Review/Rematch Addresses tool Grayed out

Question

I've run the geocoder on a table of addresses and have the results in a shapefile but the review addresses button on the Geocoder toolbar is grayed out. The geocoded file was automatically added to the map. Is this because the output shapefile is not in the same database workspace as the input locator? I am using ArcGIS 10.0, SP5, ArcInfo license.

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JoeBorgione · Answer

My suggestion is you keep your locator(s) out of a geodatabase and in a standalone directory. Especially SDE; way too much overhead to deal with.  I like to maintain the data in SDE (multi editors) and replicate to a file geodatabase: then the locators point there.  After I sync parent to child, I just have to rebuild the locator(s)....

YMMV...

SamanthaEdwards · Answer

For me, I had a pre-created geolocater in an sde and the output was in a shapefile. I'm not sure why it wasn't working properly. But when I exported them both into the same database it worked fine.

BradNiemand · Answer

When you geocode a table of addresses, after the operation is complete, a reference to the locator used to do the geocoding is stored as metadata in the geocoded result.  When you right click on the address table in Catalog, "Review/Rematch" should be enabled.  You don't need to have the locator loaded in the locator manager.  The only requirement is that the locator is in the same location that it was when the table was geocoded.

Brad