# Pre-Auth Report

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**Reports Menu**

Set `PreAuthEnabled` to TRUE to enable Pre-Auth feature.

Set `VPOS.enable_pre_auth_report` to TRUE to display Pre-Auth Report under Reports.

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**Configuration Parameters**

`Merchant.PreAuthEnabled` - Controls all Pre-Auth related features.

`VPOS.enable_pre_auth_report` - Controls displaying Pre-Auth Report option under Reports.
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Press radio button to choose pre-auth report options. Select “By Terminal” will return the pre-auth transactions performed on the local terminal. Select “By Merchant” will return pre-auth transactions performed on all terminals registered to the merchant account. Choose no expiration date will return all open pre-auth transactions. Set the number of expiration days will return the pre-auth transactions which are set to expire in the next number of days. Press the search button to get the report.
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Pre-auth report is prepared in a history order list. Scroll up/down to select a particular order to display its details. Press print button will generate the list in HTML format for printing.
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