom Product Service,Assessment Product Service | ALL | SOAP/REST | • For Romania(RO) country, new delinquency Score elements are added and disabled 'PBPR_EMMA' product.  | 
Data Primer
This Microsoft Exceltm spreadsheet identifies the business elements and data fields delivered by each D&B Data product, along with the data types and definitions. Also available is a chart showing what countries have data available for each D&B Data product. More details...
| Data Primer | Released | Refreshed* | 
|---|---|---|
| Directional-Data-Primer-v181.zip | August 09, 2019 | 
*These files are periodically refreshed with the latest business element definitions, and to incorporate any adjustments/minor corrections made to the services.

