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Submitting Purchasing Card Level 2 and Level 3 Transactions
First Data Merchant Services South (FDMS) Purchasing Card Transaction Processing
C
FDMS South Line Item Parameters
Line item data (Level 3) describes the details of the item purchased and can be can be passed
for each transaction. The convention for passing line item data in name-value pairs is that each
ORDERTIME Order time and date. Format is either YYYY-MM-
DD or YYYY-MM-DD HH:MI:SS (where HH is in
24-hour time).
If the value does not conform to one of the
formats or if the date is not valid (for example,
2004-17-35), then the transaction is rejected
with a RESULT=7 (SIG_FIELD_ERR) and
RESPMSG=Invalid ORDERTIME.
A truncated version of the ORDERTIME value (up
to 7 characters) overwrites any value provided by
ORDERDATE.
If no value is provided, a NULL value is stored.
No Alphanum
eric
19
PONUM Purchase order number / merchant-related data. No (but
provides
best rate
when used)
Alpha-
numeric
25
SHIPFROMZIP The postal code (called zip code in the USA) from
which shipping occurs.
No (but
provides
best rate
when used)
Numeric 9
SHIPTOZIP Ship to postal code (called zip code in the USA). No (but
provides
best rate
when used)
Numeric 9
STATE Cardholders state. No Alpha 2
SWIPE Allows Track 1 and Track 2 data to be passed to
enable a card-present transaction.
No Alpha-
numeric
80
TAXAMT Tax amount.
The value must include a decimal and the exact
amount to the cent (42.00, not 42). Do not
include comma separators (1234.56 not
1,234.56). See “FDMS South Currency Codes
and Decimal Positions” on page 166.
No (but
provides
best rate
when used)
Currency 10
TAXEXEMPT Is the customer tax exempt? Y or N No Alpha 1
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ABLE C.8 FDMS South Level 2 and Level 3 purchasing card parameters (Continued)
Parameter Description Required Type Length