Overview

Allow end user to select the payer/OP_Allow_End_User_To_Select_The_Payer is located in Financial Settings > General Settings > e-Payments > Basic Settings. It controls whether the person making an online payment can choose who the payer is.

What This Setting Does

When enabled, this setting lets the person making an online payment pick which payer the payment should be recorded against, instead of the system always assigning a fixed payer automatically. This is useful when more than one person, such as different family members, might be responsible for paying on behalf of a _Student_.

Where It Is Used

This setting affects the Online Payment screen where a _Student_ or _Parent_ starts a payment.

• Main Menu > Financial > Online Payment – when a _Parent_ or _Student_ clicks the Online Payment button on the main financial page and starts a payment, this setting controls whether they are also shown an option to choose who the payer is.
• The same payer selection behavior applies wherever the Online Payment screen is reused, such as when paying for an admission application or a re-registration.

Business Logic / Behavior

• This is a simple on/off toggle (checkbox).
• When enabled, the payment form presents a payer selection option to the end user during checkout.
• When disabled, the system relies on a fixed or automatically determined payer, which relates to the Set the pre-selected payer/OP_Set_PreSelected_Payer setting.

Example(s)

In an International school, a _Student_’s $480 monthly tuition installment is sometimes paid by the mother and sometimes by the father, both of whom have portal access. With this setting disabled, every online payment for that _Student_ is recorded under the mother’s name as the fixed payer, even in months the father actually pays. The administrator enables Allow end user to select the payer so that when the father logs in to pay the $480 installment, he can select himself as the payer before submitting the payment, keeping the payer records accurate.

When to Use

When to Enable

Enable this setting when multiple people may be responsible for making payments for the same _Student_ and the institution wants accurate records of who actually made each payment.

When to Disable

Disable this setting when the institution prefers a single, consistent payer to be used automatically for every online payment, simplifying the payment flow for end users.

Notes

• Prerequisites: Enable online payments/Use_Online_Payments must be turned on for this setting to have any visible effect.
• Related settings: Set the pre-selected payer/OP_Set_PreSelected_Payer (Financial Settings > General Settings > e-Payments > Basic Settings); Enable online payments/Use_Online_Payments (Financial Settings > General Settings > e-Payments > Basic Settings).

K-12 vs Higher Education: This setting behaves the same regardless of whether Higher Education Mode (Enable Configuration for Higher Education/Xrisi_parametropoihshs_kolegiou) is enabled or disabled.