Card and Account Numbers

After creating a card program and card rule, generate and reserve card numbers to be printed for a specific program and rule. Gift and Loyalty uses card numbers as the account numbers.

This process does not forego the need to issue the cards before they are active, and you must avoid duplicate card numbers. Review existing numbers to make sure you are entering an unused range of card numbers.

• Reviewing Existing Card Numbers
  
• Creating Card Numbers
  

Reviewing Existing Card Numbers

1. In Reporting and Analytics, click View Created Card Numbers in the iCare Account Administration portlet. If you cannot find the link, contact your system administrator.
2. Use the columns to find the set of numbers, and then click View.
3. Scroll to the end of the list of numbers and make note of the last card number. You must enter a higher number when creating your next batch of cards.

Creating Card Numbers

1. In Reporting and Analytics, click Create Card Numbers in the iCare Account Administration portlet. If you cannot find the link, contact your system administrator.
2. Select the Program.
3. If the program uses more than one type of card, select the Card Rule for this set of numbers.
4. If the field is not automatically populated, enter the first number to assign, enter the number of increments to create in Number of Accounts, and then click Create.
5. You can now print cards with these numbers, and then issue customer accounts using these numbers.