| name | Total_Fees_Calculation |
| description | Solve dabstep questions that ask for the total payment processing fees a merchant should pay over a specific time period (a day, month, or year). Use this skill whenever the question involves computing total fees for a named merchant over a date range using the dabstep dataset. Trigger on phrases like "total fees", "fees that [merchant] should pay", "fees paid in [month/year]". |
Total Fees Calculation
These questions ask: "What are the total fees (in euros) that [Merchant] paid/should pay in [time period]?"
The answer is computed by: filtering transactions → matching each to exactly one fee rule → summing fee = fixed_amount + rate * eur_amount / 10000.
Do NOT read manual.md or payments-readme.md — all required knowledge is in this skill. Skip directly to the algorithm.
Dataset Files
| File | Purpose |
|---|
payments.csv | One row per transaction; key columns: merchant, year, day_of_year, card_scheme, is_credit, eur_amount, issuing_country, acquirer_country, aci, has_fraudulent_dispute, is_refused_by_adyen |
merchant_data.json | Merchant objects: merchant, account_type, capture_delay, merchant_category_code |
fees.json | ~1000 fee rule objects (see matching logic below) |
Complete Algorithm
Run this in one code block — adapt the merchant name, year, and time filter for the question:
import json, pandas as pd
from datetime import date, timedelta
with open('fees.json') as f: fees = json.load(f)
with open('merchant_data.json') as f: merchant_data = json.load(f)
merchant_map = {m['merchant']: m for m in merchant_data}
payments = pd.read_csv('payments.csv')
def doy_to_month(doy, year):
return (date(year, 1, 1) + timedelta(days=doy - 1)).month
payments['month'] = payments.apply(lambda r: doy_to_month(r['day_of_year'], r['year']), axis=1)
merchant_name = 'MERCHANT_NAME'
year = 2023
m = merchant_map[merchant_name]
merchant_at = m['account_type']
merchant_mcc = m['merchant_category_code']
def map_capture_delay(cd):
if cd in ('immediate', 'manual'): return cd
n = int(cd)
return '<3' n < ( n <= )
merchant_cd = map_capture_delay(m[])
():
():
v = v.strip().replace(, )
v.endswith(): (v[:-]) *
v.endswith(): (v[:-]) *
(v) / pct (v)
s.startswith(): (, val(s[:]))
s.startswith(): (val(s[:]), ())
a, b = s.split()
(val(a), val(b))
():
ic = (tx[] == tx[])
candidates = []
rule fees:
rule[] != tx[]:
rule[] merchant_at rule[]:
rule[] merchant_mcc rule[]:
rule[] tx[] rule[]:
rule[] rule[] != merchant_cd:
rule[] rule[] != tx[]:
rule[] :
rule[] != ( ic ):
rule[] :
lo, hi = parse_range(rule[], pct=)
(lo <= monthly_fraud_rate < hi):
rule[] :
lo, hi = parse_range(rule[])
(lo <= monthly_volume < hi):
candidates.append(rule)
candidates:
(candidates, key= r: ([
(r[]), r[] ,
(r[]), r[] ,
(r[]), r[] ,
r[] , r[]
]))
target_day =
txs = payments[(payments[] == merchant_name) &
(payments[] == year) &
(payments[] == target_day) &
(payments[] == )]
target_month = doy_to_month(target_day, year)
all_merchant = payments[(payments[] == merchant_name) & (payments[] == year)]
monthly_txs = all_merchant[all_merchant[] == target_month]
monthly_volume = monthly_txs[].()
fraud_volume = monthly_txs[monthly_txs[] == ][].()
monthly_fraud_rate = fraud_volume / monthly_volume monthly_volume >
total_fee =
_, row txs.iterrows():
rule = find_rule(row.to_dict(), monthly_volume, monthly_fraud_rate)
rule:
total_fee += rule[] + rule[] * row[] /
((total_fee, ))
Key Rules
Rule selection — when multiple rules match, pick the most specific one (the rule with the most non-null / non-empty fields). Never use the first/lowest-ID rule.
Empty list [] in account_type, merchant_category_code, aci means the rule applies to ALL values (same as null).
No matching rule → fee = 0 for that transaction. This is expected; many transaction-type combinations are not covered by the fee schedule.
Monthly stats scope — always compute monthly_volume and monthly_fraud_rate over the full natural calendar month using all merchant transactions (including refused ones), even when the question asks about a single day within that month.
intracountry — compute directly as issuing_country == acquirer_country from payments.csv; do not look up the acquirer's country from merchant_data.json.
Refused transactions — exclude is_refused_by_adyen == True from the fee-paying transactions, but include them when computing monthly stats.
Expected Output
A single number rounded to 2 decimal places. If no applicable answer exists, output Not Applicable.