Retrieve Order
Request to retrieve the details of an order and all transactions associated with this order.
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This operation requires authentication via one of the following methods:
- Certificate authentication.
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Basic HTTP authentication as described at
w3.org.
Provide 'merchant.
<your gateway merchant ID>' in the userid portion and your API password in the password portion.
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Alphanumeric + additional characters
REQUIRED
The unique identifier issued to you by your payment provider.
This identifier can be up to 12 characters in length.
Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z, '-', '_'
Min length: 1 Max length: 40String
REQUIRED
A unique identifier for this order to distinguish it from any other order you create.
Use this identifier when referring to this order in subsequent transactions and in retrieval operations. This value must be unique for every order created by your merchant profile.
Data can consist of any characters
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To view the optional fields, please toggle on the "Show optional fields" setting.
String
OPTIONAL
A transient identifier for the request, that can be used to match the response to the request.
The value provided is not validated, does not persist in the gateway, and is returned as provided in the response to the request.
Data can consist of any characters
Container for fields that control the response returned for the request.
String
OPTIONAL
Indicates how sensitive data is returned in the response.
Data can consist of any characters
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Boolean
CONDITIONAL
Indicates whether you will accept a payment less than order.amount, e.g. when using a gift card.
If not set or set to FALSE, and the full amount is not available, the transaction will be rejected.
Unless you have been advised by ANZ Worldline Payment Solutions that the gateway supports partial approvals for your acquirer, you can ignore this field.
If the gateway supports partial approvals for your acquirer you must set this field to TRUE else the transaction is rejected by the gateway.
JSON boolean values 'true' or 'false'.
Decimal
ALWAYS PROVIDED
The total amount for the order.
Data is a decimal number.
Information on the billing address including the contact details of the payer.
The payer's billing address.
This data may be used to qualify for better interchange rates on corporate purchase card transactions.
String
CONDITIONAL
The city portion of the address.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
The name of the company associated with this address.
Data can consist of any characters
Upper case alphabetic text
CONDITIONAL
The 3 letter ISO standard alpha country code of the address.
Data must consist of the characters A-Z
Alphanumeric + additional characters
CONDITIONAL
The post code or zip code of the address.
Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z, ' ', '-'
String
CONDITIONAL
The state or province of the address.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
The first line of the address.
For example, this may be the street name and number, or the Post Office Box details.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
The second line of the address (if provided).
Data can consist of any characters
Boolean
CONDITIONAL
Set this flag if the transaction is a manual cash disbursement transaction, i.e. cash is disbursed upon the acceptance of a card by a financial institution teller.
JSON boolean values 'true' or 'false'.
Decimal
CONDITIONAL
The amount the payer has chosen to receive as cash in addition to the amount they are paying for the goods or services they are purchasing from you.
Data is a decimal number.
Enumeration
CONDITIONAL
Indicates if you expect to capture the full order amount for which you are requesting authorization.
If you do not provide a value for order.certainty the default configured for you by ANZ Worldline Payment Solutions will be used. The value provided in the response shows the value the gateway sent to the acquirer
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
ESTIMATED
The amount authorized is an estimate of the amount that will be captured. It is possible that the amount captured will be less, or might not be captured at all.
FINAL
The full authorized amount is expected to be captured within the mandated time. The order will only be cancelled in exceptional circumstances (for example, the payer cancelled their purchase).
This value will be provided when a chargeback is successfully processed and funds have been transferred back to the payer.
Decimal
ALWAYS PROVIDED
The total amount that has been successfully debited from the merchant's account as a result of chargebacks against this order.
Data is a decimal number.
String
ALWAYS PROVIDED
The currency of chargeback raised against this order that has been successfully debited from the merchant's account, expressed as an ISO 4217 alpha code, e.g. USD.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
A transient identifier for the request, that can be used to match the response to the request.
The value provided is not validated, does not persist in the gateway, and is returned as provided in the response to the request.
Data can consist of any characters
DateTime
ALWAYS PROVIDED
The timestamp indicating the time the gateway considers the order to have been created.
