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record_external_payment_m Guide

Records a payment transaction for a payment collected from an account holder without using Aria.

API Specification: record_external_payment_m
Required Fields:
  • <client_no>
  • <auth_key>
  • <acct_no> or <client_acct_id>
  • <reference_code>
  • <payment_amount>

Additional Guidance

Input Fields
Field Name Notes
<client_receipt_id> Use of special characters will result in an error.
<payment_application_method>

The value that you pass into the this field will override your selection for the Default Payment Collection Method parameter (in the Aria application under Configuration > Payments > Payment Settings).

Allowable Values
Values Description
1 FIFO (First In, First Out). (default)
2 FDFO (First Due, First Out).
3 None (future manual allocation).
4 LIFO (applicable for installment ONLY)

Error Codes

Error Code/Description Associated Inputs

1001: unexpected error

 

1004: authentication error

Associated Inputs: auth_key, client_id, client_no

<client_no>, <auth_key>

1009: account does not exist, Account not found: AriaNo (acct_no), Account not found: Userid (userid), or Account not found: ClientId (client_acct_id)

Associated Inputs: acct_no, account_no, client_acct_id, user_id, userid, parent_acct_no

<acct_no>, <client_acct_id>

5001: duplicate entry

Associated Inputs: acct_no, userid, reference_code

Additional Comments: The acct_no or userid of the new account is already in use or the reference_code of a payment matches an existing value.

<reference_code>

1025: amount not positive

Associated Inputs: amount, percent_amount

Additional Comments: This error occurs when the percent amount is greater than 100.

<payment_amount>

22006: Cannot enter data for only one field!  Both the external_destination_id and external_id fields must be valued.

 

22005: Invalid external destination id

<external_destination_id>

1024: invalid date format

Associated Inputs: bill_birthdate, birthdate, degrade_date, initial_credit_date, invoice_line_reversing_date, service_fulfillment_date, queue_date, start_bill_date, end_bill_date, start_date, end_date, stmt_birthdate, bill_birthdate

Additional Comments: All date inputs must be in yyyy-mm-dd format.

<payment_received_date>

1016: invalid input, acct_no: (acct_no) is not a valid long, assignment_directive: (assignment_directive) is not a valid long, “billing_group_no: (billing_group_no) is not a valid long, threshold_billing_rule_no: (threshold_billing_rule_no) is not a valid long

Associated Inputs: alt_service_no_to_apply, assignment_directive, auto_skip_to_next_bill_date, client_billing_group_id, custom_rate_service_no/custom_rate_client_service_id, plan_instance_no, plan_instance_service_no, client_plan_instance_id, client_plan_instance_service_id, plan_instance_no, plan_instance_service_no, client_plan_instance_id, client_plan_instance_service_id, plan_instance_service_no, eligible_plan_no, eligible_service_no, email, force_master_bill_date_reset, fulfillment_only, include_master_plans, include_supp_plans, include_billing_groups, include_payment_methods, include_master_plans, include_supp_plans, include_billing_groups, include_payment_methods, invoice_no, length_months, end_date, limit, limit_records, modify_directive, contract_plan_instances_update, modify_directive, contract_plan_instances_update, offset, percent_amount, percent_eval_plan_instance_no, client_percent_eval_plan_instance_id, percent_eval_service_no, client_percent_eval_service_id, phone_ext, work_phone_ext, plan_unit_inst_status_cd, plan_units, reason_code, start_date, end_date, start_date, end_date, status_cd, acct_no, assignment_directive, billing_group_no, threshold_billing_rule_no

Additional Comments:  This error can be caused by the wrong type of input, for example, text in a numbers-only field, an  or specifying a value other than one of the documented allowable values.

  • For the get_order_m API, this is the error code returned when the user passes an invalid order value for the <status_filter_cd> input which is other than the allowed values (0/null, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5).
  • For the bulk_cancel_order_m API, invalid input can occur with the <order_status_directive> argument. Allowed values are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4/null, 5 and 6.
  • For the get_acct_coupon_details_m API, invalid input can occur with the <include_all_active> input parameter (values are 0, 1 or NULL).

Alternate Message Output

1016: username cannot be longer than 30 characters
1016: first_name cannot be longer than 30 characters
1016: last_name cannot be longer than 30 characters

Associated APIs: create_user_m, update_user_m

Associated Inputs: username, first_name, last_name

<client_no>, <acct_no>, <payment_amount>, <external_destination_id>, <specific_charge_transaction_id>, <invoice_no>, <payment_application_method>, <master_plan_instance_no> 
 

 

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