Authorization Analysis Report
The Authorization Analysis Report may be used by merchants to analyze decline reasons so that they may evaluate business operations that could lead to increased approval rates. Some merchants use the practice of authorization analysis to manage authorization recycling programs. Authorization declines are typically categorized as “hard” – permanent states that will not change or “soft” temporary situations that may change over time. An example of a hard decline would be lost-stolen or account closed, whereas a soft decline would be over-credit limit or late payment. Soft declines are temporary and merchants are often successful in obtaining approvals after re-trying soft declines multiple times over a short period. The goal of authorization analysis is to turn declined authorizations into successful sales.
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This report was moved in July 2016. You can now find the data in the Authorization Analytics screen in the new Business Center. See Migrating to the New Reporting Platform for more information. You can also still programmatically download this report.