Report Filing Service

SubmitReport

SubmitReportSync

Represents a request to submit a report on the ELMA server.

The following routes are available for this service:
POST	/sync/elma/reports/submit

**SubmitReportBase** Parameters:
Name	Parameter	Data Type	Required	Description
Report	form	Report	Yes	The report to submit.
Credential	form	ElmaCredential	Yes	The credential to gain access on the ELMA server.
ValidationEnabled	form	bool	Yes	Should the report data be validated before sending it to the ELMA server? true: report data is validated before it is sent to the ELMA server. false: report data sent without validation to the ELMA server.
StagingEnabled	form	bool?	No	Should operations be staged on the ELMA server? true: operations are executed on the Test ELMA server. false: operations are executed on the Live (Production) ELMA server.

**Report** Parameters:
Name	Parameter	Data Type	Required	Description
Id	form	string	Yes	The conventional ELMA file name of the report. The format of the ELMA formula is as follows: m5_<pb>_<BZSt-Nr>_<AccountID>_<DateiId>.xml where: m5 is a constant for all reporting types. pb is a constant that represents the ELMA product designation e.g. CC, DC, FC etc. BZSt-Nr is the 11-character BZSt (Bundeszentralamt für Steuern) - tax number of the ELMA user e.g. bz123456789 AccountID is the 10-digit account identifier of the BZSt-Online Portal (BOP) user e.g. 1234567890 DateiId is the 1 - 12 character internal short name for the data file.
Data	form	string	Yes	The XML-content of the report.

**ElmaCredential** Parameters:
Name	Parameter	Data Type	Required	Description
Id	form	string	Yes	The unique identifier of this instance. This identifer is only relevant in the context of data storage and retrieval.
Certificate	form	PemCertificate	Yes	The security certificate to authenticate the user and grant access to the ELMA server. This certificate is generated from the BZSt-issued *.pfx BOP certificate. More details on BOP (BZSt-Online Portal - https://www.elster.de/bportal/start)
AuthSteuernummer	form	string	Yes	The BZSt (Bundeszentralamt für Steuern) - tax number of the user. 11-character text field that may only consist of two capital letters and 9 digits (0-9). The fiscal authority BZSt provides this number during registration at the BOP (BZSt-Online Portal - https://www.elster.de/bportal/start). The number is available in the private area of the BOP user account under "My BOP" under the "Registration Information"
AccountId	form	string	Yes	The account identifier of a BZSt-Online Portal (BOP) user. 10-character text field that may only contain numbers (0-9).
Password	form	string	Yes	The password to protect the certificate from unauthorized access.

**PemCertificate** Parameters:
Name	Parameter	Data Type	Required	Description
Id	form	string	Yes	The unique identifier (e.g. the file name) of the certificate.
Content	form	string	Yes	The PEM-encoded content of the certificate.
Description	form	string	No	The description of the certificate.
Tags	form	List<string>	No	Tags to label or identify the certificate.

**SubmissionResponse** Parameters:
Name	Parameter	Data Type	Required	Description
Id	form	string	No	The unique identifier of the report that was processed.
Xml	form	string	No	The submitted XML-based report content.
ValidationErrors	form	List<ValidationError>	No	The errors encountered during the validation phase of the report submission operation.
ResponseStatus	form	ResponseStatus	No	The status of the report submission operation.

**ValidationError** Parameters:
Name	Parameter	Data Type	Required	Description
Id	form	string	No	The unique identifier of the validation faílure. This is equivalent to the file name of the validated report.
Message	form	string	No	The message of the validation failure.
Severity	form	XmlSeverityType	No	The severity of the validation faílure.
LineNumber	form	int	No	The line number indicating where the error occurred.
LinePosition	form	int	No	The line position indicating where the error occurred.

To override the Content-type in your clients, use the HTTP Accept Header, append the .jsv suffix or ?format=jsv

HTTP + JSV

The following are sample HTTP requests and responses. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /sync/elma/reports/submit HTTP/1.1 
Host: reportfiling.staging.pwc.de 
Accept: text/jsv
Content-Type: text/jsv
Content-Length: length

{
	report: 
	{
		id: String,
		data: String
	},
	credential: 
	{
		id: String_String,
		certificate: 
		{
			id: String,
			content: String,
			description: String,
			tags: 
			[
				String
			]
		},
		authSteuernummer: String,
		accountId: String,
		password: String
	},
	validationEnabled: False,
	stagingEnabled: False
}

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/jsv
Content-Length: length

{
	id: String,
	xml: String,
	validationErrors: 
	[
		{
			id: String,
			message: String,
			severity: Error,
			lineNumber: 0,
			linePosition: 0
		}
	],
	responseStatus: 
	{
		errorCode: String,
		message: String,
		stackTrace: String,
		errors: 
		[
			{
				errorCode: String,
				fieldName: String,
				message: String,
				meta: 
				{
					String: String
				}
			}
		],
		meta: 
		{
			String: String
		}
	}
}