Purpose: To be able to create and retrieve batches
Related Confluence pages:
Using SMS: Purpose: To be able to use Student Management System
Types of Payments in SMS: Purpose: To see what types of payments can be made and what details need to be filled out in SMS
Receipting – Useful Information Purpose: To be able to find a receipt number in a current batch, printing a duplicate receipt, searching for a receipt by patron name, change the Batch user and how to delete a line prior to saving.
ALMA Roles
Not Required
Responsibility
All frontline staff
Open SMS Live (Student Management System)
Select Receipt tab
Type Batch number in the Batch Reference field
Batch number protocol:
Cairns: Site (Library + location (Cairns) + date (ddmmyy) = LCddmmyy LC290323
Townsville: Site (Library + location (Townsville) + date (ddmmyy) = LTddmmyy LT290323
The first transaction of the day will bring up a Warning List box – double-check the batch reference is correct, should be today's date format LTDDMMYY or LCDDMMYY then click OK
! If you create a batch with the wrong date, let your team leader know via email !
note in the email the receipt numbers that were incorrectly processed under that batch number if possible.
rachael.mcgarvey@jcu.edu.au for TSV
vaurian.lewin@jcu.edu.au for Cairns
Type of payment | CS Type |
Student Card required |
Additional Reference | Receipt to |
---|---|---|---|---|
CopyPrint account (JCU students only) | MFD | Required | Student ID number | SURNAME, First name |
Printing printed and paid for at Library Help desk | SAP | Not required | Printing | SURNAME, First Name (if receipt requested) |
3D printing paid for at Library Help desk | SAP | Not required | 3D | SURNAME, First Name (if receipt requested) |
Binding, laminating, badges, photocopying and incidental sales | LBL | Not required | Binding or other | SURNAME, First Name (if receipt requested) |
Library fine | LF |
Required for Students Not Required for staff and community members |
Student ID number or SURNAME, First Name for Staff and Community Borrowers | SURNAME, First name |
Library Card fee | LCF | Not required | SURNAME, First name | SURNAME, First name |
ILL payments by JCU students and staff | LDI | Not required | SURNAME, First name | SURNAME, First name |
ILL payments by non-JCU clients | LDE | Not required | SURNAME, First name | SURNAME, First name |
Multimedia equipment hire by JCU students and staff | LAV | Not required | SURNAME, First name | SURNAME, First name |
Special Collections charges – internal with no GST – for use by JCU students and staff | LNQI | Not required | SURNAME, First name | SURNAME, First name |
Special Collections charges – external with GST – use for non JCU clients |
LNQE | Not required | SURNAME, First name | SURNAME, First name |
Ledger Category = CS (Cash sale)
Search Lgr Cat = ST (when student card required - MFD & LF – not required for staff or community borrower)
Customer Id = Scan student ID barcode (when student card required - MFD & LF - not required for staff or community borrower)
CS Type = Transaction type (e.g. LBL, LF, MFD) – see SMS Transaction codes below
Amount = $ amount being paid
Additional Reference = see SMS Transaction codes below
Process Payment as CASH or EFT
Payment details:
CASH or EFT
Amount ($$.cc)
Receipt to = see SMS Transaction codes below
Process Payment as CASH or EFT
Payment details:
CASH or EFT
Amount ($$.cc)
Receipt to = see SMS Transaction codes below
Save and clear
IMPORTANT!
Write the receipt number on the Merchant Copy EFTPOS slip and place in the cash drawer. Do not leave EFTPOS receipts laying around on the desk!
If after saving the record you realise that you entered CASH instead of EFT or vice versa, alert the Team Leader Library Experience with all details so the entry can be voided and correctly receipted (this is critical to enable banking to proceed without errors).
When you have entered a purchase into SMS cloud:
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