# activateStoredValueInstrument

mutation · in the family [Till and cash management](/reference/till-and-cash-management/)

## What it does

Turn on a gift card or store-credit instrument so it can be sold and redeemed.

ACTIVATE staged instrument stock DIRECTLY: the flip + the issue entry + the balance land in ONE transaction. amountMinor ≥ 1 (an instrument never activates empty — VALIDATION/INVALID); reason REQUIRED (money is born). Requires the unrestricted capability + the record's CURRENT revision.

## What happens

The instrument becomes live at the till and online.

## Careful

A live instrument is money-like — activate only instruments you issued and control.

## Who may call it

Capability area: **Till and cash management** — Manual drawer entries and force-closing a till.

- Owner
- Manager
- Associate Manager
- An API key whose scope allows `api:activateStoredValueInstrument`

## Arguments

| Name | Type | Required | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `input` | [ActivateStoredValueInstrumentInput](/types/ActivateStoredValueInstrumentInput/) `ActivateStoredValueInstrumentInput!` | 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
mutation ExampleActivateStoredValueInstrument($input: ActivateStoredValueInstrumentInput!) {
  activateStoredValueInstrument(input: $input) {
    id
    sysId
    type
    caption
    status
    parentId
    rootId
    createdAt
    updatedAt
    revisionNum
    revision
    instrumentType
    code
    reloadable
    balanceMinor
    currency
  }
}
```

Variables:

```json
{
  "input": {
    "instrumentId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-736f3dcd0000",
    "expectedRevision": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-e02b2e6c0000",
    "amountMinor": 1,
    "reason": "Correcting a miscount."
  }
}
```

Send it with the envelope naming the version: `"extensions": {"at": {"version": {"name":"genesis","number":0}}}`.

## Example response

```json
{
  "data": {
    "activateStoredValueInstrument": {
      "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": {
          "name": "genesis",
          "number": 0
        },
        "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/))
- `NOT_FOUND/*` — That record could not be found. ([NOT_FOUND](/errors/NOT_FOUND/))
- `CONFLICT/*` — The record’s state, or a change made in the meantime, does not allow this; the codes are on the CONFLICT page. ([CONFLICT](/errors/CONFLICT/))
- `VALIDATION/VERSION_REQUIRED` — The request did not say which app version it came from. ([VALIDATION](/errors/VALIDATION/))

## Used in

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