# resolveStoredValueInstrument

query · in the family [Reading your records](/reference/reading-your-records/)

## What it does

Look up a gift card or store credit by its number — balance and state, the till’s check before redeeming.

A DOOMED holder RESOLVES with its status visible (the BURN law — the code stays on its corpse forever; the tender lanes refuse on status); an unknown/malformed code refuses NOT_FOUND/CONSTRUCT. CONTRAST coupons: no coupon-resolve op exists (codes enter only via apply). Requires authentication; tenant-scoped server-side.

## What happens

Reads only.

## Who may call it

Capability area: **Reading your records** — Looking up and listing the records of your organization.

- Owner
- System Administrator
- Manager
- Associate Manager
- Warehouse Associate
- Sales Associate
- Cashier
- An API key whose scope allows `api:resolveStoredValueInstrument`

## Arguments

| Name | Type | Required | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `code` | [String](/types/#scalars) `String!` | yes | No further notes. |

## Returns

[StoredValueInstrument](/types/StoredValueInstrument/) `StoredValueInstrument!` — A StoredValueInstrument — a balance-bearing money instrument: gift_card (purchasable, reloadable-by-field, bearer) · gift_certificate (fixed-amount) · store_credit (refund/goodwill-born, customer-BOUND, never purchasable as a line). The FSM tracks USABILITY; the StoredValueEntry ledger tracks VALUE — balanceMinor is the cached ledger sum, stamped in the SAME transaction as every entry (the / law), with every decrement CONDITIONED (never negative — CONFLICT/INSUFFICIENT_BALANCE). Dual-birth: immediate active (the issue entry rides the create) or STAGED inactive printed stock (activated at sale via the Order line arm, or directly via activateStoredValueInstrument). Selling/reloading one is an Order LINE (untaxed — basis instrument_sale; engine-invisible); redeeming one is an applyTender step-5 internal tender; store credit from a return mints via refundReturn method=store_credit. Doom is gated by CONFLICT/BALANCE_OUTSTANDING while value remains (zero via reason-coded adjust FIRST — no silent money destruction).

## Example request

```graphql
query ExampleResolveStoredValueInstrument($code: String!) {
  resolveStoredValueInstrument(code: $code) {
    id
    sysId
    type
    caption
    status
    parentId
    rootId
    createdAt
    updatedAt
    revisionNum
    revision
    instrumentType
    code
    reloadable
    balanceMinor
    currency
  }
}
```

Variables:

```json
{
  "code": "BJ-001"
}
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "data": {
    "resolveStoredValueInstrument": {
      "id": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-37386ae00000",
      "sysId": "SV-EXMP-0000-000F",
      "type": "StoredValueInstrument",
      "caption": "Blue jeans",
      "status": "active",
      "parentId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-065235280000",
      "rootId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-a093dd800000",
      "createdAt": "2027-01-31T00:00:00.000Z",
      "updatedAt": "2027-01-31T00:00:00.000Z",
      "revisionNum": 1,
      "revision": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-b7960e180000",
      "instrumentType": "gift_card",
      "code": "BJ-001",
      "reloadable": true,
      "balanceMinor": 1,
      "currency": "USD"
    }
  },
  "extensions": {
    "at": {
      "callId": "01EXAMPLE-CALL-ID",
      "version": {
        "requested": null,
        "serviced": {
          "name": "genesis",
          "number": 0
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## Errors this call can answer

- `VALIDATION/INVALID` — Something in the request is not valid. ([VALIDATION](/errors/VALIDATION/))
- `AUTHN/REQUIRED` — Sign in to do this. ([AUTHN](/errors/AUTHN/))
- `AUTHZ/FORBIDDEN` — Your role does not allow this action. ([AUTHZ](/errors/AUTHZ/))
- `RATE_LIMIT/THROTTLED` — Too many requests in a short time. ([RATE_LIMIT](/errors/RATE_LIMIT/))

## Used in

- [Sell and redeem gift cards and store credit](/use-cases/sell-gift-cards/)