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CreateAccount Method

This is one of the Order Entry Toolkit Business Service Methods.

It creates a new account, associates it to the user and associates specified addresses to that account. The method also sets a specified field in the Quote BC, if it is required.

Arguments

Account Name

[in] Name of the new account. (Required)

Account Type

[in] Type of new account. (Required)

Address Id 1

[in] ID of an existing address associated with the new account. (Optional)

Address Id 2

[in] ID of an existing address associated with the new account. (Optional)

You can add more Address IDs by incrementing the number.

Quote Account Field

[in] Quote business component field to be populated with the Account Id. (Optional)

New Account Id

[out] Row ID of the newly created account.

Returns

Row ID of new account.

Remarks

User Properties

This method uses the following user properties:

• CreateAccount: Account BC Name

  Name of the business component that is used to create the new account. Default = Account.

• CreateAccount: Account and Address Intersection BC Name

  Name of the business component based on the Account-Address Intersection table that is used to associate addresses to the new account. Default = Com Account Address Intersection.

• CreateAccount: Intersection Account Field Name

  Account foreign key field in the intersection business component. Default = Account Id.

• CreateAccount: Intersection Address Field Name

  Address foreign key in the intersection business component. Default = Address Id.

This method invokes AssociateAccountToUser method in the CUT Account Administration Toolkit Service business service.

See Also

Methods GetBCCount Method and ValidatePayment Method.