Error adding the invoice in QuickBooks. Invalid reference to QB customer

Question

There is an invalid reference to QuickBooks Customer "ABS, JLMN" in the Invoice.
QuickBooks error message: Invalid argument. The specified record does not exist in the list.

<InvoiceAddRq requestID = "***">
<InvoiceAdd>
<CustomerRef>
<FullName>ABS, JLMN</FullName>
</CustomerRef>
<TxnDate>2014-10-31</TxnDate>
<TermsRef>
<FullName>*Proper existing term*</FullName>
</TermsRef>
<DueDate>2014-11-30</DueDate>
<InvoiceLineAdd>
<ItemRef>
<FullName>*Proper existing term*</FullName>
</ItemRef>
<Desc>*String Value*</Desc>
<Rate>0.00</Rate>
</InvoiceLineAdd>
<InvoiceLineAdd>
<ItemRef>
<FullName>*Proper existing term*</FullName>
</ItemRef>
<Desc>*Strings of text*</Desc>
<Rate>0.00</Rate>
</InvoiceLineAdd>
<InvoiceLineAdd>
<ItemRef>
<FullName>*Proper existing term*</FullName>
</ItemRef>
<Desc>*Strings of text*</Desc>
<Rate>0.00</Rate>
</InvoiceLineAdd>
<InvoiceLineAdd>
<ItemRef>
<FullName>*Proper existing term*</FullName>
</ItemRef>
<Desc>*Strings of text*</Desc>
<Rate>0.00</Rate>
</InvoiceLineAdd>
</InvoiceAdd>
<IncludeRetElement>TxnID</IncludeRetElement>
<IncludeRetElement>CustomerRef</IncludeRetElement>
<IncludeRetElement>ItemRef</IncludeRetElement>
</InvoiceAddRq>

Please note that the values mentioned in "*"s are only place holders.
The customer ABS, JLMN is present in Quick books but still I get this error. This is not the only request while generating the request XML, there are other customers also with same properties. I am not getting any error for those customers. Can any one please let me know what can be the problem here?

Is there any chance that my company file is corrupted? I am doing many InvoiceADD and CustomerADD requests with the company file as a part of my requirements. So could that be a reason for the problem here?
Please let me know if you need any more information.
Thanks.

Answer 1

There is an invalid reference to **QuickBooks** Customer "ABS, JLMN" in the Invoice.

This error Occurs when Customer "ABS, JLMN" does not exists in the Quickbooks and you try to add invoice against that customer.

If customer already exists in Quickbooks then parse the name of customer in your requestXML. Special characters also create errors.