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Overview In modern web applications, ensuring data consistency and preventing conflicts is essential, especially when multiple clients attempt to update the same resource concurrently. The ETag and If-Match HTTP headers offer a solution for these challenges. Here's how they work together to maintain data integrity. ETag Response Header An ETag (Entity Tag) is a unique identifier that the server assigns to a specific version of a resource. It is included in the response header when a client requests the resource. This identifier helps clients in managing cache and detecting resource changes. Usage in API: When a client requests a resource, the server responds with the ETag value in the response header and as part of the response DTO (with the field name: "Timestamp").  Pagination Note: During paginated responses, the ETag value isn't included in the response header but is available within the response DTO (Field name: "Timestamp"). If-Match Request Header (Optional) The If-Match HTTP header is used by clients to signal that they wish to update a resource only if its current version matches a specific ETag. This mechanism prevents resource conflicts when multiple clients try to update the same resource simultaneously. See also, lost update problem, If-Match, HTTP conditional requests   Conflict Prevention: If the ETag stored on the server doesn't match the client's If-Match header, the server responds with a 412 Precondition Failed status code Usage in API: Currently  "If-Match" header is optional and can only be used with certain PUT & POST Action endpoints shared in detail in the following section below.  Example: 1) GET : .../api/v1/supplier/xxxxx Response headers : ETag Response body : timeStamp 2) PUT: .../api/v1/supplier/xxxxx Request headers : If-Match   This request will succeed in updating the resource only if the resource's current "ETag" is "AAAAAE0YIiI=". A) In case of success, the server returns "204 - No content" together with the new ETag value in the response headers.   B) In case of failure, the server returns "412 - Precondition Failed". Advantages of using ETag and If-Match Optimistic concurrency control: By using If-Match headers, clients can ensure that updates to resources are made safely without unwanted overwrites. Data Integrity: Helps maintain data consistency by validating that resource updates are based on the most current data. API Endpoints with ETag and If-Match Header Support A) Endpoints & Operations Supporting "ETag" Response Header GET, PUT & POST operations on the following endpoints include an "etag" in the response header: Account Budget CashTransaction Dimension Employee ExpenseClaim JournalTransaction PurchaseOrder PurchaseOrderBasic PurchaseReceipt PurchaseReceiptBasic Shipment Subaccount Supplier SupplierInvoice SupplierLocation SupplierPayment Timecard Note: : "TimeStamp" field can also be checked via the DTOs where it's exposed. B) Endpoints & Operations Supporting "If-Match" Request Header PUT Account PUT Budget PUT CashTransaction PUT Dimension PUT Employee PUT ExpenseClaim PUT JournalTransaction PUT PurchaseOrder PUT PurchaseOrderBasic PUT PurchaseReceipt PUT PurchaseReceiptBasic PUT Shipment PUT Subaccount PUT Supplier PUT SupplierInvoice PUT SupplierLocation PUT SupplierPayment PUT Timecard If the endpoint is asynchronous,  meaning that if it is immediately returning a “202-Accepted” HTTP response and starts the actual job in the background, such as “Action” based operations. (Endpoint URL: …/action/…) If-Match is supported in the following actions only with “erp-api-background usage, POST SupplierPayment action/Release POST SupplierInvoice action/Release POST SupplierInvoice action/Prebook POST SupplierInvoice action/voidinvoice POST SupplierInvoice action/sendtoapproval ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We're currently working on updating the swagger documentation, once the work is done, function will be listed on all the related operations / actions accordingly.   This knowledge article serves as a guide for developers to incorporate ETag and If-Match functionality into their applications, ensuring smooth updates and mitigating conflicts in a multi-client environment.

