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Payvia Dump Formats

This section allows you to view and edit the Smarty dump formats used to generate your stored payments.

Every Payvia type will have a dump format associated with it. This dump format is a structured Smarty template that contains a number of variables. When you view a payment dump in the Payments section, Trackfinity will replace the variables with your affiliate's information.

The variables that you can use in a particular dump format vary depending on the Payvia type you are using it with.

Dump Format Actions

Clicking the Hide Unused Dump Formats button at the top will display only the dump formats currently used by your Payvia types.

For each main dump format there are two actions available: - View - expands the list item to display settings. - Copy - creates a copy of the selected dump format and opens it for editing at the bottom of the list.

Creating New Dump Formats

Define a name and use the Add button at the top of the list to add new dump format. This will create the item and display related fields for editing.

Note

Dump formats are listed in alphabetical order. When creating one, depending on the name, you may have to scroll down to find it.

The information fields displayed for a newly created item are:

  • Name - the name of the dump format.
  • Dump Header - what fields are displayed at the top/beginning of a dump.
  • Entry Header - this is displayed before the affiliate's payment.
  • Entry - this is the affiliate's payment data.
  • Entry Footer - this is displayed after the affiliate's payment.
  • Dump Footer - this is displayed at the very end of the dump.

All the fields you have created in the Payvia form are available here, but with different names. Starting with the name you gave the field, the name is:

  • prefixed with "$affiliate.Payvia."
  • all spaces are changed to underscores

For example, the "User ID" field becomes: {$affiliate.Payvia.User_ID}

Example

Sample Dump Header content:

Check Payment - pipe separated
Pay to | Address1 | Address2 | City | State | Country | Amount | Account | Username

Related Entry Header content:

{$affiliate.payvia.Pay_To}|{$affiliate.login.address1}|{$affiliate.login.address2}|{$affiliate.login.city}|{$affiliate.login.state}|{$affiliate.login.zip_code}|{$affiliate.login.country}|{$total.total_amount/100|currency_format:2}|{$affiliate.login.username}

The easiest way to create your own dump format is to duplicate a similar format and then make the necessary changes. Trackfinity currently has more than 20 formats, so finding a similar format should be easy.

Note

If you want to edit a default Dump format, simply duplicate the one you wish to change, and edit the duplicate.