TEMPORARY LOSS OF SERVICE - Sunday, Dec 5th

 
A Shields Building power outage on Sunday, December 5th will result in a loss of all eCommerce services (ePay, ePayment API, eCommerce Web Services (GI), MerchantAdmin,  and eStore) from approximately midnight to 10:00AM.  


Please see our general announcement!
 

SSN PROJECT

Please be aware of the Social Security Number project .

eCommerce services (ePay, ePayment API, eCommerce Web services (GI), Merchant Admin, and eStore)  WILL be available during the SSN conversion.  However, you should be aware that if you are accessing eCommerce from a non-eCommerce web application, i.e. eLion, your web application may not be available during the SSN conversion timeline.  Please visit the SSN Project Web site for the latest information!


eCOMMERCE MIGRATION PROJECT

We have established our new, enhanced eCommerce environment.   It has been in operation subsequent to October 1st.  As of December 1st we should have 100% of our merchants migrated to the new eCommerce System.  Originally we were going to shut down the "old" eCommerce system on December 31, 2004, however, we have extended that another month, to January 31, 2005.  This will allow an extra month of "refund" or "credit" processing for transactions that originated on the old system.


eCOMMERCE USER'S GROUP MEETING

The next EUG meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 1st from 2:30 to 4:00 pm, 100 Life Sciences building, University Park.

The Life Sciences Building is a new facility next to the Thomas Building, its #111 on the University map .

Here is the tentative agenda:

We are looking for additional agenda items and really need the input from the community, so please send your agenda suggestions to RichardDumm@psu.edu .

There are a limited number of Video Conference bridges available, if you would like to connect via video conference, please forward your videoconference information to RichardDumm@psu.edu

eCommerce Users Group Home Page


eROCR Project

The project team for automating the posting of eCommerce IBIS transactions to the Report of Cash Receipt (ROCR) met on November 4th to review and discuss status, tasks and next steps.  We'll have an update at the February 1st EUG meeting.


DECEMBER HOLIDAY SCHEDULE

eCommerce services (ePay, ePayment API, eCommerce Web services (GI), Merchant Admin, and eStore) will be available as normal throughout the December Holiday season.  If you have an emergency during the Holiday period, the AIS Support Center will be available from.:

8am to 5pm, 12/23/04 thru 1/2/05, except from noon, 12/24 thru 8am on 12/26.

They can be reached at  (814) 863-2276 or ais-support@psu.edu .

If it's a non-emergency related question, please send an email to ecommerce@psu.edu .

From all of us on the eCommerce Team, please have a safe and Happy Holiday season!


eSTORE HOLIDAY MESSAGE

For our eStore hosting customers, we are preparing the annual eStore Holiday Message for publication on each eStore Home page.  If you have not received and eMail from Linda Gallagher, please contact Linda to confirm the message that will be posted for your eStore.



REMINDER NOTICES (Previously released Announcements)



UPDATING ACCESS TO eCOMMERCE SERVICES

There is now an online form for updating access to eCommerce services.  Changes (additions or deletions) to Merchant/Departmental administrators access to eCommerce Services (IP Address, ePay, Merchant Admin, Daily distribution of ROCR e-mails, and the eCommerce Users List serv) MUST be processed through this form.  We will no longer be able to process requests via e-mail.  We will process all change requests within two (2) business days.  A copy of the change request will be distributed to the applicable Financial Officer for that eCommerce account/department.  The online form is available on the eCommerce home page.  See Updating Access to eCommerce services


ePAY LINKS

Did you lose or forget your browser links to ePay? Go to our new ePay Links Page, where you can find links to Merchant Administration, ePay Credit Card Authorization and ePay History pages!


eCOMMERCE TRAINING TUTORIALS

We now have Four eCommerce Training Tutorials available online for ePay Authorization, ePay History, Merchant Admin Credits/Refunds and Merchant Admin Reports (ROCR, Credits and Statistics). These interactive tutorials are good refreshers or a great tool for training new personnel on the functions and features of eCommerce! Go to our eCommerce Training tutorial page for more information.