An instant in time expressed in ISO8601 date + time format - "YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.SSSZ"
Upper case alphabetic text
ALWAYS PROVIDED
The currency of the order expressed as an ISO 4217 alpha code, e.g. USD.
Data must consist of the characters A-Z
String
CONDITIONAL
A field you provide to capture additional information about this order that is only of interest to you.
The gateway does not send this information to the acquirer. A maximum of 50 such fields may be added to the order.
Data can consist of any characters
Information about the customer (payer) who has placed the order with you.
Email
CONDITIONAL
The email address of the customer.
The field format restriction ensures that the email address is longer than 3 characters and adheres to a generous subset of valid RFC 2822 email addresses.
Ensures that the email address is longer than 3 characters and adheres to a generous subset of valid RFC 2822 email addresses
String
CONDITIONAL
The payer's first name.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
The payer's last or surname.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
The contact person's mobile phone or cell phone number.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
The phone number of the person to whom the order is being billed.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
The tax registration identifier of the customer.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
A note from the payer about this order.
Data can consist of any characters
Date
CONDITIONAL
The date the payer placed the order.
Data must comply with ISO 8601 extended date format, yyyy-mm-dd.
ASCII Text
CONDITIONAL
The payer's own reference for the order.
This reference may assist the payer to identify the order in their system. For example, a purchase order number, project identifier, or cost center.
Data consists of ASCII characters
String
CONDITIONAL
Short textual description of the contents of the order.
Data can consist of any characters
Information associated with the device's source of transaction.
String
CONDITIONAL
The telephone number captured by ANI (Automatic Number Identification) when the customer calls to place the order.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
The 2 digit ANI information identifier provided by the telephone company to indicate the call type, for example, cellular (61-63), toll free (24,25), etc.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
The User-Agent header of the browser the customer used to place the order.
For example, MOZILLA/4.0 (COMPATIBLE; MSIE 5.0; WINDOWS 95)
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
The name of the server to which the customer is connected.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
The IP address of the computer used by the customer, in nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn format.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
The mobile phone manufacturer's identifier for the model of the mobile device used to initiate the payment.
Data can consist of any characters
Information about a price reduction you have applied to the order.
For example, you may apply discounts for trade, employees, bulk purchase, or a sales promotion.
Decimal
CONDITIONAL
The total amount of the discount you have applied to the order.
Data is a decimal number.
String
CONDITIONAL
The code you use to identify the reason for the discount.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
A description of your reason for the discount.
Data can consist of any characters
Decimal
CONDITIONAL
The amount the payer has chosen to provide as a gratuity or tip in addition to the amount they are paying for the goods or services they are purchasing from you.
Data is a decimal number.
String
ALWAYS PROVIDED
A unique identifier for this order to distinguish it from any other order you create.
Use this identifier when referring to this order in subsequent transactions and in retrieval operations.
This value must be unique for every order created by your merchant profile.Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
The invoice number you issued for this order.
Data can consist of any characters
Information about the items the payer purchases with the order.
String
CONDITIONAL
The brand of the item.
For example, Dell.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
Your category for the item.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
Description for the item with information such as size, color, etc.
For example, 'Color:Red, Size:M'
Data can consist of any characters
Only use this parameter group to provide additional line item details required for a better interchange rate for Purchasing Cards, Business and/or Corporate Cards (Level 3).
Check with ANZ Worldline Payment Solutions if Level 3 data is supported for your acquirer.
JSON Text
CONDITIONAL
Use this field to provide line item details that your acquirer requires you to provide.
Data must be provided in JSON format using the record name and field name (separated by a comma) to identify the value provided. Contact ANZ Worldline Payment Solutions for details about the supported fields including the field definitions.
Data is valid Json Format
Integer
CONDITIONAL
A code describing a commodity or a group of commodities pertaining to goods classification.
JSON number data type, restricted to being positive or zero. In addition, the represented number may have no fractional part.
Decimal
CONDITIONAL
The discount rate (percentage) applied to this item.
Data is a decimal number.
