Element and merchant_id_for_swipe

Wouldn’t it be the Merchant ID that is in Campaigns\References\Payment Methods? Make sure the Swipe checkbox is selected then you must indicate a merchant id under Retail Merchant ID. That ID must match the Element ID for retail sales.

From: Tessitura Technical Forum [mailto:forums-technical@tessituranetwork.com] On Behalf Of Natasha Purkiss
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2013 3:00 PM
To: Gloria Ormsby
Subject: [Tessitura Technical Forum] Element and merchant_id_for_swipe

Hi all,

For anyone out there who is live with Element, where does TR_PAYMENT_METHOD.merchant_id_for_swipe come into play? TR_PAYMENT_METHOD.merchant_id is the one that is entered into the config settings in TessituraPaymentGateway.exe but I don’t see the swipe id mentioned anywhere.

E.g. MasterCard merchant_id = 206, merchant_id_for_swipe = 205.  Where does 205 get referenced, if anywhere?

I have confirmed with Element that our merchant accounts will be able to process both swiped and keyed transactions, so does this mean that I just update the TR_PAYMENT_METHOD.merchant_id_for_swipe column to reflect the merchant_id column? So, in the above example both end up being 206?

Thanks for any insight,

Natasha

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