Hi folks, In the 1.4 series of Evergreen we're making the underlying fields for credit card information optional. I don't think anyone actually wants to record credit card numbers, and in the past leaving that field blank past led to an ugly error, so I know at least some staff have been putting bogus information in that field to get by. My question is whether it would be okay to get rid of that credit card information-gathering dialog altogether? If we did this, that payment type would be treated merely as a category for reporting, and you'd still have the option to annotate the payment, if say, you wanted to record authorization numbers for a credit card transaction. If anyone does want it to remain, I could make it optional per library, but if no one needs those fields, it'd be easier for me to just remove the dialog altogether. Also, if it is to remain in some way, which fields should be optional? What do you think?
The fields affected are Credit Card Type, Credit Card Number, Expire Month, Expire Year, and Approval Code. All payment types are able to record notes if you have Annotate Payment checked, and this won't change. Nor will this have any effect on other credit card related functionality, such as the work being done for online payments in the OPAC. Thanks for your thoughts! -- Jason Etheridge | VP, Community Support and Advocacy | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Evergreen Experts | phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | web: http://www.esilibrary.com
