Transactions Properties

The following properties can be viewed  for Transactions. Properties are organized into categories:

General Properties

Property Description

User

The Logon ID or user name of the user who made the transaction.

Card ID

The identifier obtained from a cash card used for this transaction, if any.

Print Group The Print Group associated to the Queue to which the user submitted the job

Server

The server handling the transaction.

When

The date and time when this Transaction was completed.

Type

The type of the Transaction (see Transaction Types table below).

Transaction Types

  Any interaction between Pharos and a user is classified as one of the following Transaction types:

Property Abbreviation Description

Computer

PC

The user has reserved and used a Computer.

Copy

CP

The user has been debited for using a copier.

Credit

CR

Money has been deposited into the user's internal account.

Custom

CU

A custom transaction (e.g. one sent from third-party software to Pharos) has been recorded.

Custom Charge MT The user has been charged for a custom charge job.

Deleted Print

DP

A print job has been deleted from its Queue before it was printed.

Fax

FX

The user has been debited for a fax transaction.

PayPal Add Funds PA Money has been deposited into the user's internal account using a credit card, debit card or PayPal account.
PayPal Fee PF The user has been charged a PayPal transaction fee.

Print

PR

The user has been debited for sending a print job to a printer.

Scan

SC

The user has been debited for a scanning transaction.

Transfer Funds

TF

Money has been transferred into the user's internal account at a Pharos Station or an Add Value Station.

Properties of specific types of transactions

 Property

 Transaction Type(s)

Description

Cashier

CR

The name of the Cashier who made the credit.

Purse

CR

The Purse within the user's internal account to which Credit/Debit transaction was actioned.

Pharos Station

TF

The name of the Pharos Station or Network Terminal that was used.

Transaction ID

TF

The transaction number that appears on the receipt if one is produced.

Pages

PR, DP, CP, SC, FX

The number of pages in the print job, copying output, etc.

Device

PR, CP, SC, FX

The Device on which the printing, copying, etc. was done.

Application

PR, DP

The file name (including path) of the application that produced the print job.

Sheets

PR, DP

The number of sheets in the print job.

Reason

DP

The reason why the print job was deleted.

Queue

DP

The Queue from which the print job was deleted.

Job Attributes

PR, DP, CP

A list of all attributes (e.g. paper size, color) for the print or copy job.
Printing
: If the job has parts with differing attributes, each is listed separately.
Copying
: If the job has parts with differing attributes, each is listed as a separate Transaction.

 

Billing

Property Description

Amount

The amount of money credited or debited as a result of this Transaction, if any. (For Deleted Print transactions, this is an approximation based on the number of pages; it is possible that the job would have had a different cost if it had actually been printed, due to other factors like Discount Rates or scripting.)

Bank

The name of the Bank through which this Transaction was processed, if any.

Cost Centers

The Cost Center(s) to which the cost of the Transaction was charged, if applicable.

Offline

Whether the Transaction should have used a Gateway to a third party billing service but that service was offline at the time the Transaction was made. Pharos keeps a record of the Transaction when the billing service fails, and automatically processes it when the billing service is back online.

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