Overview

Quick Online Payments Start Date/Quick_Online_Payments_Start_Date is located in Financial Settings > General Settings > e-Payments > Quick Online Payments [Open Form]. It specifies the date from which the quick online payment link becomes available for use.

What This Setting Does

This setting lets the institution define the date on which the public quick payment form starts accepting payments. Before this date, the quick payment link will not be usable by payers, even if the feature is otherwise enabled.

Where It Is Used

This is a public, link-based payment form and does not appear in the main application menu. This date controls when the open payment form itself starts accepting payments once someone reaches the link.

• The same start date is also checked wherever the quick payment option is offered inside the portal, such as on the _Student_ profile screen (Main Menu > Management > _Student_ List > open a _Student_ > Online Payment) and on the _Student_/_Parent_ Financial screen (Main Menu > Financial), so the option to get or use the link only appears once the window has opened.

Business Logic / Behavior

• This is a date field, not a toggle or dropdown.
• This date specifies from which date onwards quick online payments are available.
• Attempts to use the quick payment link before this date are blocked, and the form shows as unavailable.
• This setting works together with Quick Online Payments End Date/Quick_Online_Payments_End_Date to define a valid availability window for the link.

Example(s)

Brightwater College wants to open its quick payment link only starting with the new billing period on September 1. The administrator sets Quick Online Payments Start Date to September 1. If a payer tries to open the link on August 25, the form shows as unavailable; from September 1 onward, the same link works normally and accepts payments.

When to Use

Use this setting whenever the institution wants to control the earliest date the quick payment link can be used, for example to align with the opening of a billing period, an enrollment window, or a fundraising campaign.

Notes

• Prerequisites: Enable quick online payments [Open form]/Enable_Quick_Online_Payments_Open_Form must be turned on for this date restriction to be relevant.
• Related settings: Quick Online Payments End Date/Quick_Online_Payments_End_Date (Financial Settings > General Settings > e-Payments > Quick Online Payments [Open Form]); Quick Online Payments Link/Quick_Online_Payments_Link (Financial Settings > General Settings > e-Payments > Quick Online Payments [Open Form]); Enable quick online payments [Open form]/Enable_Quick_Online_Payments_Open_Form (Financial Settings > General Settings > e-Payments > Quick Online Payments [Open Form]).

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.