Update Contract in Billing System Action

Update contract status, end date, or status reason in an external billing system for service change or termination scenarios.

This action is available in API version 60.0 and later.

Special Access Rules 

The Update Contract in Billing System action is available in Enterprise and Unlimited Editions with Energy and Utilities Cloud. The org must have an external billing system integration configured.

Supported REST HTTP Methods 

URI: /services/data/v60.0/actions/standard/updateContractInBillingSystem

Formats: JSON, XML

HTTP Methods: PATCH

Authentication: Authorization: Bearer TOKEN

Where TOKEN is a variable.

Inputs 

InputTypeDescription
updateContractParamsObject[]Required.
List of contract update parameters. Maximum of 50 items. Each item contains these fields.
externalContractId (string, required): External contract identifier.
endDate (date, optional): New contract end date.
status (string, optional): New contract status.
statusReason (string, optional): Reason for the status change.

Outputs 

OutputTypeDescription
messagestringSuccess message returned by the external billing system.
successstringSuccess description returned by the external billing system.

Example 

PATCH

This sample request is for the Update Contract in Billing System action.

1{
2  "inputs": [
3    {
4      "updateContractParams": [
5        {
6          "externalContractId": "CTR-100234",
7          "endDate": "2026-12-31",
8          "status": "Cancelled",
9          "statusReason": "Customer moved out"
10        }
11      ]
12    }
13  ]
14}

This sample response is for the Update Contract in Billing System action.

1[
2  {
3    "actionName": "updateContractInBillingSystem",
4    "errors": null,
5    "invocationId": null,
6    "isSuccess": true,
7    "outputValues": {
8      "success": "true",
9      "message": "Contract updated successfully"
10    },
11    "sortOrder": -1,
12    "version": 1
13  }
14]