Merchant Reference and Customer Reference

Allows a merchant to optionally add a _merchant reference_, a _customer reference_, or both to each transaction. Either reference string can be used as a search criteria when searching the transaction history on the terminal.

Merchant Reference	Customer Reference	Merchant and Customer Reference

Advanced Search option

Displays list of transactions which match the searched merchant or customer reference.

**Description**

All transactions that match the merchant or customer reference partially or in full, regardless of case when searching for any reference through the Advanced Search option.

**Merchant action**

Enter a merchant or customer reference to search.

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Order History screen

The order history screen showing a transaction with merchant reference.

The merchant reference: “[cofee@17thstreet](mailto:cofee%4017thstreet)”

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Configuration Parameters

• Merchant.EnableReference - Enables addition of the merchant reference (1: Enabled , 0: Disabled)
• Merchant.EnableCustomerReference - Enables the addition of the customer reference (1: Enabled , 0: Disabled)
• Merchant.ReferencePromptMaxLength - Maximum allowed length of merchant or customer reference values