How to automatically confirm check pay run (payment process request) in R12

Question

Payment Method = check
The payment process profile (ppp) settings are as follows:
Processing Type=Printed
Payment Completion Point = When the Payment Instruction is Formatted
Default Payment Document= blank/null
Payment File=Send to File
My question is this. Is it possible or how do you configure oracle payments (PAYMENT PROCESS PROFILE [PPP] and/or PAYMENT PROCESS REQUEST [PPR])for check payments created as a file output like you have in 'EFT' instead of printing the checks and CONFIRM the PPR/payments AUTOMATICALLY after the checks/payments have been formatted.
The reason we are doing this is because we want an external agency to print the checks for my organisation.
What is happening at the moment is that the PPR runs and the payments file is created successfully. At this point, the PPR is in 'FORMATTED - READY FOR RECORDING' status. The PPR then remain in this status until it is manually confirmed by clicking the 'Take Action' icon in the 'payment instruction' tab and then clicking on 'CONFIRM'.
If the PPR is left in the above status, then the next submitted check pay run errors because the payment document(s) are still locked by the pay run that is in the 'Formatted - Ready for Recording' state.
If it is not possible to configure Oracle payments to auto confirm the check pay run of this type, is an API available that can be called to confirm check payments - once they are in the formatted status.
I've looked at the following notes in 'My Oracle Support', but they are not much use.
Note 1097547.1 is related to bug 8781032 which talks about "Automatic Initiate when Payment Process Request is Complete".
and then Note 1215392.1 relates to enhancement request.
Bug 10142423: GIVE AN OPTION IN PAYMENT PROCESS PROFILE TO SUBMIT POSITIVE PAY FILE AUTOMATIC
Thanks.

Answer 1

Try running this SQL
SELECT
r.calling_app_id,
r.created_by,
r.payment_service_request_id,
r.creation_date,
r.call_app_pay_service_req_code,
fa.application_name,
fu.user_name,
r.payment_service_request_status
FROM
iby_pay_service_requests r,
fnd_application_vl fa,
fnd_user fu
WHERE r.payment_service_request_id = <<your concurrent request ID>>
AND r.calling_app_id = fa.application_id(+)
AND r.created_by = fu.user_id(+)