For each of the DNA Products that will be receiving orders from PayPal, you will need to:

• create a DNA Connector
• add PayPal Product ID(s) to the DNA Connector

Adding the DNA Connector for PayPal

To create the DNA Connector for a given DNA Product:

1. from the DNA Control Panel, select the specific product and scroll down to the eCommerce Connection section

   

2. If this is the first time you are setting up for integration with PayPal, click on + Add an eCommerce Connection and choose the eCommerce System PayPal from the scroll down menu.
   If the PayPal integration is already set-up, click on PayPal to go to the PayPal Connector Configuration screen.

3. in the PayPal Connector Configuration screen, configure the following options:

   PayPal Receiver Email	enter your PayPal Receiver Email
   Confirmation Email	If you would like to be notified of each PayPal transaction processed by software_DNA, select the Receive Transaction Confirmation Email option. software_DNA will send an email to the Product_Contact person for this product with key information taken from the transaction.
   License Fulfillment	Choose from two License activation code options: Immediate - "Just in Time" Recommended The DNA Server will create a new License Activation Code for this Product, reserve it and send it to the Buyer. The License Code will be generated using the Code Length and Code Type specified in the Product configuration. Reserve You will UPLOAD or GENERATE codes. The DNA Server will reserve the next available License Activation Code for this Product and send it to the Buyer. You will need to request this option by sending an email to Tech Support.

   

4. Click on Create Connector (or Update Connector if you are modifying an existing configuration) to save the Connector configuration.

   Once created, the Add Item ID button will appear, and you will need to configure each PayPal Product ID associated with this DNA Product as shown in the next section.

Adding PayPal Product ID’s to the DNA Connector

For each PayPal Product ID that will use this DNA Product, you will add a Item ID Configuration as follows:

1. From the PayPal Connector Configuration screen, click on ADD Item ID, or click on an existing Item ID, to bring up the Item ID Configuration screen:

   

2. Enter the PayPal Product ID for this product / subscription.

You would use different Product ID’s for the standard product versus an upgrade product in PayPal, or for different multi-user seat settings.

Up to 25 Product ID’s can be configured per DNA Connector

3. If you have defined multi-user licenses in your Product Configuration, select the <License Seats> that will be used when generating or upgrading a License Activation Code for this Product ID.

4. If you use Feature-based licensing, enter the default <license_data> that will be used when generating or upgrading an Activation Code for this Product ID (this field will not appear if you have not enabled this option).

5. If required, you can specify Override settings for this specific PayPal Product ID. Override settings will be used instead of the Default DNA Product configuration settings when generating the License Code for this transaction:

   • Check the Override Checkbox for the override setting to be used
   • The Prefix will override the <Prefix> setting of the DNA Product
   • The Expiration Period will override the setting of the DNA Product
   • The Language will override the setting of the DNA Product

6. Click on SAVE to save this PayPal Product ID configuration

The UserPurchaseDate, License Activation Code, Buyer Email and the PayPal TXN ID are stored and available for viewing in the License View screen or for download from the DNA Control Panel under the menu Reports.

The IPN from PayPal provides many other information items not required by the DNA Server. This information will not be retrieved or stored by the DNA Server and will not be available once the IPN request has been processed.

You can retrieve the complete transaction information directly from your PayPal account at any time. Please consult the PayPal web site for these options.