Introduction In SalesOrder v1 and v2, when you set the {"markForPO": "true"}, the Purchase order source is by default set to Purchase to order. In SalesOrder v3, only the field purchaseOrderSource is included. If you set purchaseOrderSource in v3, markForPO will automatically be true in the database.   ScreenId=SO30100S   This change simplifies the process compared to v1 and v2, where you needed to include both markForPO and poSource if you wanted to set the Purchase order source to Drop-Ship. The change in v3 allows you to set Purchase order source with just one field.   Available Options for v3 There are two main methods to set the purchase order source in v3.   Option 1: Default Replenishment Setting in UI If an item has a default replenishment source, such as Drop Shipment or Purchase to Order, set in Item warehouse details screen (IN204500, Replenishment Info-tab), the system will automatically mark the line for PO when you add the item to an order line. The Purchase order source will be set according to the item's default setting.   ScreenId=IN204500   Option 2. Manual Setting If an item does not have a default replenishment source, set the Purchase order source manually for the line when needed. In v3, use {“purchaseOrderSource”: “purchaseToOrder” } instead of setting {markForPO: true} as in v1 and v2. See the documentation for more information.   POST /api/v3/SalesOrders   With these changes in v3, managing purchase order source in sales orders becomes more straightforward and efficient.

In this article, you can find guidelines on utilizing Visma.Net API Endpoints using DateTime parameters, as well as their associated condition and operators. For more information regarding the endpoints, query parameters and other endpoints for all areas, Please read the documentation found here: Swagger - Visma.Net Integrations Documentation lastModifiedDateTimeCondition=Operator Supported comparative operators for LastModifiedDateTime Conditions on filtering  > - Greater than < - Less than <= - Less than or equal to >= - Greater than or equal to   Explanation:   ?lastModifiedDateTime=2024-05-25 &lastModifiedDateTimeCondition=>- Retrieve records after and on the given DateTime ?lastModifiedDateTime=2024-05-25 &lastModifiedDateTimeCondition=<- Retrieve records before and on the given DateTime ?lastModifiedDateTime=2024-05-25 &lastModifiedDateTimeCondition=>= Retrieve records after and on the given DateTime ?lastModifiedDateTime=2024-05-25 &lastModifiedDateTimeCondition=<= Retrieve records before and on the given DateTime Usage example: This query will return customers updated on 2024-05-25 or later. GET https://integration.visma.net/API/controller/api/v1/Customer ?lastModifiedDateTime=2024-05-25 &lastModifiedDateTimeCondition=>= ( Lines are separated for readability)   The operators are used the same for: createdDateTimeCondition=Operator dunningLetterDateTimeCondition=Operator

In certain instances, users may encounter a specific error message when sending request via the API: {   "ExceptionType": "IPPException",   "ExceptionMessage": "No license for this company.",   "ExceptionFaultCode": "12027",   "ExceptionMessageID": "12027_6e2a06a8-76d8-4e9a-bce8-a5818d60a388",   "ExceptionDetails": "" } Follow these steps to troubleshoot this error:   Using the Interactive authentication without the API user role Make sure that the user has the correct role assigned. [Needs to be checked by Customer in Admin]     Ensure to verify that the customer sends the TenantID to their company and not the customer The tenantID provided to the ISV/Application is the end customers “Customer TenantID” (The customer contract which holds the license for all companies) and not the specific companies tenantID. [Needs to be checked by Customer(with “integration administrator” role) in Visma App Store] TenantID for Company in Visma App Store. For further information regarding Tenant ID provisioning and integration processes, please read the documentation available on the Visma Developer Portal and the start-up guide: Developer Portal Startup-Guide  3. The license for Visma.Net Financials has expired [Needs to be checked by Visma]

Webhook notification system is available at https://status.visma.com With this feature, Visma Cloud Services Status page can send notifications via webhooks when there are incidents & scheduled maintenance or status update on a component status. Webhooks contain information about the Product / Component / Status these changed. We would highly appreciate your feedback about this feature, so please feel free to inform us after implementing this. How to enable webhook notifications ? After navigating to the https://status.visma.com, please follow the steps shown below respectively. Immediately afterwards, you'll receive an email from "noreply@statuspage.visma.com" that is informing you about Webhook subscription confirmation. If Status.Visma is unable to communicate with your Http listener domain, it will be sending you another email as a warning.   For further information please see the following articles.  What is a component? Enable webhook notifications (JSON Schema)

Question We received a 400 Bad Request when using POST/api/v3/SalesOrders. How can I see what is the reason for this error? Answer When receiving a 400 Bad Request it include an error response body. This response body will indicate the reason for getting the error, looking like this:    

