Administration and utilities

The following table lists the configuration and connectivity requirements that your integration must support to enable communication with AvaTax for Communications.


Requirement	Use Case	Endpoint(s)/model(s)	Required/Conditional/Suggested
Username and password	Users must be provided with a configuration page or file that allows them to type in their credentials.	N/A	Required
Sandbox or Production mode	Your integration must provide a method for users to specify whether they’re working in a Sandbox or Production environment.	N/A	Required
Test connection button	Users need to be able to test the connection to the AvaTax service and verify their AvaTax credentials.	Healthcheck	Required
Client ID	User must be provided with a method for inputting the Client ID in the request header.	N/A	Required
Client profile ID	Users must be provided with an option to specify a client profile ID in the header.	N/A	Required
Enable client-side logging	Users should have access to detailed AvaTax for Communications transaction logging within the application.	N/A	Suggested
User guide	Users must be provided with a guide that contains screenshots and steps describing how to configure and use AFC	N/A	Required