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Overview

• The Main Menu of the Monsoon Commerce Payment Module is displayed when the application is launched. From this location, you can navigate to any of the functional areas of the program for which you are authorized.
• General users can search for a payment, make a payment, or change their passwords. Administrative users can also define payment methods, payment accounts, change system parameters, review system logs, define, edit or delete users, and reset passwords.

Description of the screen

Make a Payment

• opens the Payment Terminal

  

Payment Search

• opens the Search screen, where you can enter criteria to locate a specific transaction or transactions

  

Payment Account Mgr

• this tab is only visible to administrative users and opens the Payment Account a collection of information related to a specific business arrangement between a merchant and a third party used to obtain compensation for products or services. Introduced with MCPM 1.0 and SE Version 7.1. May also be referred to as a Payment Processor Account or Gateway. Assignment screen

  

Payment Methods

• this tab is only visible to administrative users and opens the Payment Methods screen

  

Parameters

• opens the System Parameters screen, where you can enter information about payment processors or hardware used by the program, etc.

  

Event Log

• view a list of events; double-click a row to see details of a specific event

  

System  Log

• this tab is only visible to administrative users

• filter and view a list of payment-related events

  

Settings

• opens the Security and Database Settings screen, where an administrator can change some of the password requirements for your environment

  

• you can also select or create a new database from the Database Connection tab on this screen

Help

• opens the Knowledge Base

Authorized Users

User ID

• displays a list of users defined in the system
• the MCTech User ID is created the first time the program is launched and is in a disabled state - it is for use by Monsoon Technical Support staff when it is necessary to troubleshoot problems
• you must enable the MCTech User ID before it can be used, and you must disable it after the support session ends

Admin

• Yes indicates the user is a member of the Admin user group
• administrative users are able to add, edit and delete User IDs, reset user's passwords, define Payment Accounts, set System Parameters and view the System Log, etc.

Enabled

• Yes indicates the User ID is active

Name

• displays the full name of the user

Change Password

• opens a screen where you can change your password

  

Log Out

• opens a screen where you can login as a different user without exiting the program

  

Exit

• closes the Monsoon Commerce Payment Module

New User

• only visible to Administrative users
• opens the Add User screen where an administrator creates a User ID for a new employee

  

Edit

• only visible to Administrative users

• select a User ID from Authorized Users and click this button to open the Edit User screen, where an administrator can reset the password of the User ID, change the Full Name associated with the User ID, change the group to which the UserID belongs, or disable the User ID (account)

  

Other User Actions

• only visible to Administrative users

Edit Permissions

• opens the Payment Module Permissions screen, where you specify the types of payment transactions a particular user can perform

  

Delete User

• select a user from Authorized Users and select this action to remove that User ID from the system

Additional Information

Change Password

Database Setup

Event Log

Event Details

Payment Account Assignment

Payment Methods

Payment Module Permissions

Payment Terminal

Search Screen

Settings

System Log Viewer

System Parameters

User Login
 

Created: 10/12/12

Revised: 2/1/13

Published: 04/13/2016