Access User Guide
Access User Guide
User Guide
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Contents
MetroNet® ................................................................................................................ 6
Consumer Credit .................................................................................................... 6
BullseyeSM ........................................................................................................ 6
Instant Update .......................................................................................................... 6
SmartBusinessReports SM ................................................................................. 7
Ancillary Add-ons............................................................................................................. 8
Report Summary .......................................................................................................... 8
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Collection Report ………………………………………………………….23
MetroNetSM........................................................................................ 24
Industry Solutions .....................................................................................25
Automotive Credit ProfileSM ............................................................... 25
Healthcare Credit ProfileSM ............................................................... 26
Prospect Marketing ............................................................................. 27
Instant Prescreen ................................................................................ 27
Product demonstration .............................................................................. 28
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Experian Access features overview
Experian Access provides Experian’s clients with an easy-to-use, secure online environment,
available 24-7 with no setup costs or special software or hardware installation required. This
sophisticated, web-based portal provides access to essential credit management tools in
one central, online location. All the accurate, critical data you need to make timely, informed
decisions and fast approvals is just a click away. The features and benefits of this delivery
option are included below:
Reporting
Usage reports that indicate product usage/time frame by individual user(s) and subcodes
are available. Additional Information can be found on page 39 of this user guide.
Billing
If you have access to more than one subcode, it is critical that you are aware which subcode is
to be used for which purpose. You are asked to select your subcode at the beginning of each
inquiry or before you submit a batch file. If you are not sure which subcode to use, please ask
your Security Designate. Selecting incorrect subcodes may cause billing errors.
Security
Experian, together with our clients, manages extremely sensitive information requiring the
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Once set up, the user will receive notification that they have been set up via email:
1. The first email will contain a URL inviting you to complete the registration process.
Accessing the URL will grant you the option to change your user id (valid for the first
time login in only), establish your new password and the secret questions and
answers used to reset your credentials in case you ever forget them.
2. The second email will contain your user id.
First-time user login
Experian Access’s URL: www.experian.com/access/login.html
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Help content
Users requiring more information can utilize the Help links (questions marks located at the top
right of each section) to display additional information contained in Help pages.
Product Overview
Collection and Locating Solutions
• Address Search — Provides a comprehensive list of names and addresses associated
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comprehensive, accurate and up-to-date data on more than 140 million households
and 19 million businesses.
Consumer Credit
• Connect Check Plus — Reduce financial losses due to identity fraud or risk exposure.
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• Credit Profile Report — Produce an applicant’s credit history instantly with the
unsurpassed data precision and file coverage of Experian’s File One database.
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number, address, previous employment history, public records and credit history.
• Social Search — Using Social Security number as the only input, helps you reach hard-to-
find individuals who may have changed their names or moved without a forwarding address.
information.
• Instant Update — A tool to report derogatory information instantly.
• Subscriber Decode — Provides the business name, address and telephone
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number of subscribers.
Custom Solutions
Experian Custom Solutions are for clients that are seeking the full power of Experian.
These solutions tailor the Experian credit products and services to meet the specific
needs of our clients.
Industry Solutions
• Automotive Credit Profile — Customized for the automotive industry including
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Prospect Marketing
• Instant Prescreen — Real time prescreen program that allows clients to automatically
pre-approve the consumer for credit products at the point-of-contact (POC).
• iscreen — Self-service, prescreen list fulfillment tool that enables small-to mid-tiered
credit grantors (e.g., credit unions and regional banks) to order prescreened names
through Experian's Experian Access.
Partner Services
• Income View — Tax verification service that provides clients with streamlined
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IRS 4506-T processing and prompt access to applicants’ verified income via the
Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
• SmartBusinessReports — Allows you to immediately determine the financial health
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to screen every credit application; instantly recognizes warning signs and critical
discrepancies, such as Social Security numbers recorded as deceased, non-issued or
out of range.
• Profile Summary — Contains 17 significant calculations from the Credit Profile Report for
quick credit history analysis.
• Demographics Band — Verify a consumer’s identity and application information in seconds
even if the individual has no prior credit history.
• Telephone Numbers
• Geography Codes
• OFAC Name Matching Service
• OFAC Search Detail
• Match/No Match Message
• Income Insight W2 SM
• Asset Insight SM
Bankruptcy
• Bankruptcy PLUS SM
• Bankruptcy Watch SM
Behavioral
• Emerging Credit Score SM
• CollectScore
• Fraud Shield Score Plus
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Products Tab
The Products Tab contains links to all of the products that the user id has access to.
Products are grouped together in the following sections:
• Collection and Locating Solutions
• Consumer Credit
• Consumer Credit Services
• Custom Solutions
• Industry Solutions
• Prospect Marketing
• Partner Services
Consumer Credit — Credit Profile
Once a user has logged in, on the right hand side there will be a box titled “My Account.”
All of the products that the user has access to will display in this section under products. The
Credit Profile Report Inquiry page shown above is where a user can pull credit products individually.
Select the appropriate billing subcode from the drop-down menu. The input screen is dynamically
generated based on the ‘Display all fields’ or ‘Upload a Batch Job’ selection. Be sure to enter data
in all of the required fields (as indicated with a red asterisk) before submitting your transaction.
Consumer Credit — Credit Profile
Up to five optional risk model Add-on products may be added to the inquiry.
