Open ACE ESAR A2.2 Programming Issues (3 Closed, 3 Added)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its spreadsheet of ACE ESAR A2.2 (Initial Entry Types) programming issues.
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(ESAR A2.2 allows for the 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.)
Three Programming Issues Move to Closed List
The following items were moved from the “Open” list to the “Closed” list with this update:
| Date Opened | Issue Description (complete description) |
| 06/09/10 | ACE Entry Summary Reject in Error for Non-Numeric Validation. An ACE entry summary (AE) transaction with all numeric data in the Softwood Lumber Export Price and/or Export Charges data fields was rejected in error from ACE as "...CONTAINS NON-NUMERICS". The data records show that the export price field (54-record, positions 6-15) and the export charges field (54-record, positions 16-25) are reported as numeric. However, the value reported in these fields was rejected as non-numeric. |
| 03/29/11 | Issue with AD/CVD Case manufacturer and foreign exporter names. During the data conversion process when A2.3.1a was deployed these names were converted from ACS to ACE. A space was inadvertently inserted after position 17 when the 2 name fields were concatenated from ACS for the conversion. |
| 08/01/11 | F1 Event Failure at ACS. An ACE entry summary AE delete transaction successfully deleted an entry summary from ACE. However, when the F1 event was sent to ACS to also delete the entry summary from ACS, the F1 event was rejected by ACS indicating the following: “EXISTING ENTRY IN CUSTOMS STATUS”. The ACE entry summary was created in ACE on 6/23/11. The ES was originally scheduled to be on the 07/19/11 statement but appears to have been deleted from that statement in ACS on 7/29/11 by a CBP user. The ACE entry summary remained in trade control in ACE yet remained in CBP control in ACS -- allowing the delete in ACE but not in ACS. |
Three Programming Issues Added to the Open List
With this update, CBP has newly listed the following programming issues as "Open."
| Date Opened | Issue Description (complete description) |
| 05/18/11 | ACE Portal - AD/CVD message sort not working properly. When AD/CVD message results are displayed on the ACE portal, all columns should provide a sort capability. Message Type/Sub-Type and period of review (POR) do not. |
| 08/18/11 | CBP Form "TO" Address Issue. When a CBP form (28, 29, or 4647) is created, the ACE system picks up the mailing address from the ACE account of the party selected to populate the form. However, the additional address information from line 2 of the mailing address (TI transaction, T2-record) or as input on the ACE portal by CBP users is not placed on the additional line in the mailing address of the form. |
| 08/29/11 | AD/CVD Case Rate Replication Error -- ACE to ACS. ACE is the system of record for anti-dumping and countervailing case (AD/CVD) information. When changes are made to AD/CVD cases in ACE, the data replicates to ACS for ACS use in validating ACS entry summaries. For cases which have only a specific rate or a specific rate and ad valorem rate, the rate field transferred to ACS from ACE should be blank (spaces). For cases with both an ad valorem rate and a specific rate, the ad valorem rate is transferred incorrectly to ACS and should show spaces in the rate field. |
An Additional 56 Issues Remain on Open List
56 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 Opened | Issue Description (first sentence only) |
| 06/05/09 | Multiple batch transmissions only processing first batch. |
| 11/02/09 | Internal Event in Error as Created from an ACE Entry Summary. |
| 11/11/09 | Multiple Entry Summary Queries in a Batch Not Processed in ACE. |
| 12/21/09 | ACE Entry Summary AX Response Issue for ACE System Failure Messages. |
