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Touchstone Exposure Data Validation Reference
Touchstone Exposure Data Validation Reference
The detailed information in the Touchstone Exposure Data Validation Reference will help you maximize your success when importing and adding exposure data into Touchstone.
Exposure Data Validation Reference
Validation rules for exposure data
Validation rules that Touchstone applies during import.
Locations
Validation rules for Touchstone fields related to locations.
Location user-defined fields
Validation rules for user-defined location fields.

UNICEDE/2 Reference
UNICEDE/2 information enables primary insurers and their treaty reinsurers to exchange aggregate sums insured, risk count, payroll and premium data in a format that you can import easily.
Touchstone Exposure Data Validation Reference
- Touchstone and UNICEDE
  Verisk provides a public reference to support the validation of UNICEDE-format exposure data in Touchstone.
- What's new
- Revision history
  Summary of the change history for the Touchstone Exposure Data Validation Reference since its initial release.
- Touchstone Exposure Data Validation Reference
  The detailed information in the Touchstone Exposure Data Validation Reference will help you maximize your success when importing and adding exposure data into Touchstone.
  - Exposure Data Validation Reference
    - Validation rules for exposure data
      Validation rules that Touchstone applies during import.
      - Contract list
        Validation rules for fields related to contracts.
      - Contract details
        Validation rules for fields related to contract details.
      - Locations
        Validation rules for Touchstone fields related to locations.
        Location contract fields
        Validation rules for fields related to the contract associated with a location.
        Location address fields
        Validation rules for fields related to the address of a location.
        Location offshore platform fields
        Validation rules for fields related to offshore platforms.
        Location values fields
        Validation rules for fields related to the the values associated with a location.
        Location basic building fields
        Validation rules related to the basic building characteristics.
        Location non catastrophe detail fields
        Validation rules for fields that store non-catastrophe-related information for a location.
        Location term count field
        Touchstone field specifying the number of terms for a location.
        Location reinsurance count field
        Touchstone field specifying the number of reinsurance treaties for a location.
        Location building detail fields
        Validation rules for fields related to secondary building characteristics, that is, for the building details.of a location.
        Location roof detail fields
        Validation rules for fields related to roof details for a location.
        Location wall detail fields
        Validation rules for fields related to the wall details for a location.
        Location connection detail fields
        Validation rules for fields related to connection details for a location.
        Location surrounding detail fields
        Validation rules for fields related to surrounding details for a location, such as floor of interest.
        Location Builder Risk fields
        Validation rules for fields related to Builder's Risk for a location.
        Location user-defined fields
        Validation rules for user-defined location fields.
        Verisk BINS
        In Touchstone 11.0, we added validation rules for Verisk BINS ID location fields.
        Terms (location terms)
        Validation rules for for Touchstone terms related to a location.
        Reinsurance (location reinsurance)
        Validation rules for fields related to location reinsurance.
        Difference between Gross Area and Floor Area fields
        Gross Area and Floor Area are two different fields that are used in two different ways. Gross area may have an impact on loss estimates while Touchstone does not currently use floor area in any loss calculation.
      - Layers
        Validation rules for fields related to layers.
      - Step functions
        Validation rules for Touchstone fields related to step functions.
      - Reinsurance programs
        Validation rules for fields related to reinsurance programs.
    - Reference: exposure data
  - Earlier Versions: Exposure Data Validation Reference

Location user-defined fields

Validation rules for user-defined location fields.

Project Data > Exposure Views > {Select an Exposure View} > Contract List > {Select a Contract} > Contract Details pane > Locations


Field	Description	Validation rules
UDF 1	User-defined field #1	Optional Can contain up to 60 characters
UDF 2	User-defined field #2	Optional Can contain up to 60 characters
UDF 3	User-defined field #3	Optional Can contain up to 60 characters
UDF 4	User-defined field #4	Optional Can contain up to 60 characters
UDF 5	User-defined field #5	Optional Can contain up to 60 characters
Location DFID	User-defined field for damage function ID that helps connect the location to custom damage functions from Model Builder.	Optional Can contain up to 60 characters