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Why is the configured hold not getting applied to an order when there are insufficient funds in the customer account?

Troubleshooting


Problem

Consider the following scenario- 1. Configure a hold to be applied on an order when there are insufficient funds in customer account. 2. Enable 'Customer Account Maintained Internally’ in SBC under System Setup -> Payment rules. 3. Select hold configured in step 1 in the drop down for - Hold to be applied due to insufficient funds in customer account This is available in SBC under System set up -> Order ->Financial rules 4. Create a customer from IBM Web Center for Commerce and associate him with a customer account. Pass the account limit as 50. This can also be done using manageCustomer API 5. Use this customer to create an order of value $100. This order will now have the payment type Customer account (that has $50) 6. Run requestCollection - An authorization for 50$ is obtained 7. Run excuteCollection and requestCollection again, the order moves to AWAIT_PAY_INFO and collects 50$ but is not put on hold. The expectation is for the order to be put on the hold configured in step 1

Cause

This is due to the configurations done for payment type- Customer Account

Diagnosing The Problem

The payment type Customer Account has "Charge upto available".
The order is put to hold only when the API executeCollection has requested amount less that what is approved. Since the configuration has "Charge upto available" enabled for Customer Account , the application will not open authorization more than what it can approve .

Resolving The Problem

For the hold to be applied when ether are insufficient funds in the Customer Account, ensure that the flag "Charge upto available" is disabled for payment type Customer Account. This is available in SBC under System Setup-> Payments -> Payment Types

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

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swg22013592