University of California, Santa Barbara

UCSB PeopleSoft FAU (Functional Accounting Unit) Combination Service

Validation of PeopleSoft Functional Accounting Unit chartstring combinations. A POST-based validation service and one of only three write-bearing contracts UCSB publishes. Published as Swagger 2.0, 1 path, base https://api.ucsb.edu/administration/financial/peoplesoft/fauvalidation/v2.

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POST /uc_fau_validation

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https://developer.ucsb.edu/content/peoplesoft-fau-functional-accounting-unit-combination-service

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ucsb/refs/heads/main/openapi/ucsb-peoplesoft-fau-combination-service-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

ucsb-peoplesoft-fau-combination-service-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
swagger: '2.0'
info:
  version: 1.0.0
  title: FAU (Functional Accounting Unit) Combination Service
  description: Validates a FAU combination to determine if the FAU is valid or invalid. If invalid, a
    message will indicate why.
  termsOfService: ''
  contact:
    name: Christian Montecino - christianmontecino@ucsb.edu
  x-source-url: https://developer.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/openapi/PS-Spec-FAU2020_0.yaml
  x-last-validated: '2026-08-30'
  x-operator: institution
host: api.ucsb.edu
basePath: /administration/financial/peoplesoft/fauvalidation/v2
schemes:
- https
securityDefinitions:
  apiKey:
    type: apiKey
    name: ucsb-api-key
    in: header
security:
- apiKey: []
consumes:
- application/json
produces:
- application/json
paths:
  /uc_fau_validation:
    post:
      description: Perform a POST in order to validate an account
      responses:
        '200':
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/UC_FAU_VALIDATION_REPLY'
          description: Response - Returns a valid or invalid response based on request
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized Error
        '500':
          description: Server Error
      parameters:
      - name: businessunit
        in: query
        type: string
        default: UCSB8
        required: true
        description: Use UCSB8
      - name: ledgergoup
        in: query
        type: string
        default: ACTUALS
        required: true
        description: Use ACTUALS for Finanial transactions and APPROP_EXP for Budget
      - name: account
        in: query
        type: string
        required: true
        description: 6 digits reflect campus level account detail rolling up to UCOP Account Group Code;
          includes functional area
      - name: fund
        in: query
        type: string
        description: 5 digits reflect campus level fund detail rolling up to UCOP Fund Group Code
      - name: sub
        in: query
        type: string
        description: 1 digit expenditure classification
      - name: object
        in: query
        type: string
        description: 4 digits detailed expenditure classification
      - name: transcode
        in: query
        type: string
        description: 4 digits used with equity accounts
definitions:
  FieldTypes:
    properties:
      COMBO_CF_MSG_H:
        $ref: '#/definitions/COMBO_CF_MSG_H'
      COMBO_CF_MSG_D:
        $ref: '#/definitions/COMBO_CF_MSG_D'
      PSCAMA:
        $ref: '#/definitions/PSCAMA'
    type: object
  COMBO_CF_MSG_H:
    properties:
      COMBO_VALID_FLG:
        $ref: '#/definitions/COMBO_VALID_FLG'
      MESSAGE_SET_NBR:
        $ref: '#/definitions/MESSAGE_SET_NBR'
      MESSAGE_NBR:
        $ref: '#/definitions/MESSAGE_NBR'
      MESSAGE_TEXT:
        $ref: '#/definitions/MESSAGE_TEXT'
      COMBO_TRAN_SRC:
        $ref: '#/definitions/COMBO_TRAN_SRC'
    type: object
  COMBO_TRAN_SRC:
    properties:
      IsChanged:
        type: string
    type: object
  COMBO_CF_MSG_D:
    properties:
      SEQNO:
        $ref: '#/definitions/SEQNO'
      COMBO_VALID_FLG:
        $ref: '#/definitions/COMBO_VALID_FLG'
    type: object
  SEQNO:
    properties: {}
    type: object
  COMBO_VALID_FLG:
    properties:
      IsChanged:
        type: string
    type: object
  PSCAMA:
    properties:
      LANGUAGE_CD:
        $ref: '#/definitions/LANGUAGE_CD'
      AUDIT_ACTN:
        $ref: '#/definitions/AUDIT_ACTN'
      BASE_LANGUAGE_CD:
        $ref: '#/definitions/BASE_LANGUAGE_CD'
      MSG_SEQ_FLG:
        $ref: '#/definitions/MSG_SEQ_FLG'
      PROCESS_INSTANCE:
        $ref: '#/definitions/PROCESS_INSTANCE'
      PUBLISH_RULE_ID:
        $ref: '#/definitions/PUBLISH_RULE_ID'
      MSGNODENAME:
        $ref: '#/definitions/MSGNODENAME'
    type: object
  LANGUAGE_CD:
    properties:
      IsChanged:
        type: string
    type: object
  AUDIT_ACTN:
    properties:
      IsChanged:
        type: string
    type: object
  BASE_LANGUAGE_CD:
    properties:
      IsChanged:
        type: string
    type: object
  MSG_SEQ_FLG:
    properties:
      IsChanged:
        type: string
    type: object
  PROCESS_INSTANCE:
    properties:
      IsChanged:
        type: string
    type: object
  PUBLISH_RULE_ID:
    properties:
      IsChanged:
        type: string
    type: object
  MSGNODENAME:
    properties:
      IsChanged:
        type: string
    type: object
  MsgData:
    properties:
      Transaction:
        $ref: '#/definitions/Transaction'
    type: object
  Transaction:
    properties:
      COMBO_CF_MSG_H:
        $ref: '#/definitions/COMBO_CF_MSG_H'
      PSCAMA:
        $ref: '#/definitions/PSCAMA'
    type: array
    minItems: 0
    items:
      $ref: '#/definitions/Transaction'
  UC_FAU_VALIDATION_REPLY:
    properties:
      FieldTypes:
        $ref: '#/definitions/FieldTypes'
      MsgData:
        $ref: '#/definitions/MsgData'
    type: object
  MESSAGE_SET_NBR:
    properties:
      IsChanged:
        type: string
    type: object
  MESSAGE_NBR:
    properties:
      IsChanged:
        type: string
    type: object
  MESSAGE_TEXT:
    properties:
      IsChanged:
        type: string
    type: object