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Submitting Purchasing Card Level 2 and 3 Transactions
Elavon (Formerly Nova) Purchasing Card Transaction Processing
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Elavon (Formerly Nova) Purchasing Card Transaction
Processing
Elavon supports Level 2 for Visa and MasterCard sale, credit, and delayed capture
transactions.
Elavon Level 2 Parameters
To get the discount rate, include both Level 2 parameters listed in the following table. Pass
these parameters in authorization and sale transactions.
Elavon Additional Parameters
The following parameters are recommended to obtain the best rates for purchasing card
transactions with Elavon:
Level 2 Parameters Description
CUSTCODE (Required) Customer code.
Character length and limitations: 1 to 16 alphanumeric characters
TAXAMT (Required) Sales tax.
The value must include a decimal and the exact amount to the cent (42.00, not 42).
Do not include comma separators (1234.56 not 1,234.56). To qualify for Level 2
discounts, this value must not be all zeros or blank spaces.
Character length and limitations: numeric
Field Description
COMMCARD (Optional) Type of purchasing card account number sent. Is one of the following
values:
P = Purchase Card
C = Corporate Card
B = Business Card
U = Unknown (default)
N = None
Character length and limitations: 1 alphanumeric character, defaults to U
PONUM (Optional) Purchase order number.
Character length and limitations: 25 alphanumeric characters, when used provides
best rate
TAXAMT (Optional)Tax amount. The value must include a decimal and the exact amount to the
cent (42.00, not 42). Do not include comma separators (1234.56 not 1,234.56).
Character length and limitations: 10 currency characters, when used provides best
rate