Glossary

Terms that are commonly used in our documentation can be found here!

Demographic Fields

address1
Line one of the physical addres for a registrant
address2
Line two of the physical addres for a registrant
anniversaryDate
Anniversary date of the registrant
city
City of the registrant
companyName
Company Name for a registrant
country
United states or Canada -country of a registrant
custom1
Custom field that can be used for a variety of inputs that the merchant has preconfigured
custom2
Custom field that can be used for a variety of inputs that the merchant has preconfigured
custom3
Custom field that can be used for a variety of inputs that the merchant has preconfigured
custom4
Custom field that can be used for a variety of inputs that the merchant has preconfigured
custom5
Custom field that can be used for a variety of inputs that the merchant has preconfigured
custom6
Custom field that can be used for a variety of inputs that the merchant has preconfigured
customerNumber
A number that can be assigned to a registrant that is not the card number or account code
dateOfBirth
Birthdate of the registrant
email
Email address of a registrant
favoriteStore
Self selected favorite store of the registrant. This is used in segmented campaign offers
fax
Fax number of a registrant
firstName
The first name field holds the guest’s first name. This information can be used to personalize marketing emails, look up the guest in our system and look up the guest at the point of sale. This piece of information is provided by the guest during registration.
lastName
The last name field holds the guest’s last name. This information can be used to personalize marketing emails, look up the guest in our system and look up the guest at the point of sale. This piece of information is provided by the guest during registration.
mobilePhone
Mobile phone number of a registrant. This is the only field used in SMS campaigns
optIn
Opt in for Email
password
Password for the registrant
perks
An account specific attribute that can effect how the registrant’s account behaves. Additional configuration required
phone
Phone number of a registrant
postalCode
US State or Canadian Province of a registrant
referrerEmail
Email address of a referee for this registrant
salutation
This field is also used to determine the gender of a registrant
stateProvince
US State or Canadian Province of a registrant
textCampaignOptIn
Step 1 in a double opt in for SMS message campaigns. Additional configuration required
username
Username for the registrant

Commonly Used General Terms

Activation
The act of changing the state of the card from inactive to active
activationStore
Store to attribute the activation transaction to
attached cards
An account with multiple unique cards that retain their own balance and history information
Auto Combine
The act of automatically combining an account with another based on demographic field matches
Card Template
Code of the card template that is in the PXS
combined cards
An account with multiple unique cards that share their balances and history
enrollDate
Date of enrollemnt
lastActivityDate
The last in store activity on an account
Loadmap
The load map is a structured object that contains information on wallets, activation items and tender items which are location specific. This information can be used to determine what POS items should be tracked, what rewards might be available and what sorts of items will need to be inserted into the check as a result of various actions.
merchant ID
Number code for the merchant in the PXS
printedCardNumber
Number printed on the back of the card
PXC
Paytronix controller
PXS
Paytronix system
Registration
The act of adding a username and password and optionally other demographic information to an account
registration code
A code that is used on some card batches that adds additional security

All Account Statuses

active
Card has been activated
converted
Account has been enrolled in another program
disabled
Card has been disabled by a guest
exchanged
Card has been exchanged for another account
inactive
Card number exists but is not active in the paytronix system
suspended
Card has been temproarlily disabled by a CSR
terminated
Card has been permanently disabled by a CSR

Push Services Terms

APNS
Apple Push Notification Service. Apple’s push service
Device Token
Name of Apple’s push identifier
GCM
Google Cloud Messaging. Google’s push service
Push Identifier
The identifier for a specific device that paytronix uses to send push messages to this device
Registration Id
Name of Google’s push identifier
Sender Id
Google assigned id for a user of their API (linked to a google account)
Server API Key
An OAuth key that authorizes a server to send push messages to Google

Passbook Services Terms

Apple WWDR Certificate
An intermediate certificate provided by Apple. See Apple’s certificate authority
p12 package
The password protected package that the integrator provides to Paytronix so that the passes may be signed
Pass Certificate
A certificate generated by Apple once provided a certificate signing request
Pass Type Identifier
The identifier specifying the pass for a specific merchant
Private Key
A key known only to the integrator and Paytronix for use in signing passes
Team Identifier
The identifier signifying the Apple Developer account