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Recurring Billing Subscription Data Migration Guide
- Recent Revisions to This Document
- VISA Platform Connect: Specifications and Conditions for Resellers/Partners

Introduction to Migrating Subscription Data to Cybersource Recurring Billing
- Migration Flow
- Migration Limitations
- Migration Prerequisites

Task 1: Enable Recurring Billing in Your Cybersource Account

Task 2: Integrate with the Cybersource API

Task 3: Export Current Subscriptions to a File

Task 4: Create New Subscriptions
- Requirements for the Subscription Creation Script
- Additional Fields Required for Card Subscriptions
  - Additional API Field Required for Any Credit or Debit Card Subscription
  - Additional API Field Required for a Diners or Discover Card
- Obtaining Additional Values Required for Card Subscriptions
  - Retrieve Original Subscription Data from the Cybersource TMS
  - Retrieve Original Subscription Data from the Original Provider
  - When Original Subscription Data Cannot Be Retrieved
- Construct Your Subscription Creation Script

Task 5: Validate the New Subscriptions in the Cybersource System
- Use the Business Center to Validate Migrated Subscriptions
- Use the REST API to Validate Migrated Subscriptions

Finalize the Migration

Reference Information
- Using the Interactive REST API Reference
  - Build a Request to Create a Recurring Billing Plan
  - Build a Request to Create a Recurring Billing Subscription
- Creating a Subscription with a One-Time Plan
  - Required and Optional Fields
  - REST Example: Create a Subscription with a One-Time Plan
- Creating a Subscription with an Existing Plan
  - Required and Optional Fields
  - REST Example: Create a Subscription with an Existing Plan
- Creating a Subscription with Plan Overrides
  - Required and Optional Fields
  - REST Example: Create a Subscription with Plan Overrides

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Creating a Subscription with an Existing Plan

As you write your script, refer to the information in this section as a guide for requesting creation of a subscription with an existing plan:

Required and optional fields for the request to create subscription with an existing plan

Example request to create a subscription with an existing plan

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