Authorization Analysis
The Authorization Analysis report contains the following records and fields.
First Header Record
The first header record describes the report name, version, hierachy level, hierarcy ID, and indicates which dates are included in the report.
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Example
First Header Record
Chargeback Analysis Report, 1, SampleMerchant (101011000241000110001), Jul 29 2008, Jul 29 2008
The table below lists the fields in first header record.
Table 63
Fields in the First Header Record
Position
Field Name
Decription
Data Type and Length
2 (A)
report_name
Name of the report
2 (B)
version_number
Version of the report
Numeric
2 (C)
hierarchy_level
Absolute hierarchy node value for which the report is requested
String (44)
2 (D)
report_activity_start_date
Start date of report
String (10)
2 (E)
report_activity_end_date
End date of report
String (10)
Transaction Record
Each transaction record includes information about a CyberSource payment transaction.
The table below lists the fields in the transaction record.
Table 64
Fields in the Transaction Record
Position
Field Names
Description
Data Type and Length
3 (A)
presentation_currency
Currency in which the original transactions were submitted by the merchant
String (5)
3 (B)
payment_method
Method of payment used in the original transaction – Mastercard, Visa, Discover, American Express
String (50)
3 (C)
auth_reason_code
Association authorization reason code
Integer (10)
3 (D)
auth_reason_description
Text description of the reason code
String (255)
count
The number of authorizations for each reason code
Integer (38)
3 (E)
count_percentage
The percentage of the total authorization volume that is attributable to each reason code per payment type and currency (authorization transaction volume for each reason code divided by the total authorization transaction volume for the reporting period)
Numeric (38)
amount
Total face value of the authorizations received for each reason code
Numeric (25)
3 (F)
amount_percentage
The percentage of the total authorization volume that is attributable to each reason code per payment type and currency (authorization transaction volume for each reason code divided by the total authorization transaction volume for the reporting period)
Numeric (38)
3 (G)
decline_percentage
The percentage of the total authorization declines that is attributable to each reason code per payment type and currency
Numeric (38)
3 (H)
total_count
Total number of authorizations
Numeric (38)
3 (I)
total_amount
Total of the amount of all authorizations for the reporting period
Numeric (25)