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Datatrans Setup

Datatrans is one of the payment service providers LIKE MAGIC connects to. This guide covers the Datatrans-specific part of a property's payment configuration, so guest payments in the guest journey and the Booking Engine are processed and returned to the folio. The shared part is described in Payment Configuration.

Neither part is editable in the Operations Platform. LIKE MAGIC holds the values, so every change here is a Support Ticket.

1. Prerequisites​

  • A live Datatrans account for the property or Account.
  • The Datatrans values the connection needs (see section 2).
  • The property's PMS connected, because a payment ends up on the folio in the PMS.

ℹ️ Note: An Account runs on one enabled provider at a time. Use this guide when the Account is on Datatrans; use the Adyen or Worldline guide otherwise.

2. Connecting Datatrans​

The connection is assembled by LIKE MAGIC. Request it via a Support Ticket and name the values below.

At Account level the connection holds the environment (test or live) and the list of properties it covers.

Per property it holds the merchant account, its credentials, the country code, the default currency, and the list of allowed payment methods with a separate list for the Self-Service Kiosk. Datatrans therefore carries its credentials per property rather than once for the Account.

3. Payment Methods​

The payment methods a property accepts through Datatrans are part of its Datatrans configuration, as an explicit allow-list. The Self-Service Kiosk carries a list of its own, so a method can be offered in the guest journey and withheld at the kiosk, or the other way round. Which methods are possible at all depends on what the property's Datatrans account supports, and how each one posts to the folio comes from the mapping described in Payment Configuration.

To change a list, request it via a Support Ticket and name the property, the methods, and whether the change also applies to the kiosk.

4. Verifying the Connection​

  1. Run a test payment through the guest journey.
  2. Confirm the payment is authorised by Datatrans.
  3. Confirm it appears on the reservation's folio (see Billing and Folio).

⚠️ Note: Verify a full round-trip (the payment and its posting to the folio) before the property goes live.

5. Conclusion​

The Datatrans connection holds the environment at Account level and the merchant account, credentials, country, currency and allowed payment methods per property. LIKE MAGIC maintains all of it, so request a change via a Support Ticket and verify a payment reaches the folio end-to-end before going live.

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