Failed to create address locator from a CSV file

Question

I am using ArcMap Desktop 10.4. I have a CSV file containing the address of properties in 2 fields - civic number and street name. I was trying to create an address locator using the file as the reference data. I selected single house subaddress and made sure all the fields match. But when I clicked OK at the end, it just says failed to create the address locator(Error 000042). I've cleaned the file and tried a few times but it was the same result. what are some possible explanations and how can i work around that? Without creating the address locator, I can't geocode.

Answer 1

This locator style uses feature classes with polygon or point geometry as reference data. Each feature in the reference data corresponds to a single address with subaddress information. You can use a feature class containing building footprints or address points as reference data. You can't use CSV file to create a single house subaddress. Tables or Text files can not be use as a Primary Table but Alias Table, Alternate Table. If you have xy coordinates of each House address:

1. Import x and y coordinates in the CSV file
2. Create a Point Feature Class with the CSV.
3. Use Point layer to create Address Locator.

Without any XY data:

you can convert addresses to points. The addresses must be in a standard format and you need an Address Locator to reference addresses to a position. You can use World Geocode Service (World Geocoding) this link as a locator if you have ArcGIS online licence. Otherwise you should find coordinates of each address manually. as you know, it's not a logical solution for huge amount of addresses.