EBusiness  = Process Overview  = Overview

The EBusiness online payment is a centralized process that allows patrons to pay online for NAU goods and services using their credit card or electronic check.  The EBusiness online payment process allows realtime payment authorization/billing over a secure Internet link.

The EBusiness online payment utilizes a third party processor called CyberSource.  CyberSource provides services designed to automate the commerce transaction process.  

The figure below represents an overview of the EBusiness online payments from the NAU department’s perspective.

  The customer moves through the various departmental web pages.  The department inserts the transaction into a “holding” table/file until the payment for the transaction is processed.

 The department passes six variables to the EBusiness server via an http post.

 Send control back to the url  provided by the department

Automatic postback of the authorized/billed transactions to the client via an http post (three variables are posted back). This is an optional feature.

 The client can use this information to update their "pending orders" table.
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There are a few different options in using EBusiness.  The department can:

- pass single description (Trans_Desc) or detailed items (array) to the EBusiness server
- use the postback option ("auto-callback, see #4 above) or have no postback (rely on daily reports)
- tie the EBusiness process into a website or use EBusiness in place of credit card "swipe machines".