Note: If the user’s billing subcode is set to always return a specific risk model or ancillary
product, it will be automatically returned with the report. If a risk model is chosen, this will
override any existing subcode setting. To add a risk model, both the set risk model (based on
your billing subcode) and the additional selection must be added. For example, if your billing
subcode is set to receive the Scorex PLUS score and you wish to also receive or add the
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National Risk Model, both risk models must be added using the add-on feature. If you wish to
override the Scorex PLUS score and receive the National Risk Model only, simply add just the
National Risk Model. Contact Customer Support at 1 800 831 5614 for additional information on
Customer Master settings.
Consumer Credit — Credit Profile
The consumer report will then be displayed. Output options include printer-friendly format or download
as an Adobe Acrobat PDF.
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Inquiry Screen
*Required Fields
Response Screen
Consumer Credit — Employment Insight
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Inquiry Screen
*Required Fields
Response Screen
Consumer Credit — Social Search
Inquiry Screen
*Required Fields
Response Screen
Consumer Credit Services — Bullseye
Inquiry Screen
*Required Fields
Response Screen
Consumer Credit Services — Instant Update
Inquiry Screen
*Required Fields
Response Screen
Consumer Credit Services — Subscriber Decode
Inquiry Screen
*Required Fields
Response Screen
Collection and Locating Solutions — Address Search
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Inquiry Screen
Response Screen
Collection and Locating Solutions — Address Update
Inquiry Screen
*Required Fields
Response Screen
Collection and Locating Solutions — Collection Advantage
Inquiry Screen
*Required Fields
Response Screen
For detailed instructions please refer to the Collection Advantage Interactive User Guide
Collection and Locating Solutions — Collection Report
Inquiry Screen
*Required Fields
Response Screen
Collection and Locating Solutions — MetroNet
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Inquiry Screen
*Required Fields
Response Screen
Industry Solutions — Automotive Credit Profile
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Inquiry Screen
*Required Fields
Response Screen
Industry Solutions — Healthcare Credit Profile
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Inquiry Screen
*Required Fields
Response Screen
Prospect Marketing — Instant Prescreen
Inquiry Screen
*Required Fields
Response Screen
Product demonstration
Users can demo products within the Experian Access application by utilizing two
demonstration subcode options from the billing subcode drop-down menu. The STAR 2000
database test method allows users to enter any of the 250,000 test profiles into the interface in
order to produce specific output results.
The Pre-fill demo method, once selected, automatically pre-populates required fields within
the inquiry page.
Experian Access batch processing overview
Batch processing can process up to 5000 inquiries at once. Each Batch job will consist of one
credit product and any additional risk models and ancillary products the user selects. In order
to process a Batch request, the user provides a list of consumers in a .csv (Excel) file and
uploads the file.
Click on Submit
Uploaded file validation
If the file cannot be validated, a preview pane and an error pane will display. The error pane will
contain only the records that did not pass validation. The fields containing red text are invalid.
Click the red fields to display the correct format for those fields. The Submit button will not
display if any records are found to be invalid. Batch processing requires 100 percent validation
in order to proceed to the next step.
When the file is validated, the preview pane is displayed. Click the Submit button to proceed.
Your batch request is being processed
Once the Batch has been submitted successfully, a notification page will display, informing the
user that he or she will receive an e-mail once the Batch job is complete and ready for download.
Example:
Note: Batch files will be available for download for seven days from the date they are ready for download.
Download Batch Services
Once the email notification is received, navigate to the Batch Services section located on the
Home Tab.
Download Batch
1. Select the batch job by clicking in the box located to the left of the job title.
The Batch file will be delivered in a .zip file and contain multiple individual files in either HTML or
PDF. WinZIP (www.winzip.com/) or similar software is required to unzip the compressed output file.
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1. Select the Individual report by clicking in the box located to the left of the job title.
2. Select to download results as either PDF or CSV format located in the upper right hand corner.
3. A copy of the individual report will pop up in the format that you chose.
Archives
Archive Inquires
Experian Access offers archive functionality, which allows users and Designates to store,
retrieve and print previously accessed credit reports for up to three months. Designates have
the ability to view all reports accessed for the subcodes they manage. By default, users have
access to their own reports, but Designates may provide users with another level of access
within the system that allows them to retrieve reports generated by all subcodes assigned to
the user.
This functionality is provided as a service to our clients. Experian’s liability is limited to the storage of
the data for a limited time, and this data may not be used for credit-granting purposes. To request this
functionality, Head Security Designates must call Customer Support at 1 800 831 5614. Please refer
to the Internet Security Guidelines for additional information at www.experian.com/Experian Access/
Experian Access/security.html.
Archive Search Results/Usage Reports
Archive Search results (aka Usage Reports) provide transaction data for up to twelve months.
Designates and users can sort their results by date, product type, applicant data, subcode, user
data or reference number (if included upon inquiry). Results can be downloaded in either PDF
or CSV format.
Preferences
How to set your landing page
By accessing the Preferences Tab you can set your landing page.
Preferences can also be set for each individual product by clicking on the product
name under the Preferences section located on the right hand side of the screen.
*Required Fields
Response Screen
Preferences for Credit Score Disclosure Exception Notices can only be set by the
Security Designate.