Before You Begin
Before creating a PayPal payment method, ensure you have:
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Created roles to have access to the payment method. If these have not been created, you can assign them at any time.
For more information, refer to Application Security Roles.
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Created a ticket template, if applicable. If this has not been created, you can assign it at any time.
For more information, refer to General Configuration Tickets.
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Ensure that you have your organization's PayPal account information, particularly the user/vendor name and password.
Creating a PayPal Payment Method
Once you create a PayPal payment method it can be assigned to a performance and be used throughout AudienceView.
To create a new PayPal payment method, complete the following:
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Open the General Configuration application from the AudienceView Desktop.
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Select the Payment Methods tab.
The Payment Methods|Search page appears.
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Click 'Create New'.
The Payment Methods|Basic page appears.
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Enter PayPal in the 'Name' field.
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Select PayPal from the 'Type' dropdown.
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Select PayPal from the 'Gateway' dropdown.
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Complete the remaining applicable fields.
For more information, refer to General Configuration Payment Method-Basic Page.
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Caution
Once you save the payment method, you cannot modify the 'Type' field. |
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Click 'Create'.
A window confirms that the application created the payment method.
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Click 'OK'.
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Hint
If the PayPal Payment Gateway is already in use/has already been configured, you do not need to take any further action.
If the PayPal payment gateway has not been configured, proceed to Step 10. |
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Open the Registry application from the AudienceView Desktop.
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Navigate to the System::Configuration::Payment Gateways::PayPal node.
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Ensure that https://payflowpro.paypal.com/ appears in the 'Host URL' field.
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Ensure that PayPal is entered in the 'Partner' field.
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Enter the user/vendor name associated with your organization's PayPal account in the 'User' and 'Vendor' fields.
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Click 'Set Password'.
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Enter the password associated with your organization's PayPal account in the 'New Password' field.
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Enter the password associated with your organization's PayPal account in the 'Re-type New Password' field.
For more information, refer to PayPal - Payment Gateway.
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Click 'Apply'.
A window confirms that the application updated the Registry.
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Click 'OK'.
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Information
When customers use PayPal to complete an order, they must enter their email addresses in a required field. Ensure that this field label is not changed from 'Email Address'. This label can be found in the Registry application Registry::EN::Business Objects::TSpaymentMethodBO::Payment Types::PayPal::Email Address node. |