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Open ACE ESAR A2.2 Programming Issues (10 Closed, 2 Opened)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted an updated version of its spreadsheet of ACE ESAR A2.2 (Initial Entry Types) programming issues.

(ESAR A2.2 allows filing and processing of formal (type 01) and informal (type 11) entry summaries for those who volunteer to submit such entry summaries in ACE. It also allows importers with ACE accounts (and brokers if granted cross account access) to respond to certain CBP forms via the ACE portal.)

10 Programming Issues Moved to Closed or Cancelled List

Date ClosedIssue Description (complete description)
02/14/10ACE Entry Summary Filer's Transactions Rejected in Error. A new self-filing importer submitted entry summary transactions to ACE which were rejected from ACE for “Broker Not Authorized in Port”. Investigation found that the EDI profile was correctly established in ACE to permit the filer to successfully submit entry summaries to ACE. Further investigation uncovered that the Customization Indicator check is being performed on self-filing importer transactions in error. Therefore, the Customization Indicator check needs to be eliminated for self-filing importers.
02/22/10AD/CVD entry summary report results inconsistent. AD/CVD entry summaries (entry type 03) have been successful transmitted to, processed by, and persisted in ACE. Report ESM 7068 includes all of the entry type 03 entry summaries added to date. ESM 8027 report only includes a subset of the entry type 03 entry summaries. Report ESM 7008, includes none of the entry type 03 summaries. (The date range and other criteria being used is identical.)
04/08/10Error in Validation of DOT Records in an ACE Entry Summary Batch Transaction. A large batch of ACE entry summaries is being rejected incorrectly for a validation of the DOT records. The large batch of entry summaries contained 334 entry summaries, each entry summary has 3 lines and each line has a DT1 and DT2 record. The validation which determines the number of DT records in an entry summary is being incorrectly applied to the entire batch. A single entry summary line may have up to 999 DT1 or DT2 records. Since there were over 999 DT1 (and DT2) records in the entire batch, the validation for loop exceeded (number of records permitted) was incorrectly applied to the entire batch of entry summaries and not to each individual entry summary.
06/22/10ACS Entry Summary Deleted in ACS - Not Deleted in the ACE Data Warehouse. As an example, an ACS entry summary entry type 42 was deleted by CBP on 4/26/10 was not deleted automatically from the ACE data warehouse which is used for ACE portal reports.
03/14/11ACE Entry Summary - Rejected for ACE System Failure. A trade participant submitted an entry summary transaction to ACE on Friday, 3/11/11, at 12:03 which ACE rejected for an ACE System Failure. It appears that ACE does not correctly accept a country of origin in the 40-record, positions 9-10 equal to “**” as specified in the ACE ABI CATAIR.
05/11/11ACE Entry Summary in CBP Control Deleted by the Trade. An ACE entry summary which had previously been accepted in ACE, moved to CBP control when it appeared on statement, was rejected by the entry specialist, and then accepted by the entry specialist - was then permitted by the ACE system to be deleted from ACE with an entry summary AE delete transaction.
05/31/11ACE CERT PSC entry summary transaction rejected in error. ACE CERT PSC AE transactions submitted by a filer to replace a conventional entry summary originally filed by another trade participant in ACE CERT are being rejected in error -- the EDI profile in both ACS CERT and ACE CERT appear to be correct to permit this filer/port combination. This test is for a PSC filer to replace an entry summary originally filed by another.
09/23/11ACE Entry Summary Rejected in Error for FDA Data. An ACE entry summary (AE) transaction filed today, 9/23/11, was incorrectly rejected by ACE for a loop exceeded for FDA records. The entry summary transaction contained 47 PGA invoice groupings -- each of which, based on the ACE ABI CATAIR Entry Summary Create/Update chapter, should be accepted with up to 999 FDA affirmation of compliance records (FD05 records) per invoice OI-record grouping. However, it appears that ACE did not recognize that a new loop exists for each invoice grouping and rejected the entry summary for exceeding a total of 999 FD05 records for the single entry summary line.
11/29/11ACE Entry Summary Not in ACS. An entry summary transaction successfully added to ACE yesterday, 11/28/11, and sent to ACS, does not exist in ACS. The event sending the ACE data to ACS (with an A action code) to create the entry summary in ACS failed at ACS for “ENTRY DELETE NOT ALLOWED”. A release shell exists in ACS for this entry summary.
04/26/12ACE portal error when attaching documents to forms for ACS entry summaries. When a trade user attempts to add attachments to various CBP forms on the ACE portal for ACS entry summaries, the attachments are not added and a response is not sent to CBP.

2 Programming Issues Opened

Date OpenedIssue Description (complete description)
05/07/12ACE Entry Summaries Rejected in Error for IR Number Validation. A filer submitted a few ACE AEs using the format of the sold to and delivered to parties without the suffix on an IRS number. ACE rejected these for unknown parties. However, reporting the IR number format (an IRS number without the suffix) as related in the Entry Summary Create/Update CATAIR chapter Usage note f. indicates that the IRS number with no suffix is acceptable. ACE should accept the party ID for an IRS number with no suffix in the IR, consignee, 4811, sold to and delivered to parties.
06/19/12ACE Portal: Trade View: Forms Search Function. When a Trade User searches for all forms on the Forms Search Screen, the results returned are only those forms for which the CBP Status is Sent. ACE should display all of the forms for all statuses that meet the search criteria. Currently, only forms in a ‘Sent’ status are displayed and the forms in ‘Response Received’ or ‘Closed’ status are not displayed.

