October 5, 2018
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) |
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All Applicable Products | ALL | SOAP/REST | Resolved schema validation errors for all services and products to ensure data quality and consistency. |
All Applicable Products | ALL | SOAP/REST | Updated DNB Standard Rating element to contain a code value instead of a description, i.e., “Foreign Brnch” has been changed to “FB”. |
All Applicable Products | ALL | SOAP/REST | Updated Paydex Score History date format to ensure data consistency for the following elements: Twenty Four Months Paydex Date, Twelve Months Paydex Date. |
Compliance Verification Service | ALL | SOAP/REST | Updated data sufficiency check for all newly introduced products. |
Custom Product Service | ALL | SOAP/REST | Updated Raw Score element in schema to be displayed as an integer, and not as a decimal. |
Custom Product Service | ALL | SOAP/REST | Updated Score Commentary elements in GBR aggregate to match schema. |
Custom Product Service, Firmographic Product Service | ALL | SOAP/REST | Resolved issue of SIC codes missing applicable zeros in the response. |
Firmographic Product Service | ALL | SOAP/REST | Updated DUNS Self Request Indicator description in all versions. |
Report Product Service | ALL | SOAP/REST | Enabled Business Information Report (BIR) product delivery in PDF format as an attachment in REST flows. |
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* |
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Directional-Data-Primer-v165.zip | October 5, 2018 | October 12, 2018 |
*These files are periodically refreshed with the latest business element definitions, and to incorporate any adjustments/minor corrections made to the services.