Data points

      Data points


        Article summary

        Shield uses data points as objects of measurement. They represent categories of (transaction) data and are used in rules and lists.

        Standard data points

        Here is an overview of all default available data points

        DatapointDescriptionExample(s)
        AmountTransaction amount10.00
        Card numberCard number of the debit or credit card522078******3273
        Card number categoryCard category of the debit or credit cardprepaid, business, gold.
        Card number countryIssuing country of the debit or credit cardNL
        Card number owner typeOwner type of the debit or credit cardpersonal, commercial, unknown
        Card number typeCard number type of the debit or credit cardcredit, debit, chargecard
        Client IPIP address of the client192.123.456.78
        Client IP countryCountry of the IP address of the clientNL
        CurrencyCurrency of the transactionEUR
        IBANUsed IBAN in an IBAN transactionNL06ABNA1234567890
        Is recurringIs a recurring transaction.True/False
        Is start-recurringIs a FIRST transaction of a possible series of recurring transactionsTrue/False
        Payment methodUsed payment method in the transactionVISA
        PayPal accountUsed PayPal email address in a PayPal transactionpaypaluser@email.com
        Website keyThe registered websitekey of the transactionnsd6f8s7df6

        Custom datapoints

        Aside from the default available data points, a merchant can create additional data points by defining custom variables. Custom variables are meant to provide additional data through transaction requests. They can be created here. Once a custom variable is created, Shield will automatically regard it as a data point. Not only will the become available to use in fraud rules, but Shield will generate a related block and trust list as well (as it does for each data point in general).


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