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title: Check Financial Authority (POST)
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description: Check whether the current user has sufficient financial authority to approve a claim coverage payment detail. The API matches a User Financial Authority (UFA) record to the payment detail’s product and financial type, compares the adjusted amount to the user’s maximum approval amount, and sets the payment detail status to Pending Authority when the limit is exceeded and a manager is available.
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# Check Financial Authority (POST)

Check whether the current user has sufficient financial authority to approve a claim coverage payment detail. The API matches a User Financial Authority (UFA) record to the payment detail’s product and financial type, compares the adjusted amount to the user’s maximum approval amount, and sets the payment detail status to Pending Authority when the limit is exceeded and a manager is available.

## Resource

{paymentDetailId} is a placeholder.

/connect/insurance/claims/payment-details/{paymentDetailId}/check-financial-authority

## Resource Example

Replace {yourInstance} with the My Domain name of your Salesforce org.

https://{yourInstance}.salesforce.com/services/data/v68.0/connect/insurance/claims/payment-details/0l2xx000000003gEAA/check-financial-authority

## Available Version

68.0

## HTTP Methods

POST

## Path Parameter for POST

| Parameter Name | Type | Description | Required or Optional | Available Version |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| paymentDetailId | String | ID of the claim coverage payment detail record to evaluate for financial authority. The ID must start with 0l2. The API resolves its product and financial type (claim loss or claim expense), and compares the adjusted amount with the current user’s matching UFA record. | Required | 68.0 |

## Response Body for POST

[Check Financial Authority](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.insurance_developer_guide.meta/insurance_developer_guide/connect_responses_check_financial_authority.htm "Output representation of evaluating whether the current user has sufficient financial authority to approve a claim coverage payment detail, including whether payment is allowed and the user’s maximum approval amount.")