If you are running a third-party application using the Web API Interface, you must also install MicrOpay Client Service (MCS).
You can download the latest version of MCS from the Access MicrOpay Product Downloads page. Once you have downloaded the file to the MicrOpay server:
Right-click on the zip file and select Properties.
Tick Unblock under Security.
Unzip the file to the desktop.
Double-click on the .mis file to install. (As it is an .msi file, ‘Run as Admin’ is not required).
Follow the prompts to install.
Once installed, open SQL Management Studio and define/create an account to use with the service. The account needs ‘db_owner’ to both the payroll and common databases. You can use SQL accounts over AD at this stage.
Use the Start/Windows button and find/open Micropay Client Configuration (default: C:\Program Files (x86)\Micropay Client Service\Config).
Click Stop Service, it automatically starts as part of the install.
Select Add on the right-hand side and fill in the details:
Left-hand is based on the client-server configuration:
Database Type: Meridian
Database Desc.: Payroll DB Name
ServerName x 2: Windows/SQL Server/Instance Name
Database Name: Payroll Database Name
Common DB Name: Common Database Name
Security x 2: Define security options used to connect to the server
Click Test DB to confirm connectivity (there will be two pop-up messages).
Right-hand selections are based on the connectivity back to the Web API:
Intervals: Accept default settings
API Key: with the client
Service Username: 5xxxxService
Service Password: with the client
API URL: https://api.cloud.micropay.com.au/
Hub URL: https://ahi.cloud.micropay.com.au/
Select Save.
Select Start Service.
After a while, check the logs via the Show Logs button.
IT can access the new Event Log by going to Event Viewer, Applications and Services Logs, MicropayService.
Troubleshooting
'Service is running with wrong date format "M/d/yyyy" and will be stopped automatically'
When you first install MCS, the service may fail when it starts, and you will see this message in the log, if there is a date format error. To resolve you need to update the short date format to dd/MM/yyyy.
Open Registry Editor.
Expand HKEY_USERS, S-1-5-18, Control Panel.
Select International.
Update sShortDate to dd/MM/yyyy.
Once changed, start the MCS service.