Online Payment First Data™

First Data Online Payment Provider allows applicants, students, and alumni to make credit card payments via the Application, Graduate Application, Student, or Alumni/Donor Portals. First Data uses page redirection, Global Gateway Connect 2.0 type of account, and does not require that Web Services be used for your portals. You will need to select First Data Global Gateway as the Online Payment Vendor and enter any TransDocs necessary as shown below.

Note: Beginning 2017, First Data will be decommissioning Global Gateway and not accepting new clients under this banner. Former Global Gateway accounts will be maintained and new First Data accounts should be set up using their Payeezy banner.

To Setup First Data Online Payment:

There are two parts to First Data Online Payment Setup. The first part is completed in CAMS Enterprise while the second part requires modification of a script file in the folder where each portal's files are located.

First Data Global Gateway Connect 2.0 requires the use of a "Shared Secret" that must be set up in your Virtual Terminal. You will need to generate then export your "Shared Secret" then insert that along with your Store Number in a script file for each Portal.

Part 1: Completed in CAMS Enterprise

From the CAMS Enterprise Home page, click CAMS Manager >CAMS Portal >Portal Configuration >Payment Configuration. The Payment Configuration window opens with the Student tab selected.
Select First Data Global Gateway from the Online Payment Vendor drop-down list.
Select Authorize After Payment if students should be authorized and moved to Official Registration after any payment is made.
The Username and Password fields are not used with this provider.
Multiple items can be listed on the payment page that a student can choose to pay. First Data Global Gateway configuration does NOT use the Campuses reference tables Online Tuition Payment Transdoc field. The tuition TransDoc and any other necessary TransDoc’s must be added in the Online Payment Transdocs data grid.
There are no Online Payment Parameters to be set on the Student tab
Once online payments have been made using First Data, the payments will be available for transfer to Billing from CAMS Manager >CAMS Portal >Transfer >Credit Cards.
Click the Alumni tab.
Select First Data Global Gateway from the Online Payment Vendor drop-down list.
The Username and Password fields are not used with this provider.
Online donations are recorded in CAMS Enterprise Development System Batch.
Click CAMS Manager >CAMS Portal >Portal Configuration >Application Configuration (or Grad App Configuration).

Note: The Graduate Application Portal must have each Program set individually as different TransDocs and fees may be used for each Program.

The Application and Graduate Application portals use the same vendor as is set for the Student portal.

If you wish to allow applicants to pay the application fee online, click the Enable Application Online Payments checkbox. Additional fields display.
Select the Application Fee Transaction Document and enter the Application Fee Amount.
Check the Force Online Payment Prior to Submit New Application option if applicants must pay the fee prior to submitting their application.
Online application fee payments are recorded in the ProspectAppFeePaid SQL table.
There are no Online Payment Parameters to be set on the Alumni tab.

Part 2: Completed Outside of CAMS Enterprise

Create and export your Shared Secret from your First Data Virtual Terminal. You will need this and your Store Number for the next steps.

Note: Please contact your First Data representative if you need information on your Store Number and/or Shared Secret.

On the CAMS Portals IIS Server, for each portal (Alumni, Application, Graduate Application, and Student) open the fdgg-util_sha2.inc file with a plain text editor, such as Notepad or Notepad++. This file is located in each portal in the Scripts folder at <Drive Letter>:\\<Portal Folder Name>\Scripts\fdgg-util_sha2.inc.
On line 2 of the fdgg-util_sha2.inc file, var storename = "111111"; enter (or copy/paste) your Store Name between the quotes.
On line 3 of the fdgg-util_sha2.inc file, var sharedSecret = "222222"; enter (or copy/paste) your Shared Secret between the quotes.
On line 16 of the fdgg-util_sha2.inc file, var timezone = "CST"; replace CST between the quotes with your server time zone.
Save and close the fdgg-util_sha2.inc file.
Repeat for each portal (Alumni, Application, Graduate Application, and Student).

Note: This information MUST be entered for each Portal (Alumni, Application, Graduate Application, and Student).