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We'd like to pass the Event Name from a CiviEvent to PayPal Pro so we can track event revenue from PayPal. When you download the detailed transactions as .csv on PayPal Website Payments Pro, there are Event Name and Event ID fields, however they are blank right now. Any help populating those fields or insight into tracking individual event revenue via PayPal greatly appreciated.

The fields are actually named item id and item description in Paypal.

we send in the event title in the description field:

here is one of our details:

Item Title:   Online Event Registration: CiviCRM User Training - New York

i'm not sure what/where paypal gets the eventID / event Name stuff. i'm pretty sure we dont populate it. if you want that information, you might want to use the new hook introduced by Rob: alterPaymentProcessorParams

its not currently documented here: http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/CiviCRM+hook+specification, which we should address and fix soon

lobo

OK, I want to be able to do this as well. Lobo, when you say "we send in the event title in the description field" do you mean here?

http://www.sethneal.com/sandbox/event.png

Because that didn't work for me.

I need to, in any way possible, indicate in PayPal the different events that are being registered for!

As robeal pointed out, PayPal has itemID and itemDescription which seem to be interchangeable. Right now, through civiEvent it sends an itemID but I want it to send a description.

Thanks,

Seth.

Hi Lobo,

Thanks for your help.

Do you mean the description field here?

http://www.sethneal.com/sandbox/event2.png

If so, where in PayPal does this show up?

Also, you mentioned something about a "hook" etc, etc. to get things to show up in the EventID. I looked at the page linked but that is beyond what I can do, however, I would be willing to pay someone to do it for me if it solved this problem!! Can you recommend someone?

Thanks,

Seth.