Information about the taxes per unit.
Decimal
CONDITIONAL
The tax amount for the tax type defined in order.item[n].detail.unitTax[m].type for the item.
Note that the tax amount provided must reflect the tax amount applied before a discount was applied.
Data is a decimal number.
Decimal
CONDITIONAL
The tax rate (percentage) applied to the item for the tax type defined in order.item[n].detail.unitTax[m].type.
Data is a decimal number.
String
CONDITIONAL
The tax type for which the amount specified under order.item[n].detail.unitTax[m].amount has been paid for this item.
The correct value as used by your acquirer may have to be provided. Contact ANZ Worldline Payment Solutions for details.
Data can consist of any characters
Decimal
CONDITIONAL
The tax rate (percentage) of the tax charged for this item.
Data is a decimal number.
String
CONDITIONAL
The type of tax charged for this item.
The correct value as used by your acquirer may have to be provided. Contact ANZ Worldline Payment Solutions for details.
Data can consist of any characters
Integer
CONDITIONAL
The United Nations Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC) for the item.
JSON number data type, restricted to being positive or zero. In addition, the represented number may have no fractional part.
Integer
CONDITIONAL
The Universal Product Code (UPC) for the item.
JSON number data type, restricted to being positive or zero. In addition, the represented number may have no fractional part.
Enumeration
CONDITIONAL
Provide the industryCategory to send this line item to your acquirer for specialized processing as industry data.
Such processing might have legal obligations, which are your responsibility. Do not provide an industryCategory, unless you are certain it applies to you, and is accepted by your acquirer.
We support the following industry standard processing:US health care processing using the IIAS standard.The supported values for industryCategory are:HEALTHCARE_VISION, HEALTHCARE_DENTAL, HEALTHCARE_PRESCRIPTION, HEALTHCARE_OTHERWe formulate an IIAS message by summing the amounts of all the line items having the same industryCategory. The amount of a line item is:(order.item.unitPrice + order.item.tax) * order.item.quantity
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
HEALTHCARE_DENTAL
HEALTHCARE_OTHER
HEALTHCARE_PRESCRIPTION
HEALTHCARE_VISION
String
ALWAYS PROVIDED
A short name describing the item.
Data can consist of any characters
Decimal
ALWAYS PROVIDED
The quantity of the item.
Data is a decimal number.
String
CONDITIONAL
The SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) or the item identifier for this item.
Data can consist of any characters
Decimal
CONDITIONAL
The discount amount applied to this item.
Data is a decimal number.
String
CONDITIONAL
The unit of measure used for the item quantity.
The correct value as used by your acquirer may have to be provided. Contact ANZ Worldline Payment Solutions for details.
Data can consist of any characters
Decimal
ALWAYS PROVIDED
The cost price for the item.
This amount is multiplied with the item quantity (item.quantity) to determine the total amount for this item (item.amount). This amount does not include the tax amount and/or discount amount applicable to this item.
Data is a decimal number.
Decimal
CONDITIONAL
The tax amount for the item.
This amount is multiplied with the item quantity (item.quantity) to determine the total tax amount for this item.
Data is a decimal number.
Decimal
CONDITIONAL
The total item amount for the order.
Data is a decimal number.
String
CONDITIONAL
ANZ Worldline Payment Solutions might have configured your merchant profile to support several lines of business.
Each line of business can have different payment parameters, such as bank account, supported cards or such.
For example, lineOfBusiness = TICKET_SALES can have a different bank account from lineOfBusiness = MERCHANDISING. One line of business on your profile might be "null". To use that, do not provide the lineOfBusiness field.
Data can consist of any characters except space
String
CONDITIONAL
Your tax registration identifier provided by the Local/State/Province tax authority.
If you are a Canadian merchant, use this field to provide your Tax Registration ID for paying Provincial Sales Tax (PST).
Data can consist of any characters
Alphanumeric + additional characters
ALWAYS PROVIDED
The unique identifier issued to you by your payment provider.
This identifier can be up to 12 characters in length.
Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z, '-', '_', ' ', '&', '+', '!', '$', '%', '.'
Digits
CONDITIONAL
A 4-digit code used to classify your business by the type of goods or services it offers.This is also known as the Merchant Category Code (MCC).
You only need to provide the MCC if you want to override the default value configured for your acquirer link.The value you provide must match one of those configured by ANZ Worldline Payment Solutions.
Data is a string that consists of the characters 0-9.
Url
CONDITIONAL
The URL to which the gateway will send Webhook notifications when an order is created or updated.
To receive notifications at this URL, you must enable Webhook notifications in Merchant Administration. Ensure the URL is HTTPS
Ensure that the URL begins with 'https' and is longer than 11 characters.
Alphanumeric
CONDITIONAL
Your reference to the contract or agreement you have with the payer to process recurring payments.
Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z
String
CONDITIONAL
An optional identifier for the order.
For example, a shopping cart number, an order number, or an invoice number.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
The name of the person who requested the goods or services.
Data can consist of any characters
Enumeration
ALWAYS PROVIDED
A system-generated high level overall result of the operation.
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
FAILURE
The operation was declined or rejected by the gateway, acquirer or issuer
PENDING
The operation is currently in progress or pending processing
SUCCESS
The operation was successfully processed
UNKNOWN
The result of the operation is unknown
Information about reward points earned using a card enrolled in a rewards program that are being redeemed as full or part payment for this order.
Decimal
ALWAYS PROVIDED
The amount that the payer has chosen to pay by redeeming reward points earned using a card enrolled in a rewards program for full or part payment for this purchase.The reward amount is included in the total amount of the order you provide in order.amount.
Data is a decimal number.
Decimal
ALWAYS PROVIDED
The rewards value (points) that the payer has redeemed as full or part payment for this order.
Data is a decimal number.
Enumeration
CONDITIONAL
The rewards program for which a rewards amount (points) were redeemed for this Authorization.
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
AMERICAN_EXPRESS_MEMBERSHIP_REWARDS
The rewards program the card is eligible for or enrolled in.
Information relevant to risk assessment.
String
CONDITIONAL
Additional data passed to third-party risk assessment providers.
This field is only relevant if you use a third-party risk assessment provider, and you have agreed with them the values to provide (maximum 100 characters in a field name from the set A-Z, a-z, 0-9, maximum 4kB in length of values across all custom risk fields). An example might be:
Field: risk.custom.headOfficeLocation
Value: London UK
Data can consist of any characters
Enumeration
CONDITIONAL
The overall result of risk assessment returned by the Payment Gateway for each authorization or pay transaction.
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
ACCEPTED
Order accepted
NOT_CHECKED
Merchant risk rules were not checked and system rules did not reject the Order
REJECTED
Order rejected
REVIEW_REQUIRED
Order marked for review
Enumeration
CONDITIONAL
The result of order reversal, if this order was rejected after risk review.
The gateway automatically reverses orders that are sent to the acquirer for processing but are rejected after review.
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
FAIL
The gateway failed to reverse the order.
NOT_APPLICABLE
The gateway did not attempt to reverse the order because reversal is not possible. For example, the acquirer does not support order reversals.
OKAY
The gateway successfully reversed the order.
Details of the decision you made, or need to make, when the risk provider has asked to you review this order.
Enumeration
CONDITIONAL
The decision you made after reviewing the risk provider's assessment of this order.
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
ACCEPTED
The order has been released for processing
NOT_REQUIRED
No review required
PENDING
A decision to release/cancel the order is pending
REJECTED
The order has been cancelled and a reversal transaction was attempted
String
CONDITIONAL
The reason you selected when you reviewed this order in the external risk provider's system and decided to accept or reject the order.
This field is set to "MANUAL_OVERRIDE" if you chose to override the risk provider's decision to reject the order.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
A note that your entered in the external risk provider's system when you reviewed this order and decided to accept or reject the order.
Data can consist of any characters
DateTime
CONDITIONAL
The date and time you made the decision to accept or reject the order.
