performs an action against a given account

Input Parameters:

Name	XML Input Parameter	Type	Description	Mandatory (M) /Optional (O)	Possible Values
Account Number	<dto:entityNumber> more info	Text	The account number for which the user needs to perform an action	M	e.g.: D&B Finance Analytics-CX6YQ3PKQBA9
ActionName	<com:performECFAction> more info		The action the user wants to perform. It could be one of the following Place on Credit Hold Reason (Optional) Change Credit Terms CreditLimit PaymentTerms Earlypaymentdiscount Send to Collections Payment Received Promise to Pay Accepted SetManualReviewDate Date RouteAccountTo Manager Review Required Collections Required Credit Hold Advised Provide Reason Send to Credit Manager Send to Credit Review Reassign assigneeName assigneeType(ROLE/GROUP/USER) Review Account BureauName Delete Clear Credit Hold Reason (Optional) Set Manual Review Date Date RouteAccountTo Credit/ Manager Review Required Collections Required Credit Hold Advised Reason ExcludeECFFromAutomatedAccountReview	M	Deleteaccount reassign e.g.: assigneename: Credit Supervisor , assigneeType: ROLE

Name

XML Input Parameter

Type

Description

Mandatory (M) /Optional (O)

Possible Values

Account Number

<dto:entityNumber>

more info

Text

The account number for which the user needs to perform an action

e.g.: D&B Finance Analytics-CX6YQ3PKQBA9

ActionName

<com:performECFAction>

more info

The action the user wants to perform. It could be one of the following

Output Parameters

Name	XML Output Parameter	Type	Description	Possible Values
Status	<status> more info	Boolean	Success or failure of the API	True or False

Exceptions Thrown:

AccountIdNotFoundException - If the account id entered by the user is not found, the system will throw an AccountIdNotFound Exception
ActionNotExistsException - the action specified by the user in his input parameter does not exist
AccountAlreadyExistsInSpecifiedStateException - If the account is already in the same state as the input provided by the user, the system will throw this exception
BureauNotConfiguredException - if the bureau specified by the user is not configured
WorkItemNotFoundException - work item specified is not found
NoMatchFoundException - If there is no match Found for the Account.

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

.Net provides the tool called "wsdl.exe" for creating the proxies from the WSDL.
View sample .Net-C# code

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

View sample Request
View sample Response