createAccount

Allow for the creation of an account in Account Manager by either passing an Application ID or pertinant data to set up an account

Input Parameters:

Name XML Input Parameter Type Description Mandatory (M) /Optional (O) Possible Values
Account Fields <com:AccountFields>

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Array Of FieldDTOs Internal Account Fields such as Business Name, Country, State e.t.c Business Name is mandatory(M) field.
Account number is a mandatory field in case the generateAccountNumberIndicator is false. (M)
BizInfo-Country is a mandatory field. (M)
e.g.:
BusinessNameDTO

1. Type: GENERAL
2. Name: BizInfo-BusinessName
3. Index: 0
4. Label: Business Name
5. Value: GORMAN MANUFACTURING

CountryDTO

1. Type: GENERAL
2. Name: BizInfo-Country
3. Index: 1
4. Label: Country
5. Value: US
Application Number <com:ApplicationNumber>

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Text Application Number of the Credit Application from which the Account values need to be populated. This is an optional (O) field. In case the application Number is not provided the account would be created from scratch using only the requested account values e.g.: FXTHGTR
Credit Terms <com:CreditTerms>

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CreditTermsDTO Credit Terms for the account to be created This is an optional (O) field. In case this is not provided, the credit terms would be the same in the created account as that of the credit application. e.g.:
CreditTermsDTO:

1. Credit Limit: 10000
2. Credit Terms Status: Active
3. Early Payment Discount: 12
4. Payment Terms: Payment Terms
Generate Account ID Indicator <com:GenerateAccountIdIndicator>

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Boolean This flag instructs the service whether or not an account Number is generated automatically for the account. This is a mandatory (M) field. If set to TRUE, the service would generate a random account number for the created account. If set to false, it would only use the account number provided in the request using the account fields. e.g.: true


Output Parameters

Name XML Input Parameter Type Description Possible Values
Account Created Indicator <accountCreatedIndicator>

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Boolean This flag indicates whether or not the account got created. e.g.: true
Account ID <accountId>

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Text The Account Number of the created account . e.g.: DNB-GHTY564JH

Exceptions Thrown:

Sample Code

This section provides sample code for createAccount api. D&B web services support both the Java and .NET client.

.NET - C#

.Net provides the tool called "wsdl.exe" for creating the proxies from the WSDL.
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.JAVA - Axis

Axis provides the tool "WSDL2Java" for creating the proxies from the WSDL
View sample java-axis code

SOAP

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