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:
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 365for end_day, not a hardcoded 365.