An instant in time expressed in ISO8601 date + time format - "YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.SSSZ"
String
CONDITIONAL
The person who reviewed this order and made the decision to accept or reject the order.
Data can consist of any characters
Details of the rules used by the risk provider to assess the risk of this order being fraudulent.
String
CONDITIONAL
The data the risk rule uses for risk assessment.
For example, if a rule blocks BIN ranges, then BIN number is the data for the rule.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
The unique identifier for this risk rule provided by the external risk provider.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
The name of the risk rule.
Data can consist of any characters
Enumeration
CONDITIONAL
The recommendation made by the risk provider after applying this rule.
The result for the specific risk rule when performed against this order
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
ACCEPT
Based on this rule, the risk provider recommends proceeding with this order.
NO_ACTION
Based on this rule, the risk provider does not provide a recommendation to accept or reject this order.
REJECT
Based on this rule, the risk provider recommends that this order is rejected.
REVIEW
Based on this rule, the risk provider recommends that you review this order.
Integer
CONDITIONAL
The external risk provider's risk assessment score for this order based on this risk rule.
JSON number data type, restricted to being positive or zero. In addition, the represented number may have no fractional part.
Enumeration
CONDITIONAL
The source of this risk rule.
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
ERROR
The gateway was unable to connect to the external risk provider.
EXTERNAL_RULE
The risk rule has been defined in the external risk provider's system.
MERCHANT_RULE
The risk rule has been defined in the gateway by the Merchant.
MSO_RULE
The risk rule has been defined in the gateway by the MSO.
Integer
CONDITIONAL
The total of the risk scores for all risk rules applied by the external risk provider when assessing the risk of this order being fraudulent.
The higher the score, the higher the fraud risk.
JSON number data type, restricted to being positive or zero. In addition, the represented number may have no fractional part.
Information on the shipping address including the contact details of the addressee.
The address to which the goods contained in this order are being shipped.
This data may be used to qualify for better interchange rates on corporate purchase card transactions.
String
CONDITIONAL
The city portion of the address.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
The name of the company associated with this address.
Data can consist of any characters
Upper case alphabetic text
CONDITIONAL
The 3 letter ISO standard alpha country code of the address.
Data must consist of the characters A-Z
Alphanumeric + additional characters
CONDITIONAL
The post code or zip code of the address.
Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z, ' ', '-'
String
CONDITIONAL
The state or province of the address.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
The first line of the address.
For example, this may be the street name and number, or the Post Office Box details.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
The second line of the address (if provided).
Data can consist of any characters
Details of the contact person at the address the goods will be shipped to.
Email
CONDITIONAL
The contact person's email address.
The field format restriction ensures that the email address is longer than 3 characters and adheres to a generous subset of valid RFC 2822 email addresses.
Ensures that the email address is longer than 3 characters and adheres to a generous subset of valid RFC 2822 email addresses
String
CONDITIONAL
The first name of the person to whom the order is being shipped.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
The last name or surname of the person to whom the order is being shipped.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
The contact person's mobile phone or cell phone number.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
The phone number of the person to whom the order is being shipped.
Data can consist of any characters
Enumeration
CONDITIONAL
The shipping method code to indicate the time frame and the priority of the order.
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
ELECTRONIC
Electronic delivery.
GROUND
Ground (4 or more days).
OVERNIGHT
Overnight (next day).
PRIORITY
Priority (2-3 days).
SAME_DAY
Same day.
Alphanumeric + additional characters
CONDITIONAL
The post code or zip code of the address the order is shipped from.
Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z, ' ', '-'
Decimal
CONDITIONAL
The total shipping and handling amount for the order.
Data is a decimal number.
Information about the source of funds for this payment, including the payment method chosen by the payer.
Information about the source of funds when it is directly provided (as opposed to via a token or session).
For browser payments, the source of funds details are usually collected from the payer on the payment provider's website and provided to you when you retrieve the transaction details (for a successful transaction). However, for some payment types (such as giropay), you must collect the information from the payer and supply it here.
Details as shown on the card.
