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Online Payments Official Payments Corporation® Setup

To Set Up Official Payments Corporation Online Payment

Official Payments allows applicants and students make credit card, check or bank account payments via the Application, Graduate Application, and Student portals, and for CAMS Enterprise to receive payments using the Official Payments service.

Official Payments uses page redirection and requires that the CAMS IIS and Portal server utilize Web Services (whether on one server or separate servers). For information on setting up Web Services, see Managing CAMS Enterprise.pdf.

  1. From the CAMS Enterprise Home page, select CAMS Manager >CAMS Portals >Portal Configuration >Payment Configuration. The Online Payment Configuration screen opens with the Student tab displayed.
  2. Select Official Payments from the Online Payment Vendor drop-down list.
  3. Select Authorize After Payment if students should be authorized and moved to Official Registration after any payment is made.
  4. The Username and Password fields are not used with this provider.
  5. In the upper data grid right-click to add additional TransDocs that will be used for payments other than tuition. The tuition TransDoc is determined by the TransDoc selected for the On Line Tuition Payment TransDoc drop-down in the Campuses reference table.
  6. In the lower grid, right-click to create the three parameters’ Identifier and Value entries as provided to you by Official Payments Corpration:
  1. Once online payments have been made using Official Payments the payments will be available for transfer to billing from CAMS Manager >CAMS Portal >Transfer >Credit Cards (or Checks).
  2. Click CAMS Manager >CAMS Portal >Portal Configuration >Application Configuration.
  3. The Application Portal uses the same vendor as set for the Student portal.
  4. If you wish to allow applicants to pay the application fee online, click the Enable Application Online Payments checkbox. Additional fields display.
  5. Select the Application Fee Transaction Document and enter the Application Fee Amount.
  6. Check the Force Online Payment Prior to Submit New Application option if applicants must pay the fee prior to submitting their application.
  7. Online application fee payments are recorded in the ProspectAppFeePaid SQL table.

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