DCC Request-Level Fields for Credit Card Services

The following table describes DCC request-level fields to include in requests for authorizations, captures, and credits. When you send an authorization, capture, or credit request with DCC data, you must include the basic fields required for every authorization, capture, or credit request. For information about the non-DCC fields required for these requests, see Credit Card Services Using the SCMP API.

 

Table 8

DCC Request-Level Fields for Credit Card Services

Field	Description	Required (R)/Optional (O)	Data Type & Length
dcc_indicator	Flag that indicates whether DCC is being used for the order. Possible values: ■ 1: Converted: DCC is being used. ■ 2: Nonconvertible: DCC cannot be used. ■ 3: Declined: DCC could be used, but the customer declined it.	ics_auth ics_bill ics_credit Required if you called the DCC service for the purchase.	String (1)
exchange_rate	Exchange rate that was returned by the DCC service. Includes a decimal point and a maximum of 4 decimal places.	ics_auth ics_bill ics_credit Required when the DCC indicator is 1 or 3.	Decimal (13)
exchange_rate_timestamp	Exchange rate timestamp that was returned by the DCC service. Format: YYYYMMDD~HH:MM where ~ denotes a space.	ics_auth ics_bill ics_credit Required when the DCC indicator is 1 or 3.	String (14)
foreign_amount	Converted amount that was returned by the DCC service.	ics_auth ics_bill ics_credit Required when the DCC indicator is 1 or 3.	Decimal (15)
foreign_currency	Billing currency that was returned by the DCC service. For the possible values, see the ISO Standard Country Codes.	ics_auth ics_bill ics_credit Required when the DCC indicator is 1 or 3.	String (5)