Enumeration
CONDITIONAL
You can provide this field for card types that have a savings/checking option, such as Maestro cards.
If you do not provide a value, we will use the acquirer's default. You can use paymentTypes.card.cardTypes in the 'Retrieve Payment Options' operation response to determine the card type.
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
CHECKING
SAVINGS
Enumeration
ALWAYS PROVIDED
The brand name used to describe the card that is recognized and accepted globally.
For many major card types this will match the scheme name. In some markets, a card may also be co-branded with a local brand that is recognized and accepted within its country/region of origin (see card.localBrand).
You may use this information to support surcharging decisions. This information is gathered from 3rd party sources and may not be accurate in all circumstances.
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
AMEX
American Express
CHINA_UNIONPAY
China UnionPay
JCB
JCB (Japan Credit Bureau)
LOCAL_BRAND_ONLY
The card does not have a global brand.
MASTERCARD
MasterCard
UATP
UATP (Universal Air Travel Plan)
UNKNOWN
The brand of the card used in the transaction could not be identified
VISA
Visa
Use this parameter group if the payer used a device payment technology (eg ApplePay).
You can either just present the device's payment token in the paymentToken subfield, or decrypt the payment token yourself and pass the components in the 3dSecure subfields.
Enumeration
CONDITIONAL
The format of the cryptogram provided for the device payment.
You must provide the cryptogram format when you decrypt the payment token and provide the payment details (including the online payment cryptogram) in the transaction request.
You do not need to provide the cryptogram format if you provide the payment token in sourceOfFunds.provided.card.devicePayment.paymentToken
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
3DSECURE
The payment data keys for the online payment cryptogram are provided using the 3-D Secure format.
EMV
The payment data keys for the online payment cryptogram are provided using the EMV format.
The expiry date of the device specific account number associated with a mobile device used for payment.
Digits
ALWAYS PROVIDED
Month from the expiry date of the device specific account number.
Months are numbered January=1, through to December=12.
Data is a number between 1 and 12 represented as a string.
Digits
ALWAYS PROVIDED
Year from the expiry date of the device specific account number.
The Common Era year is 2000 plus this value.
Data is a string that consists of the characters 0-9.
Masked digits
ALWAYS PROVIDED
The payer's account number associated with a mobile device used for the payment when the payment is made from a device(for example, using Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, or Android Pay).This is also known as the Device Primary Account Number (DPAN).
Data is a string that consists of the characters 0-9, plus 'x' for masking
String
CONDITIONAL
This field only applies to transactions that originate from an EMV capable terminal.
It contains selected EMV fields as provided by the terminal.
For the list of field tags to include (if provided by the terminal), see Card Present Payments. Requests with any other tags are rejected by the gateway.
Some of the tags represent data that can occur on explicit fields in this API. You can submit the value either in this field, or in both places. For example, the PAN can be presented as EMV tag 5A in this field, or included both the sourceOfFunds.provided.card.number API field and in EMV tag 5A in this field.
If you specify the EMV tag only, we can populate the explicit field in the API. Fields where this is supported have the text "This field corresponds to EMV tag <tag name>" in their field descriptions.
If you specify both places, there will be no population of the explicit field or validation that the data matches.
The API response will not contain PCI sensitive fields.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
This field only applies to transactions that originate from an EMV capable terminal.
It contains the EMV fields returned from the issuer in response to an authorization request for the chip transaction when the transaction was sent online.
The card/terminal uses data returned from the issuer to make the final decision to accept or decline the transaction.
Data can consist of any characters
Enumeration
CONDITIONAL
The encryption framework used for the payment details received by the gateway.
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
DEVICE
Encrypted by a payer's device (such as a mobile phone).
DIGITAL_WALLET
Encrypted by a payer's digital wallet.
DUKPT
Encrypted by a payment terminal using Derived Unique Key Per Transaction (DUKPT).
Expiry date, as shown on the card.
This field corresponds to EMV tag 5F24
Digits
ALWAYS PROVIDED
Month, as shown on the card.
Months are numbered January=1, through to December=12.
