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Unable to Trigger Credit Card Pre-Authorization – AUTHNET Does Not Support "Authorize" Action

  • September 10, 2025
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We are implementing a customization to enforce credit card pre-authorization (AuthOnly) as part of the Sales Order workflow. However, during testing in the cloud instance, we encountered a blocking issue: the Authorize.Net (AUTHNET) processing center does not support the "Authorize" action, only "Capture."

Error Message (in Create Prepayment popup):

“The AUTHNET processing center does not support the Authorize action. The Capture action is supported only for payments that were pre-authorized externally.”

 

Test Context:

  • Environment: Test (non-production)

  • Screen: Sales Orders (SO301000)

  • Action: Create Prepayment → CC – Credit Card → New Card

  • Proc. Center: Authorize.Net

Related Thread (Previously Logged):

This issue relates to a customization discussed earlier in the Acumatica Community forum:
Acumatica Community Thread – Automatically Trigger Credit Card Authorization Popup (Authorize.Net)

We received some detailed guidance to:

  • Extend SOOrderEntry

  • Block shipment or order exit actions

  • Trigger the authorization popup

This implementation is now blocked due to the current AUTHNET configuration not being support.

Request for Support:

  1. Since Authorize.Net processing center configuration is no longer supported, can it be updated to Acumatica Payments to support “Authorize” transactions (AuthOnly)?

  2. If not, is there an alternate processing center or sandbox setup that allows us to test this behavior temporarily?

Impact:

This issue is blocking our ability to:

  • Complete development and testing of pre-auth enforcement

  • Trigger the credit card authorization popup during key sales order workflow actions (e.g., Create Shipment, Return to Grid, New Order)

We would appreciate guidance or a config change to allow testing of this customization.