| 12/29/09 | ACE Entry Summary Error in E0-Record on Reject Output. |
| 01/15/10 | Large bond query messages (KI) are failing to process in ACE PROD. |
| 01/20/10 | ACE Entry Summary Condition Code Error. |
| 02/14/10 | ACE Entry Summary Filer's Transactions Rejected in Error. |
| 02/22/10 | AD/CVD entry summary report results inconsistent. |
| 03/02/10 | ACE Outbound Message Not Received by Filer. |
| 04/01/10 | ACE RLF entry summary rejected in error for "RLF REQUIRES CARGO RLSE CERTIFICATION". |
| 04/08/10 | Error in Validation of DOT Records in an ACE Entry Summary Batch Transaction. |
| 04/13/10 | Additional ACE entry summary boundary testing issues. |
| 06/09/10 | ACE ES Rejected in Error for Article Set Validation. |
| 06/15/10 | ACE Entry Summary AX Response E1-Record Error. |
| 06/17/10 | ACE ES Missing AD/CVD Case - Generates ACE System Failure in Error. |
| 06/22/10 | ACS Entry Summary Deleted in ACS - Not Deleted in the ACE Data Warehouse. |
| 06/22/10 | ACE Entry Summary Returns No Response AX Message. |
| 07/01/10 | ACE System Failures for Multiple Ruling Details. |
| 07/15/10 | ACE Entry Summary Not Rejected for Overlapping Invoice Data. |
| 07/21/10 | AD/CVD Query - Party Records Not Provided in Error. |
| 07/23/10 | ACE Control Y-Record - Record Count Errors. |
| 07/26/10 | ACE CATAIR Outbound Message Segmentation Issue. |
| 07/27/10 | AD/CVD Case Information Query EDI Profile Authorization Error. |
| 08/03/10 | AD/CVD Case Information Rates Error in AC Response. |
| 08/17/10 | ACE System Failures. |
| 08/19/10 | ACE entry summary incorrectly rejected for "PERIODIC STATEMENT REQUIRES ACE IMPORTER." |
| 08/19/10 | ACE System Failure. |
| 08/20/10 | ACE Entry Summary Incorrectly Rejected for Missing OI-Record |
| 09/28/10 | EDI profile update issue. |
| 11/23/10 | Issues with ACE ES Query Outbound Response. |
| 11/29/10 | Importer/Bond Query Response Address Truncated. |
| 12/02/10 | Duplicate AX Response Messages. |
| 01/06/11 | ACE ES Versioning Issue. |
| 01/13/11 | Rejected ACE AE Does Not Delete Existing Entry Summary in ACE. |
| 01/18/11 | ACE Entry Summary Rejected in Error for No In-bond Number. |
| 01/19/11 | ACE Data Base Errors Cause Portal Functions to Fail. |
| 01/25/11 | ACE entry summary report AM-008 data discrepancy. |
| 02/11/11 | FIRMS code discrepancies between ACE and ACS. |
| 02/11/11 | ACE creating multiple CBP assigned numbers to the same exact firm name and address. |
| 02/16/11 | ACE Outbound Response Message Error. |
| 03/02/11 | Non-space data found in filler field - location not identified. |
| 03/14/11 | ACE Entry Summary - Rejected for ACE System Failure. |
| 03/14/11 | "Large" Importer/Bond Query Output Issue. |
| 03/31/11 | ACE Entry Summary Rejected in Error for PGA Records. |
| 04/05/11 | ACE System Failure for Inactivated ACE Entry Summary. |
| 04/27/11 | ACE Entry Summary Outbound Response Message Error. |
| 05/02/11 | ACE Entry Summary - Commercial Description Record Repeat Error. |
| 05/04/11 | ACE CERT ES Not in ACS. |
| 05/11/11 | ACE Entry Summary in CBP Control Deleted by the Trade. |
| 05/31/11 | ACE CERT PSC entry summary transaction rejected in error. |
| 06/28/11 | ACE Entry Summary AE Transaction without an AX Response. |
| 07/19/11 | ACE CERT - PSC Not Creating UC Message. |
| 07/21/11 | PSC AE by Another Filer - UC Message Error. |
| 07/28/11 | ACE PSC Entry Summary Rejected in Error for Permit Validation. |
(See ITT’s Online Archives or 08/19/11 news, 11081920, for BP summary of CBP’s most recent previous list of open issues.
See ITT's Online Archives or 04/14/09 news, 09041430 #1, for BP summary announcing that ESAR A2.2 was deployed on April 12th as scheduled.
See ITT's Online Archives or 04/07/09 news, 09040715, for BP summary on ESAR A2.2 portal changes.)