CSMS Message: 12-000568

Title:ACE Fixes Scheduled for Deployment to Production on December 15, 2012
Date:2012-12-14
To:abi,acep
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Attn: ACE Entry Summary Filers and ACE Portal Users

Please be advised that during the weekly maintenance window for Saturday, December 15, 2012, the following enhancements/fixes impacting the ACE Entry Summary filers will be deployed to ACE Production.

ACE_CR_3988 – This changes the way an ACE 'Entry Summary Create/Update' transaction will be evaluated. Currently any known 10-Record through 90-Record found to contain only spaces (other than the record identifier) would result in the entire batch being rejected. This change will no longer result in the entire batch being rejected. Instead, if a record contains only spaces, one or more field validations will be applied.
Issue #902

ACE_PR_48315 – The Action Date field will now be populated when an ACE ABI ‘Entry Summary Status Notification’ message (application identifier UC) when the disposition type code = ‘8’ (PSC ownership change).
Issue #920

ACE_CR_3986 - (PORTAL) This will change the current identifier for a CSPOA from an SSN to a more generic 'Surety Agent Identifier', allowing the surety to use other than a SSN to identify the party acting as the power of attorney. Multiple ACE Portal screens will now display 'Agent ID' rather then SSN. In addition, allows the use of alpha characters.

ACE_PR_47778 - EDI data rejects due to invalid characters. Please see CSMS Message #12-000407 for specifics of the invalid special characters. Note: This functionality was deployed to ACE Certification on October 24, 2012.

NOTE: The Issue Number corresponds to the document entitled "ACE Entry Summary and Related Programming Issues" located on the CBP Website at:

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/automated/modernization/programming_issues/

Please contact your Client Rep should you have any questions.

Related CSMS No. 12-000530, 12-000489, 12-000407