Unisys Remote Accounts

FaxAction’s support for the Unisys Host System includes an option for accessing and updating account records directly from the Unisys database. This functionality requires special configuration of the site’s stored procedures.

If the remote_accounts view is present in the FaxAction database and the site is licensed for remote account support, remote_accounts will appear as an additional table in the list of available tables within Form Edit Fields. Otherwise, the remote_accounts view will be substituted for the accounts table for all functions that normally access it, including account search functionality.

The standard FaxAction accounts table is used for transient accounts (accounts which do not yet exist in the remote system). The table is also used to provide the cross-reference between the FaxAction account id (which is central to all account-related activity in FaxAction) and the remote system’s accounts table. Whenever a remote account is accessed, whether it is viewed in a list or used in an ad, an entry is made into the FaxAction accounts table without regard to whether the account is actually used in an ad or not. This causes the accounts cross-reference to be dynamically and automatically built and maintained.