Maintain Service Provider Account Information {GSMSAPI-1}


This option will allow a user to enter the third party Service Provider Account Information. The ITS system will then send information via the service provider to the various entities. This manual will describe the services of Foneworx.



The following needs to be in place in order for this application process to work.


Prerequisites



Fields in this option:

Block 1:  Service Provider Accounts

Enter your third party service provider account detail, the user must obtain his information from the third parties.


Field Type
&
Length
Description
Account A30 The account name of the Institution provided by the third party.
Password A10 The password of the above account name.
NB: The Password at the Service Provider must not exceed 10 charachters.
Active A1 Indicator to check wether the account is Active or Not.

Example:

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Block 2:  Account Relationships

The user will now connect or link the account information from block 1, to a system and a process code.


Field Type
&
Length
Description
System A1 Provide a system code for the process, (i) for Student systems and (p) for personnel.
Process Code A10 Provide the process code that will utilize this application, for instance if you are going to use iComms then provide a code of "ICOM" or "APPL" for bulk applications.
Sequence N4 If a process carries more than one entry, the sequence number will determine the priority.
Type A1 Specify the type of  Entity for instance: (F)aculty, (D)epartment, (Q)ualification, (S)ubject or (U)ser
Value A8 This value is associated with the Type, for instance if the "Type" is (F) for Faculty then this value would be a Faculty Code, If the "Type" is (U)ser then the Value will be User name.
Account A30 This is the account for the service provider.


Available Process Codes.
System Process Code Application Linked Type Value Account
i APPL Bulk Application Selection SMS
SNAPPA-15
F = Faculty
D = Department
Enter Faculty or Department Enter your Service Provider Account from block 1.
i ICOM iComm Engine SMS U = User Name of User Enter your Service Provider Account from block 1.
i SPIN iEnabler Pin SMS U = User This must be WEB. Enter your Service Provider Account from block 1.
g BULKSMS Maintain Bulk SMS GSMS-1 U = User
D = Department
U = User name or Department Number Enter your Service Provider Account from block 1.
i APPLSTATUS Database Trigger will cause the sending of SMS/Email according to the set-up of the SOD's I = Institution
F= Faculty
Enter the Institution Code Enter your Service Provider Account from block 1.
i APPEAL iEnabler Lecturer Approvals SMS I = Institution Enter the Institution Code Enter your Service Provider Account from block 1.

Example
:

Block 2





Processing
Rules
 
  No special processing rules.




See Also:  



History of Changes

Date System Version By Whom Job Description
13-Oct-2010 v01.0.0.0 Charlene van der Schyff t166657 New manual format.
01-Oct-2012 v01.0.0.1 Charlene van der Schyff t186134 Updated manual with available process codes.from 174764
04-Feb-2015
v03.0.0.0
Sarah Seeletse
t205017
State that Password at the Service Provider must not exceed 10 characters.
23-Jun-2017 v04.0.0.0 Precious Diale t220166 Add Process Code 'APPLSTATUS' and 'APPEAL'
20-May-2020 v04.1.0.0 Masefako Legwabe t243829 Update Manual Image
20-May-2020 v04.1.0.0 Oscar Marandela T243829 Proof Reading
11-Nov-2020
v04.1.0.1
Hellen Kgosi
T247279
Adding F(Faculty) for Process code "APPLSTATUS"
04-Oct-2021
v04.1.0.2
Oscar Marandela
T251204
Add reference to which programs each of the Process Codes are linked