Issues Open List

The following issues continue to be listed as "Open" on CBP’s spreadsheet (see spreadsheet for full details of each open issue, as well a full list of the issues that have been closed (completed), canceled, and deferred):

Date OpenedIssue Description (first sentence only)
06/05/09Multiple batch transmissions only processing first batch.
11/02/09Internal Event in Error as Created from an ACE Entry Summary.
11/11/09Multiple Entry Summary Queries in a Batch Not Processed in ACE.
12/29/09ACE Entry Summary Error in E0-Record on Reject Output.
01/20/10ACE Entry Summary Condition Code Error.
03/02/10ACE Outbound Message Not Received by Filer.
04/01/10ACE RLF entry summary rejected in error for "RLF REQUIRES CARGO RLSE CERTIFICATION".
04/13/10Additional ACE entry summary boundary testing issues.
06/09/10ACE ES Rejected in Error for Article Set Validation.
06/15/10ACE Entry Summary AX Response E1-Record Error.
06/22/10ACE Entry Summary Returns No Response AX Message.
07/01/10ACE System Failures for Multiple Ruling Details.
07/15/10ACE Entry Summary Not Rejected for Overlapping Invoice Data.
07/21/10AD/CVD Query - Party Records Not Provided in Error.
07/23/10ACE Control Y-Record - Record Count Errors.
07/26/10ACE CATAIR Outbound Message Segmentation Issue.
07/27/10AD/CVD Case Information Query EDI Profile Authorization Error.
08/03/10AD/CVD Case Information Rates Error in AC Response.
08/17/10ACE System Failures.
08/19/10ACE System Failure.
08/20/10ACE Entry Summary Incorrectly Rejected for Missing OI-Record
09/28/10EDI profile update issue.
11/23/10Issues with ACE ES Query Outbound Response.
11/29/10Importer/Bond Query Response Address Truncated.
12/02/10Duplicate AX Response Messages.
01/06/11ACE ES Versioning Issue.
01/13/11Rejected ACE AE Does Not Delete Existing Entry Summary in ACE.
01/18/11ACE Entry Summary Rejected in Error for No In-bond Number.
01/19/11ACE Data Base Errors Cause Portal Functions to Fail.
01/25/11ACE entry summary report AM-008 data discrepancy.
02/11/11ACE creating multiple CBP assigned numbers to the same exact firm name and address.
02/16/11ACE Outbound Response Message Error.
03/02/11Non-space data found in filler field - location not identified.
03/14/11"Large" Importer/Bond Query Output Issue.
03/31/11ACE Entry Summary Rejected in Error for PGA Records.
04/05/11ACE System Failure for Inactivated ACE Entry Summary.
04/27/11ACE Entry Summary Outbound Response Message Error.
05/02/11ACE Entry Summary - Commercial Description Record Repeat Error.
05/04/11ACE CERT ES Not in ACS.
05/18/11ACE Portal - AD/CVD message sort not working properly.
07/21/11PSC AE by Another Filer - UC Message Error.
07/28/11ACE PSC Entry Summary Rejected in Error for Permit Validation.
08/18/11CBP Form "TO" Address Issue.
08/29/11AD/CVD Case Rate Replication Error -- ACE to ACS.
09/02/11Broker Permit Records Missing for New York/New Jersey Ports.
09/26/11ACE portal report error - AM-007.
10/03/11ACE Entry Summaries - Incorrect Control Status.
10/05/11F1 Event Error for ACE Entry Summary - Blank 20-Record.
10/10/11ACE Entry Summary - AD/CVD Warning Message Error.
10/19/11ACE Entry Summary Query.
10/21/11ACE entry summary not appearing on daily statement.
10/21/11ACE entry summary transaction not rejected when passed PMS date for the month.
10/26/11Additional ACE Entry Summary Query Output Format Errors.
11/01/11ACE Entry Summary Rejected for Incorrect Error Condition.
11/01/11ACE Entry Summaries in CBP Control - Date and Status versus ACS -- Discrepant.
11/08/11ACE Entry Summary - Reject Condition Error.
11/09/11PSC Filing Explanation Not Returned in ACE ES Query.
11/15/11ACE Entry Summary Not in ACS.
11/17/11ACE Entry Summaries Rejected In Error for RLF Verification.
12/08/11ACE Entry Summary Rejected for HTS Not Active.
12/19/11ACE Entry Summary Processed in Error.
01/12/12ES Query Response Missing PSC Accept Date.
02/14/12ACE ES Outbound AX Error for Consolidated Releases.
03/01/12ACE ABI "Batch Rejected" Outbound Messages Constructed Incorrectly.
03/22/12ACE Entry Summary Remote Location Filing Reject - Incorrect Condition Text.
04/23/12ACE ES not in ACE report ESM-7068.
04/23/12RLF ACE Entry Summary Cargo Release Response from ACS for Broker Permit Revoked.
05/11/12ACE AX Missing E0-Record for CENWRN Sign Post.