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Activate/Deactivate a Batch 

To activate/deactivate a batch, complete the following steps:

1. From the Check Processing tab, click Batch Management. The Search Batch page 

appears.

• Before you activate/deactivate batches offline, you must first access the OTCnet 

Offline icon on your terminal’s desktop and enter your User ID and password. Once 

you have successfully logged on, search for the batch.

• To determine if your terminal is connected to the online OTCnet server, refer to the 

Connection Status indicator located on the top-right of the page. If the Connection 

Status is green, the terminal is connected to the online OTCnet server. If the 

Connection Status indicator is red, the terminal is not connected to the online 

OTCnet server.

2. Select or enter the batch search conditions you would like to view.

Under Batch Search Conditions, optional

• Select the OTC Endpoint you want to activate/deactivate a batch for by 

checking the box under the Select column

Only batches with an Open or Closed status can be activated/deactivated. Additionally, 

batches currently in use cannot be deactivated.

Under Created On Date, optional

• Enter the From and To date range

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• The From and To Created On Date must be entered in MM/DD/YYYY format.

• The Created On Date range cannot exceed 30 days. Additionally, if more than a 

1,000 batches are created within 30 days, then only the most recent 1,000 batches 

appear.

• If you run a search with the default From and To Created On Date range values, the 

search results include the most recent 30 days of batches that you have access to 

view. If more than 1,000 batches are created within the 30 days, then only the most 

recent 1,000 batches appear.

• If you run a search without specifying any criterion (with the exception of the Batch 

ID field), the search results include the most recent 30 days of batches that you have 

access to view. If more than 1,000 batches are created within 30 days, then only the 

most recent 1,000 batches appear.

• Enter the Batch ID, optional

If the only search criteria entered is a valid Batch ID, then only a single result appears 

regardless of other search criteria specified.

• Enter the Cashier ID, optional

Under Batch Status, optional

• Select the Status you want to activate/deactivate by checking the Open or 

Closed box under the Select column

Only batches with an Open or Closed status can be activated/deactivated.

3. Click Search. The Summary of Batches page appears.

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4. Check the checkbox of the Batch ID to activate or deactivate and click Activate/Deactivate. 

The Activate/Deactivate Batch page appears as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. View Batches Page (Activate/Deactivate)

When a batch is activated or deactivated a check appears under the Active Flag

column. When a batch is deactivated, the Active Flag column is blank.

5. Click Confirm. A message appears stating the batch(es) have been activated/deactivated 

and the value under Active Status updates to Active/Inactive.

• Click Return to Batch Summary to return to the batch summary page.

• Click Return Home to return to the OTCnet homepage.

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