All fields apply to both ERGs and RP ERGs unless specifically indicated otherwise.
Full Name
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Field Name
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Req’d
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Business Rules
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Start Date The Start Date is the date a fee item becomes active and is applied. The Start Date cannot be in the past when updating existing fee items. The fee item will start processing from the Start Date. If the fee item is saved on a profile, ERG or RP ERG with a date in the future, even though it is not currently being applied, it counts toward the overall "active" fee limit for that profile, ERG or RP ERG.
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StartDate
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Yes
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Stop Date The Stop Date is the date after which a fee item expires. This date may be used to mark the end of the application of this fee item, or to stop the current rate and begin the next rate, if using the effective rate features in the Date Rate tag (located within the Pricing tag).
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StopDate
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N
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Must be after start date.
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Frequency Frequency is a setting to indicate when this fee item applies. This can be all months, or specific months. Each month is a separate three-letter tag: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
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FrequencyType
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Yes
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 Align to Seasonal Billing
A fee item level indicator that will, if a merchant is seasonal with seasonal months, align the fee item billing frequency to be that of the merchant's seasonal months. This is completed when the fee item is added to the merchant profile, when a fee item is modified, or when a merchant's seasonal settings are established or modified.
For example, a merchant that has billing frequency established as September through March submits a request; fees containing a Y for SeasonalIndicator will set the fee item to have a billing frequency of September through March. If the merchant's billing frequency months are changed, the fee item's billing frequency months will also be changed.
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AlignToSeasonalBilling
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N
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May not be used with IRG and Hierarchy Fee Items.
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GL Item Code The GL Item Code can be used to group certain types of fee items for GL or other reporting purposes. This setting may be used in profiles and ERGs to differentiate between income and expense items. The client may then access profitability totals by his GL Item Code Values.
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GLItemCodeType
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N
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User Data Code The User Data Code can be used to label groups of fee items for certain merchants with a client-defined value for reporting, searching and possible re-pricing at a later time. For example, a client may want to group pricing for hotels, or gas stations, or retail into different auth rates. The client may then access profitability totals by his User Data Code Values.
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UserDataCodeType
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N
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Per Item ($) Per Item ($) is a rate to be charged on a per item basis (dollar amount), calculated against the total number of transactions defined in each fee item. It is considered a rate method. It may be used alone as the only rate method, or combined with other rate methods, depending on which fee category is used.
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PerItem
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Yes
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May be used with Agent % on Fee.
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Agent (%) On Fee Agent % on Fee is the percentage of the fee that the agent will pay to the next agent in the hierarchy.
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AgentFeePercent
(RP ERG Only)
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Cond.
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May be used with Per Item.
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