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See why an AvaTax transaction is in its current state
For developers who want a timeline of the API calls behind an Avalara AvaTax transaction, just by asking.
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Connector
Connect Avalara AvaTax, pick your AI tool and paste the prompt.
The problem
Why is this transaction in its current state
Working out why an Avalara AvaTax transaction is in its current state means matching API call logs to the record by hand. Failed and duplicate calls get missed.
Without PopdockAI
- Open the transaction in AvaTax
- Pull the API call logs
- Line up calls with the record by hand
- Miss a failed or repeated call
With PopdockAI
- The transaction is found, and it stops if the code is ambiguous
- Its audit log entries are read
- A timeline is built with failed and repeated calls flagged
- An empty log is reported, never guessed
The prompt
Use this prompt
Copy it into any AI tool connected to PopdockAI. Swap the values in braces for your own.
**Objective:** Explain the life of AvaTax transaction `{transaction-code}` from the API audit log, for `{company}` if given.
**Step 1: Read the transaction**
Call `avalara-avatax-get-transaction` filtered by `code` = `{transaction-code}` (and `company` if given). If several match, list them and stop. Note its current `status`, `document-type`, `date` and `total-tax`.
**Step 2: Read the audit log**
Call `avalara-avatax-get-transaction-audit` with `transaction-code` = `{transaction-code}` (and `company`). Sort entries by `server-timestamp`.
**Step 3: Interpret**
* Order the calls into a timeline: when it was created, changed, committed, voided or refunded, judging by `document-type` and `api-call-status`.
* Flag failed calls (non-success `api-call-status`), repeated calls close together, and a `server-duration` far above the rest.
* Compare the final state in the audit log with the current transaction `status`. Say if they disagree.
**Step 4: Report**
Give the timeline as a table (time, document-type, call status, duration), then a short plain-language explanation of how the transaction reached its current state and any problem worth following up.
**Validation:**
* If the audit log is empty, say the log may not cover this period or the code may be wrong, and report only the transaction record.
**Rules & Guidelines:**
* This prompt is read-only. Call only the `avalara-avatax-get-*` tools named above. Never call any avalara-avatax tool that adds, updates, deletes, commits, uncommits, voids, unvoids, adjusts, refunds, locks, settles or creates anything.
* Report what the data shows. Do not guess values the tools did not return, and say so when a field came back empty.
* Use `max-records` to keep each read small, and say when a result may be truncated by it.Who it's for
One answer, three teams that use it
Integration developers
Debug a transaction quickly
Failed and repeated calls are flagged on a timeline, so you see where the integration went wrong.
Trace AvaTax transaction SO-20877 and show failed or duplicate calls.
Support engineers
Explain a transaction's state
A clear timeline answers why a document is committed, voided or adjusted.
Why is AvaTax transaction INV-3301 voided? Show its history.
Tax systems admins
Check for repeated calls
Spot duplicate submissions that may point to a retry problem in the integration.
Has AvaTax transaction INV-2045 been submitted more than once?
How it works
What PopdockAI does when you ask
You give a transaction code and your AI assistant traces its history from the audit log. It never changes the transaction.
01
Ask
You give the transaction code.
02
Match
It finds the transaction and stops if the code is ambiguous.
03
Read
It reads the audit log entries for it.
04
Report
You get a timeline with failed and repeated calls flagged, or a note that the log is empty.
What PopdockAI provides
The tools behind the answer
Ready made tools for Avalara AvaTax and one secure connection to your AI tool. No code, no exports.
avalara-avatax-get-transaction
avalara-avatax-get-transaction-audit
This report is built from Get data tools only. PopdockAI applies the row, field and parameter rules your admin sets, and every query is written to the audit trail.
The outcome
A transaction's history as one timeline
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