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Field notes: N

Name: The merchant or guarantor name. On the Global Audit page, this field represents the literal (non-unique) name of the entity in context, if a name exists. If literal names do not exist for an entity type, the literal name of the next highest entity type within the hierarchy is displayed. On the Discover Setup page, the name of the authorized Discover account signer.

Name/Address: The merchant's name and address

Name and Address ID: The name and address used to mail the statement for the charges.

Name on Bank Account: The name on the bank account for merchant credits.

Nature of Business: The merchants primary business description.

NDC Positive File: Indicates whether the merchant excluded from the TSYS Acquiring Solutions/NDC Positive File Link.

Negative Batch: The amount by which the credits are allowed to exceed sales in a batch. This must be a valid amount between 0 and 999999999.99.

Network: The debit networks that process debit transactions.

Network Statistics: The terminal requires a password when this function is selected from the terminal.

Network Tokenization: When this check box is selected, it indicates that the merchant participates in Network Tokenization, in which case, the Merchant Token Requestor ID field is editable and requires a value. When the check box is clear, it indicates that the merchant is not participating, and the Merchant Token Requestor ID field will not then be editable.

New Account Defaults From: Field that determines the level (user or association) at which the default values for new merchant accounts are set. New account defaults are set at the user or the association level, but they can be overridden at the individual merchant level. New account defaults cannot be controlled from the group level.

New Entity Type: From the Express Homepage, selecting an entity from this drop-down and clicking the Add button will navigate the user to the first page of an add process for the selected entity.

New Group/Association Number: The identification number of the new group or association to be created.

New Merchant Deposits: Indicates that the application will monitor merchant deposits for the first 30 days after the account is opened. The start of the monitoring period is derived from the value in the Date Opened field.

New Table Number: The new billing element table number.

New Value: On the Global Audit page, this is the value that was entered at the time noted within the timestamp.

Next Auto Download: The date on which the next automatic download will occurred.

Next Batch Number: Indicates the batch number in the terminal after the next batch is successfully settled.

Next Call: The date of the next call (mm/dd/yyyy format) to the merchant from the merchant representative.

Next Scan Date: The date of the next PCI review for the merchant.

Non-Profit Org: A check mark indicates that the merchant is a non-profit organization.

Non-TSYS Gift Card: Indicates whether the Merchant supports a Non-TSYS Gift Card Type.

Non-TSYS Gift Card Provider: Identifies the provider of the merchant's non-TSYS gift card program.

None: Indicates that the billing item will not be applied.

Note / Note Text: A free-text field enabling users to enter notes.

Note Summary: An excerpt of the note text.

Note Type: The type of note described. Possible types include: Application, Credit-App, Credit-Other, Credit-Security, Current Display, Equipment, Exception, Lease, Maintenance/Change of Processor, Other, Previous Display, Product, Risk, Sales Representative, and Security.

Notes Appended: The number of times additional text was appended to a note.

NII: Network International Identifier.

NMS Call: The terminal will require a password when this function is selected.

Number: An ID Number associated with an entity in context.

Number Flag: When selected, this check box enables the terminal to issue the prompt “Enter Invoice Number” on transactions.

Note: The Number Flag check box MUST be selected if the merchant is processing MO/TO (Mail Order/Phone Order) transactions.

Number Keys: The 9-character entry in this field specifies which keys (identified by their position in the 9-character entry) will prompt for additional data, using the characters Y (for the key of that position to prompt) and N (for the key of that position not to prompt). When this field is enabled, it defaults to NNNNNNNNN. Positions 1-9 correspond to terminal keys as follows:

Number Months Next Call: The number of months between the last call and the next call. The number of months until a merchant representative is due to contact the merchant. A value of 99 in this  field indicates that this field is not being used to determine the next call date. The application will generate a Past Due Call Report at the end of the month after the date that the merchant call is due.

Number of Calls: The number of calls a representative has made. The number of times the merchant has been contacted since the account was opened.

Number of Credits in a Batch: The maximum number of credit transactions allowed in a batch. This must be a valid value between 0 and 999999999.

Number of Devices: The number of imprinters or point of sale (POS) terminals for which the merchant is to be charged. This value is multiplied by the value in the Amount field.

Number of LAN Terminals: The number of terminals configured on the LAN.

Number of Months Inactive Before Merchant Purge: A bank-level option and allows a client to set the number of months a merchant can remain inactive before the merchant record is purged.

Number of PIP Terminals: The number of terminals routing (via an American Express terminal or software) Visa, MasterCard and Discover card transactions to a financial services provider and American Express transactions directly to American Express for both authorization and settlement.

Number of Plastics: The number of manual card processing devices that the merchant possesses.

Number of Previous Deposits In History: The number of months of previous deposits that are displayed online for each merchant. There is an additional fee to have more than one month displayed.

Number of Previous Merchant Statements Online: The number of merchant statements that are available online.

Number of Records: The number of records contained within the search parameters.

Number of Reverse PIP Terminals: Number of terminals routing (via a non-American Express terminal or software) Visa, MasterCard and Discover card transactions to a financial services provider and American Express transactions directly to American Express for both authorization and settlement.

Number of Tables: The number of tables in the billing element table list.

Numeric Account: If selected, the account must be comprised of numeric characters only.

Numeric Transaction ID: If selected, the transaction identifier must be comprised of numeric characters only.