Why is EXT_BILLACT no longer in OrderPaymentPreference

[Si Chen-2]

Hi.

I was looking at OrderPaymentPreference when billing account is used  
for payment, and I noticed in older versions, an  
OrderPaymentPreference of payment method type EXT_BILLACT is created,  
but not in the current version  Why is that?  It seems to me that  
OrderPaymentPreference.maxAmount would be the only way to split  
payments between different payment methods or payment method types  
(ie, two credit cards or a credit card and a billing account).

Si

[David E Jones-2]

This seems strange to me too. An OrderPaymentPreference should  
certainly be created for billing accounts even though they aren't a  
"PaymentMethod". I'm not sure when this was done or why, but unless  
someone has a good reason for it, my vote is definitely for changing  
it back and in fact considering what you described as a "bug".

-David


On Jul 27, 2006, at 2:29 PM, Si Chen wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I was looking at OrderPaymentPreference when billing account is  
> used for payment, and I noticed in older versions, an  
> OrderPaymentPreference of payment method type EXT_BILLACT is  
> created, but not in the current version  Why is that?  It seems to  
> me that OrderPaymentPreference.maxAmount would be the only way to  
> split payments between different payment methods or payment method  
> types (ie, two credit cards or a credit card and a billing account).
>
> Si
>

[Si Chen-2]

Hi David,

Just checked it again.  What happens is if you select "Only pay with  
billing accounts" then an OrderPaymentPreference of EXT_BILLACT is  
created.  If you select a credit card and a billingAccountId, then an  
OrderPaymentPreference of CREDIT_CARD type is created for the  
CreditCard, and the billingAccountId is filled in on OrderHeader, but  
no EXST_BILLACT payment method is created.

I think it would be better in the latter case to create an  
OrderPaymentPreference of EXT_BILLACT as well, and then to  
use .maxAmount to specify how much of each to use.  Do you agree?

Si


On Jul 27, 2006, at 1:33 PM, David E Jones wrote:

>
> This seems strange to me too. An OrderPaymentPreference should  
> certainly be created for billing accounts even though they aren't a  
> "PaymentMethod". I'm not sure when this was done or why, but unless  
> someone has a good reason for it, my vote is definitely for  
> changing it back and in fact considering what you described as a  
> "bug".
>
> -David
>
>
> On Jul 27, 2006, at 2:29 PM, Si Chen wrote:
>
>> Hi.
>>
>> I was looking at OrderPaymentPreference when billing account is  
>> used for payment, and I noticed in older versions, an  
>> OrderPaymentPreference of payment method type EXT_BILLACT is  
>> created, but not in the current version  Why is that?  It seems to  
>> me that OrderPaymentPreference.maxAmount would be the only way to  
>> split payments between different payment methods or payment method  
>> types (ie, two credit cards or a credit card and a billing account).
>>
>> Si
>>

[David E Jones-2]

Yes, I think that sounds like the better way to go.

-David


On Jul 27, 2006, at 4:27 PM, Si Chen wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> Just checked it again.  What happens is if you select "Only pay  
> with billing accounts" then an OrderPaymentPreference of  
> EXT_BILLACT is created.  If you select a credit card and a  
> billingAccountId, then an OrderPaymentPreference of CREDIT_CARD  
> type is created for the CreditCard, and the billingAccountId is  
> filled in on OrderHeader, but no EXST_BILLACT payment method is  
> created.
>
> I think it would be better in the latter case to create an  
> OrderPaymentPreference of EXT_BILLACT as well, and then to  
> use .maxAmount to specify how much of each to use.  Do you agree?
>
> Si
>
>
> On Jul 27, 2006, at 1:33 PM, David E Jones wrote:
>
>>
>> This seems strange to me too. An OrderPaymentPreference should  
>> certainly be created for billing accounts even though they aren't  
>> a "PaymentMethod". I'm not sure when this was done or why, but  
>> unless someone has a good reason for it, my vote is definitely for  
>> changing it back and in fact considering what you described as a  
>> "bug".
>>
>> -David
>>
>>
>> On Jul 27, 2006, at 2:29 PM, Si Chen wrote:
>>
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> I was looking at OrderPaymentPreference when billing account is  
>>> used for payment, and I noticed in older versions, an  
>>> OrderPaymentPreference of payment method type EXT_BILLACT is  
>>> created, but not in the current version  Why is that?  It seems  
>>> to me that OrderPaymentPreference.maxAmount would be the only way  
>>> to split payments between different payment methods or payment  
>>> method types (ie, two credit cards or a credit card and a billing  
>>> account).
>>>
>>> Si
>>>
>