We’ve implemented a new feature that API Endpoints available at Visma.net ERP API Documentation, can be invoked in an asynchronous mode by using the new “Background API” functionality. (Version: 8.88.0)  This can be achieved by adding an extra request header “erp-api-background: “WebhookURL”  to your request.   If this additional “request header” is provided in your request, our servers  will "intercept" the API request before it reaches the Endpoint. The request will be persisted in our backend. All our application web servers will regularly pull queued requests and process them in the background. This processing is not taking place in a web context, and therefore it is not prone to web exceptions like timeouts etc.    In this way, with this new feature, potentially long-running operations can be performed more effectively.    Once the request has been processed, the API Client will be notified with the webhook notification if “erp-api-background” request header had been provided with “webhookURL” value in your request.   This webhook notification will contain information about, “stateLocation” of the operation(status of the background operation) and “ContentLocation”  that where the response can be picked up, in other word, where the API Client can GET the result of the request that has recently been made.(if it has any content aka ResponseBody)   If the “erp-api-background” request header value set as “none” Webhook notification will not be invoked.  In any case, every queued API request will be assigned an ID that will be present in the immediate “202-Accepted” response to the client.  This response also contains a "stateLocation" address that the client can call at any time to check what is the status of the background operation.  "contentLocation" address that points to the readily formatted and stored response body of the operation if it has any content to be returned.   If the endpoint today is asynchronous,  meaning that if it is immediately returning a “202-Accepted” HTTP response and starts the actual job in the background, such as “Action” based operations. (Endpoint URL: …/action/…),     Currently,  the new "Background API" system is also unable to receive the state of the document when the action based request invoked. Therefore, we’re unable to determine whether the “action” based process succeeded or the state of the document changed without making an additional GET request to see the actual status of the document. However, this topic is already in our development plan. (Endpoint logic should be "synchronous" so that, waiting for the actual job to be done, to inform the client accordingly.)   Example request: "Request Headers erp-api-background : yourWebhookURL" Key  Value ipp-application-type Visma.net Financials ipp-company-id "ERP CompanyID" Content-Type application/json Authorization "yourToken" erp-api-background "yourWebhookURL"   GET: "Customer  Invoice" Request URL: /api/v1/customerinvoice?pageNumber=1&pageSize=100 HTTP Response: “202-Accepted” Response Body: Received Webhook Notification: GET: "stateLocation" Request URL: /api/v1/background/{id} HTTP Response: ”200-OK” Response Body: GET: "contentLocation" Request URL: api/v1/background/{id}/content HTTP Response: ” 200-OK” Response Body: Contains the “GET - CustomerInvoice” data. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- POST: “Customer Invoice” Request URL: “/api/v2/customerinvoice” HTTP Response: “202-Accepted” Response Body: Contains request “ID” and “stateLocation” Received Webhook Notification: GET: "stateLocation" Request URL: /api/v1/background/{id} HTTP Response: ”200-OK” Response Body:  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUT: "Customer Invoice" Request URL: /api/v1/customerinvoice/{invoiceNumber} HTTP Response: “202-Accepted” Response Body: Contains request “ID” and “stateLocation” Received Webhook Notification: GET: “stateLocation” Request URL: /api/v1/background/{id} HTTP Response: ”200-OK” Response Body: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Request Headers erp-api-background : None" Key Value ipp-application-type Visma.net Financials ipp-company-id "ERP CompanyID" Content-Type application/json Authorization "yourToken" erp-api-background "None"     ℹ️ Webhook notification will not be invoked, State & Content Location logic will be the same as request examples shared above.  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Please feel free to contact us (Financials ERP API Support) if you need any further information.

Did you know that Visma.net ERP API supports different compression algorithm? We support brotli, gzip and deflate. They can be used by adding Accept-Encoding: <compression type> in your request header. More info and sample code can be found at: Response compression in ASP.NET Core

