Address autocompletion and autofill

Address autofill

The autofill feature enables you to enter a value in one address field in a Guidewire application and have the application fill in other address fields automatically.

For example, if configured, entering a postal code causes PolicyCenter to fill in the city and state or province fields automatically. For example, the user enters a postal code of 99501 for a United States address. PolicyCenter sets the city to Anchorage, the state to Alaska, and the county to Anchorage.

To trigger autofill, the user must enter a value and then navigate away from the initial address field, such as the postal code field. It is also possible to trigger this functionality by using the autofill icon next to certain address fields. There must also be a unique match, such as state and city to postal code.

Address autocompletion

The autocomplete feature enables you to enter the first few characters of a field and see a drop-down list showing the matching values. The drop-down list displays possible completions of the entered characters based on the values in other address fields.

For example, suppose that a user sets the State value in a United States address to CA (California). The user then moves to the City field and enters Pa as the start of a city name. If configured, PolicyCenter opens a drop-down list that shows names of cities in California that start with Pa, such as:

• Pacifica
• Pacoima
• Palm Springs
• Palo Alto
• Panorama City
• Pasadena
• Paso Robles

The user can then select one of the items on the drop-down list to populate the address field.