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total-fees-calculation

Use this skill to calculate total payment processing fees for a merchant over a specified time period (e.g., a specific day, month, or year) in the dabstep dataset. Apply when asked: "What are the total fees that [merchant] paid in [period]?", "What is the total fees for [merchant] on [day]?", or any question requiring summing per-transaction fees using the fees.json rule engine.

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Use this skill to calculate total payment processing fees for a merchant over a specified time period (e.g., a specific day, month, or year) in the dabstep dataset. Apply when asked: "What are the total fees that [merchant] paid in [period]?", "What is the total fees for [merchant] on [day]?", or any question requiring summing per-transaction fees using the fees.json rule engine.
# Total Fees Calculation — Dabstep Dataset ## Problem Type Calculate the total fees (in euros) a merchant owes for all their transactions in a given time window by matching each transaction to the correct fee rule and summing `fee = fixed_amount + rate * eur_amount / 10000`. ## Workflow After reading any required documentation files, **go directly to computation using the template below in a single code block**. Do NOT inspect data structures separately — the schema is fully specified here. Implement and run everything in one execution. ## Data Files | File | Purpose | |------|---------| | `payments.csv` | All transactions: `merchant`, `year`, `day_of_year`, `card_scheme`, `is_credit`, `aci`, `issuing_country`, `acquirer_country`, `eur_amount`, `is_refused_by_adyen`, `has_fraudulent_dispute` | | `fees.json` | 1000 fee rules with matching criteria and `fixed_amount` + `rate` | | `merchant_data.json` | Merchant properties: `account_type`, `capture_delay`, `merchant_category_code` | ## Complete Solution Template Adapt the parameters and run this as a single code block: ```python import pandas as pd, json, datetime, calendar # --- Load data --- payments = pd.read_csv('payments.csv') with open('merchant_data.json') as f: merchants = {m['merchant']: m for m in json.load(f)} with open('fees.json') as f: fees = json.load(f) # --- Parameters (adjust for the question) --- merchant_name = 'Belles_cookbook_store' year = 2023 # Time window: choose ONE option below def month_to_doy_range(yr, mo): start = sum(calendar.monthrange(yr, i)[1] for i in range(1, mo)) + 1 end = start + calendar.monthrange(yr, mo)[1] - 1 return start, end start_day, end_day = month_to_doy_range(year, 9) # specific month (e.g., September = 9) # start_day, end_day = 10, 10 # specific day # start_day = 1; end_day = 366 if calendar.isleap(year) else 365 # full year # --- Merchant properties --- merch = merchants[merchant_name] account_type = merch['account_type'] mcc = merch['merchant_category_code'] def map_capture_delay(delay): if delay in ('immediate', 'manual'): return delay d = int(delay) if d < 3: return '<3' elif d <= 5: return '3-5' else: return '>5' capture_delay_mapped = map_capture_delay(merch['capture_delay']) # --- Filter non-refused transactions for fee calculation --- merchant_txns = payments[ (payments['merchant'] == merchant_name) & (payments['year'] == year) & (payments['day_of_year'] >= start_day) & (payments['day_of_year'] <= end_day) & (payments['is_refused_by_adyen'] == False) ].copy() # --- Monthly stats (computed from ALL transactions including refused) --- def get_month_for_doy(yr, doy): return (datetime.date(yr, 1, 1) + datetime.timedelta(days=doy - 1)).month def categorize_volume(vol): if vol < 100_000: return '<100k' elif vol < 1_000_000: return '100k-1m' elif vol < 5_000_000: return '1m-5m' else: return '>5m' def categorize_fraud(rate): pct = rate * 100 if pct < 7.2: return '<7.2%' elif pct < 7.7: return '7.2%-7.7%' elif pct < 8.3: return '7.7%-8.3%' else: return '>8.3%' all_merchant_year = payments[ (payments['merchant'] == merchant_name) & (payments['year'] == year) ].copy() all_merchant_year['_month'] = all_merchant_year['day_of_year'].apply( lambda d: get_month_for_doy(year, d)) monthly_cache = {} def get_monthly_stats(month): if month not in monthly_cache: data = all_merchant_year[all_merchant_year['_month'] == month] total_vol = data['eur_amount'].sum() fraud_vol = data[data['has_fraudulent_dispute'] == True]['eur_amount'].sum() fraud_rate = fraud_vol / total_vol if total_vol > 0 else 0 monthly_cache[month] = (categorize_volume(total_vol), categorize_fraud(fraud_rate)) return monthly_cache[month] # --- Fee rule matching (first match = lowest ID wins) --- def find_matching_rule(row, mv_cat, mf_cat): intracountry = (row['issuing_country'] == row['acquirer_country']) for rule in fees: if rule['card_scheme'] != row['card_scheme']: continue if rule['account_type'] and account_type not in rule['account_type']: continue if rule['capture_delay'] is not None and rule['capture_delay'] != capture_delay_mapped: continue if rule['monthly_fraud_level'] is not None and rule['monthly_fraud_level'] != mf_cat: continue if rule['monthly_volume'] is not None and rule['monthly_volume'] != mv_cat: continue if rule['merchant_category_code'] and mcc not in rule['merchant_category_code']: continue if rule['is_credit'] is not None and rule['is_credit'] != row['is_credit']: continue if rule['aci'] and row['aci'] not in rule['aci']: continue if rule['intracountry'] is not None: if rule['intracountry'] != (1.0 if intracountry else 0.0): continue return rule return None # --- Compute total fees --- total_fees = 0.0 no_match_count = 0 for _, row in merchant_txns.iterrows(): month = get_month_for_doy(int(row['year']), int(row['day_of_year'])) mv_cat, mf_cat = get_monthly_stats(month) rule = find_matching_rule(row, mv_cat, mf_cat) if rule: total_fees += rule['fixed_amount'] + rule['rate'] * row['eur_amount'] / 10000 else: no_match_count += 1 print(f"Total fees: {round(total_fees, 2)}") print(f"Matched: {len(merchant_txns) - no_match_count}, No match: {no_match_count}") ``` ## Fee Rule Matching Logic Fields follow **"empty/null = applies to all"**: | fees.json field | Match logic | |-----------------|-------------| | `card_scheme` | Must equal transaction's `card_scheme` (exact) | | `account_type` | `[]` → all; else merchant's `account_type` must be in the list | | `capture_delay` | `null` → all; else must equal `capture_delay_mapped` | | `monthly_fraud_level` | `null` → all; else must equal categorized fraud level | | `monthly_volume` | `null` → all; else must equal categorized volume | | `merchant_category_code` | `[]` → all; else merchant's `mcc` must be in the list | | `is_credit` | `null` → all; else must equal transaction's `is_credit` | | `aci` | `[]` → all; else transaction's `aci` must be in the list | | `intracountry` | `null` → all; `0.0` → False (international); `1.0` → True (domestic) | **Intracountry** = `issuing_country == acquirer_country` using `payments.csv` columns (NOT merchant_data.json). **Multiple rule matches**: Use the first rule in fees.json order (lowest ID). ## Critical Rules **Submit immediately after the first computation**: Once you have the total fees value, submit it as the answer. Do NOT investigate why some transactions have no matching rule. **High no-match rates are EXPECTED and CORRECT**: Many merchant MCCs (e.g., 5942, 7372, 7993) do not appear in any fee rule's explicit `merchant_category_code` list — they can only match rules where `merchant_category_code: []`. After further filtering by card_scheme, aci, is_credit, intracountry, and monthly stats, **30–70% no-match rates are entirely normal**. This is verified correct behavior across multiple merchants and time periods. Do not doubt results with high no-match rates. **Do NOT modify the matching function after getting a result**: If you see a high no-match rate, do not "fix" the matching logic. The algorithm above is exact — changing it will produce wrong answers (seen empirically: modified logic inflated results by ~30%). ## Common Pitfalls - **Monthly stats use ALL transactions** (including refused) for volume and fraud rate; fee calculation uses only `is_refused_by_adyen == False`. - **capture_delay mapping**: numeric '1' → `'<3'`; '7' → `'>5'`; 'manual'/'immediate' → unchanged. - **Fraud rate** = total fraudulent EUR amount / total EUR amount (not transaction count). Use `has_fraudulent_dispute == True`. - **Round final answer to 2 decimal places**. - **Month from day_of_year**: Day 10 → January (month 1); Day 200 → July. Always convert using `get_month_for_doy`. - **Full year boundary**: Use `366 if calendar.isleap(year) else 365` for end_day, not a hardcoded 365.
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