Setup up your user rights To be able to use Visma.Net API you need to make sure your visma user have the correct roles on the Financials company you want to use it for. Login with your Visma.Net Account : https://signin.visma.net and go to Admin Panel. 1- Visma.Net Admin 1.A- To be able to edit the access rights you need to be logged in with a user with “Customer administrator” role.   1.B- To set your rights, click on Visma.Net Financials in the top left corner and choose Admin.   2-User and roles 2.A- When you have accessed Visma.net Admin click on “User and roles”.  2.B- Head to the “User” tab. 2.C- Search for your username and click your name. 3-Company access and rights 3.A- If the company you want to edit roles for does not exist in the list under your username, click the “Add access to” menu and look for the company you wish to add.      3.B- Find the company you want to edit roles for.     3.C- On the line for the desired company, press the field for “Financials” and add the roles “Financial Administrator” & “Financials User”.   Swagger Our Swagger is a good point for you to start using the API.   Connect to your Visma.Net account Authorize and get a VNF token to use in Swagger. Click “Authorize” on the right side of the interface.     Tick the box for “financialstasks” and press “Authorize”     You will be directed to a Visma.net login, enter your credentials and sign in.(If you are not asked to enter your credentials but get directed to the next step straight away, please clear your cookies in your browser and retry)     Allow Visma.net Integrations to connect to your account.     When you have allowed the connection you see that you are now authorized in Swagger. Close the window and proceed to use Swagger.   Start using Swagger The first thing you need to do is check what companies your visma.net financials user have access to. You can find the names and Ids via the “Context” endpoint. Scroll down to the “Context” endpoint and expand it.     Expand the first GET method - Get the companies available for this token, and press “Try it out”.     You will now see a button, “Execute”, press it and you’ll notice the result below will have updated to show your available companies. You’ll also see the request URL.     In the list, decide which company you want to use and copy the “id:”, this is the Id you will add to your “ipp-company-id” header when you are making requests. For now scroll back up to the top and paste the ID in the field “ipp-company-id”. When you have filled this field, the requests you execute via Swagger will target that company.     We also recommend taking a look at : OAuth 2.0 Authorization Flow  

Visma.Net Integrations - API Client Configuration In this document we will go through what needs to be done after you completed your Visma.Net Integration certification.  Redirect_URI The first thing you need to do to configure your API client is to set up a redirect_URI.  Redirect URIs are a critical part of the OAuth flow. After a user successfully authorizes an application, the authorization server will redirect the user back to the application with an authorization code in the URL. Because the URL will contain sensitive information, it is critical that the service doesn’t redirect the user to arbitrary locations.    Due to this, it is required to specify one or more redirect URIs when you register your integration with Visma.Net. For production, it is required that the provided URI is set up with HTTPS.    When you have a redirect URI, this should be sent to your partner service in order to be able to get your Client_ID and Client_Secret. When this has been processed, you will receive an Activation email for your registration, the link to activate your Client_Id will be active for 5 days, so make sure to do this when the email is received:     API client types For Visma.Net there are two client types available, API “test client” and “production client” (also known as live) Test Clients All new API clients are generated as the type “Test”. In the test client there is a limit to the allowed calls per hour, which is set 500 calls/hour/per company.   ℹ️ When you are ready to go live with your integration you need to contact your partner service to obtain the "production" type API Client. Production Clients In the Production Client, the limit for calls  is ​15,000 calls / per hour & per company (since version: 8.25) Please also see, Why am I receiving "HTTP 429 - Too many request / throttling" response from API ? Visma.Net Integrations Startup Guide Visma.Net API International Support Policy Contacting the Visma.Net ERP Support / Partner Service API incidents - Troubleshooting and reporting

Override Visma.net Financials ERP number-series via API function has been implemented in Visma.net Financials ERP API version 8.25 (September 2020) With this function, we can set different asset number / ID via API than the Number-series that have been configured in the Visma.net Financials ERP UI without breaking the auto-numbering sequence. Currently, available in the following endpoints POST Customer POST CustomerDebitNote V2 POST SalesOrder POST Supplier POST Journal Transaction V2 POST PurchaseOrder POST Supplier Invoice POST CustomerCreditNote V2 POST CustomerInvoice V2   How to set it up? 1) Set "Allow manual numbering on imports" true in the Visma.net Financials ERP UI. (Number Series - ScreenId=CS201010)   2) Include the following key-value pairs in the payload based on the aforementioned endpoint DTO syntax. ("ReferenceNumber" field may vary depending on the resource.) Visma.net ERP API - Endpoint Documentation       ... "overrideNumberSeries": { "value": true }, "referenceNumber": { "value": "string" } ...         After a successful POST request, the value specified in the "ReferenceNumber" field would be assigned to the resource as an identifier. Afterward, the end-user or any integration can continue using Financial Company's automatic numbering setup in the transactions without any number skipped from the defined number series.