Authorizations - Research & Downloads
🔍 Authorization Research & Downloads
The Authorization Research & Downloads tool is your deep-dive interface for transaction-level analysis. It’s designed to provide full transparency into individual authorization records — enabling detailed case research, ad hoc reporting, and audit validation.
Whether you're investigating a specific transaction, validating processor charges, or building a custom report, this tool gives you the controls and visibility needed.
🧾 What It Does
Displays raw, row-level authorization data
Includes comprehensive filters for narrowing to specific transactions
Offers 174+ fields across client, processor, MID, card data, and metadata
Allows for on-screen review or CSV/Excel downloads
Supports multi-transaction analysis for operational follow-up, dispute validation, or performance modeling
🧭 Filtering Capabilities
At the top of the tool, a full panel of filters allows you to precisely target the transactions you need:
Filter Name | Function |
|---|---|
Acquirer (PSP) | Filter to a specific payment service provider or processor |
Auth Response Category | Select by response grouping (e.g., Approved, Declined, Rejected) |
Authorization Amount | Filter by a minimum and maximum authorization value |
Authorization Code | Search by specific authorization code (exact match) |
Authorization Date | Set date range for authorizations (default: last 6 months) |
BIN (First 6) | Enter first six digits of card number (BIN) to analyze issuer trends |
Card Issuer Group | Search transactions by card issuers |
Card Number | Filter by card number pattern (masked, ends with) |
Merchant Account | Look up transactions by merchant account |
Merchant Order Number | Search using exact or partial merchant order reference |
MID | Filter by specific Merchant ID |
MID Name (Division) | Select by merchant division name |
MID Rollup 2 (Harmonize Group) | View grouped MIDs under a harmonized rollup |
MOP Name | Refine by method of payment |
Network Response Code | Search or group by network-specific response codes |
📌 Multiple filter combinations can be applied simultaneously to zero in on specific use cases.
📂 Example Use Cases
Use Case | How to Do It |
|---|---|
Find all declined Visa auths for a specific MID | Set |
Audit all transactions above $1,000 from a certain card BIN | Set |
Download all approvals from a specific PSP in February | Set |
⬇️ Downloading the Data
Once you’ve applied your filters:
Scroll to the bottom of the data table
Use the export button (in the corner of the data grid)
Choose CSV or Excel format
Your download will reflect all visible and filtered columns
📌 Downloads may be limited to a max row count depending on configuration — reach out to your Account Manager if you need bulk access.
🧠 Best Practices
Use Transaction Reference Number or File ID for forensic transaction tracking
Use BIN & Issuer Grouping to isolate patterns from specific banks
Pair this with the Declines Dashboard to validate reject behavior in context