Pre-Authorization Advice List

This menu shows a list of all uncompleted Pre-Auth transactions (i.e., an Advice has not been performed to complete a Pre-Auth). From this menu, you can select and then complete or delete Pre-Auth transactions.

IMPORTANT:  The Advice must be performed on the same handheld terminal as the original Pre-Authorization transaction in order to find the original Pre-Auth transaction in the terminal memory.

From the READY screen:

To navigate through the menus:

- Scroll down: press F1 to move the highlight bar down.
- Scroll up: press F3 to move the highlight bar up.
- Select a highlighted item: press OK.

1. Press the Admin key.
The MAIN MENU appears.

2. Press OK to select TRANSACTIONS.
The TRANSACTIONS menu appears.

3. Scroll down to P-A ADVICE LST, and press OK.
The SWIPE ADMIN CARD prompt appears.

4. Swipe the POS Admin card.

If the ENTER CLERK ID entry screen appears, key in a Clerk ID to use as a selection criterion. OR Simply press OK.

The ENTER AMOUNT entry screen appears.

5. Key in a specific amount for which to search, and press OK. OR Simply press OK.  
The DATE entry screen appears.

6.  Key in either a specific 4-digit date (YY/MM) or a 6-digit date (YY/MM/DD) for which to search, and press OK.  
OR Simply press OK.

The BATCH NUMBER entry screen appears.  

7.  Key in a Batch number (1 to 3 digits long) for which to search, and press OK.  OR Simply press OK.
THE P-A ADVICE LIST screen appears listing all uncompleted Pre-Auth transactions.

8. Press F1 to scroll down the list of uncompleted Pre-Authorization transactions (press F3 to scroll up), and then press OK at your selection. 

The PA-ADVICE LIST screen appears displaying details about the Pre-Auth transaction.

9. To complete the transaction, press F1.
 OR Delete the transaction by pressing F3 (DELETE)...

The terminal communicates with the Moneris Host.

10. When APPROVED ###### MERCHANT COPY appears, press OK.

11. Process receipts.