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Release Notes

PCMS FY05.2 Web Release — June 2006

General

Change Password

Administrative

Other

Cardholder Related

Transaction Reconciliation Enhancements

Reporting Enhancements

APC / LAPC Related

Cardholder Setup Enhancements

AFHC / LFPC Related

Transaction Disputes

Audit Alert Enhancements


General

Change Password

Update Error Message for Password Change Failures.

To clarify the requirements for a setting a new password, the error message displayed when a new password is invalid will be clarified to explain that new passwords must:

  • Not be a password that was used before. New passwords must differ by at least 3 characters
  • Be at least 6 characters and include at least 1 numeric value

Update Change Password Screen.

PCMS will be corrected so that after a user changes his/her password, the user does not need to log out and log back in to make updates.

Administrative

Load Merchant Category Code (MCC) Descriptions.

Merchant Category Code (MCC) Descriptions will be loaded into the database and available through Discoverer for users to decifer MCC codes on card transactions.

Other

Change Purchase Lost-Stolen Process from Weekly to Daily.

Purchase Lost-Stolen accounts will be processed on a daily basis rather than a weekly basis. This should reduce the amount of time it will take for a Lost-Stolen account to be loaded into PCMS.

Cardholder Related

Transaction Reconciliation Enhancements

Display Account Description Field on the Transactions Tab.

The Account Description field which contains information about whether or not a transaction has cleared FFIS processing will be moved from the Transaction Maintenance tab to the Transactions tab. Users will know if a transaction's accounting can be modified without having to bring up the Transaction Maintenance tab.

Prevent a Transaction from Being Disputed Twice.

Currently PCMS allows users to dispute a transaction more than once although the subsequent disputes are not actually sent to the bank for processing. PCMS will be modified so users are not misled that transactions can be disputed multiple times.

Correct Status When a Disputed Transaction is Marked Resolved.

Currently when a user tries to mark a disputed transaction as resolved, the "R" status is not being saved correctly by PCMS. Although the transaction has been resolved, the action code remains "D". PCMS will be corrected so that when a disputed transaction marked resolved, the action code is changed from "D" to "R".

Reporting Enhancements

Add the Date Range to the Cardholder Report.

The cardholder report will be modified to include the dates for which the report was run.

APC / LAPC Related

Cardholder Setup Enhancements

Record Cardholder Supervisor.

PCMS will be modified to capture the name, address, phone number and e-mail address of the cardholder's supervisor. This information will be required for all cardholders.

Ensure Profile Accounting Distribution Equals 100%.

PCMS will be modified to ensure that the total profile accounting distribution equals 100% when profile accounting is established or modified.

AFHC / LFPC Related

Transaction Disputes

Update Fleet Dispute Date to Write-Protected.

PCMS will be corrected to write-protect the Fleet Dispute Date field.

Audit Alert Enhancements

Remove Fleet Stat Sample Screen Edit.

In Release 4.2, an edit was implemented that required Fleet Stat Sample message be answered before a user could exit the Stat Sample screen. This edit will be removed. Users will now be able to exit out of the Stat Sample screen even though Stat Sample questions have not been answered.


Last Modified: 05/22/2006
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