Data is a number between 1 and 12 represented as a string.
Digits
ALWAYS PROVIDED
Year, as shown on the card.
The Common Era year is 2000 plus this value.
Data is a string that consists of the characters 0-9.
Enumeration
ALWAYS PROVIDED
The method used by the payer to provide the funds for the payment.
You may use this information to support surcharging decisions. This information is gathered from 3rd party sources and may not be accurate in all circumstances.
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
CHARGE
The payer has a line of credit with the issuer which must be paid off monthly.
CREDIT
The payer has a revolving line of credit with the issuer.
DEBIT
Funds are immediately debited from the payer's account with the issuer.
UNKNOWN
The account funding method could not be determined.
String
CONDITIONAL
The issuer of the card, if known.
WARNING: This information may be incorrect or incomplete – use at your own risk.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
The brand name used to describe a card that is recognized and accepted within its country/region of origin.
The card may also be co-branded with a brand name that is recognized and accepted globally (see card.brand).
You may use this information to support surcharging decisions. This information is gathered from 3rd party sources and may not be accurate in all circumstances.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
The cardholder's name as printed on the card.
Data can consist of any characters
Masked digits
ALWAYS PROVIDED
The account number embossed onto the card.
By default, the card number will be returned in 6.4 masking format, for example, 000000xxxxxx0000.If you wish to return unmasked card numbers, you must have the requisite permission, set responseControls.sensitiveData field to UNMASK, and authenticate your call to the API using certificate authentication.
Data is a string that consists of the characters 0-9, plus 'x' for masking
The PIN (Personal Identification Number) entered by a payer at the point of sale that is used to authenticate their identity as the cardholder with the issuer.
Provide this data in the case where you want the PIN verified online by the issuer. The gateway supports PINs encoded in ISO 9564-1 formats 0, 1 and 3.
Enumeration
CONDITIONAL
The PIN encryption state as determined by the terminal.
INVALID means the terminal detected some form of error in the encryption process. The gateway will decline transactions with INVALID encryption state. This field may be omitted when the value is VALID.
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
INVALID
The encryption state is invalid.
VALID
The encryption state is valid.
Hex
ALWAYS PROVIDED
The DUKPT key serial number supplied by the terminal.
Data is hexadecimal encoded
Enumeration
ALWAYS PROVIDED
The organization that owns a card brand and defines operating regulations for its use.
The card scheme also controls authorization and settlement of card transactions among issuers and acquirers.
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
AMEX
American Express
CHINA_UNIONPAY
China UnionPay
JCB
JCB (Japan Credit Bureau)
MASTERCARD
MasterCard
OTHER
The scheme of the card used in the transaction could not be identified.
UATP
UATP (Universal Air Travel Plan)
VISA
Visa
Digits
CONDITIONAL
A number used to differentiate between cards with the same Primary Account Number (PAN).
This field corresponds to EMV tag 5F34
Data is a string that consists of the characters 0-9.
String
CONDITIONAL
Tags provide you with additional information about the card.
For example, identifying if it is an EBT (Electronic Benefits Transfer) or Health Benefit Card. You can use this information to support your decisions about accepting payments with this card. The data is encoded in JSON as an object map indexed on the tag name. Some standard tag names are EBT and HEALTH_BENEFIT_CARD_IIAS. If these tags apply to the card, the tag will have value true, otherwise it will be absent. Other tag names with other values might also exist, depending on which acquirer processed the transaction. For example, an EBT card might return value: {"ACME_CARD_IDENTIFIER":"23", "EBT":true} Contact your payment provider if you wish to understand all tags available for your acquirers.
Data can consist of any characters
Boolean
CONDITIONAL
Indicates whether card track data is provided.
JSON boolean values 'true' or 'false'.
Alphanumeric
CONDITIONAL
A token identifies a payer's card details.
You can create a token using the Save Card operation, and then use the token in place of card details in future operations. For details see How to Configure Tokenization.
Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z
Enumeration
CONDITIONAL
The payment method your payer has chosen for this payment.
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
BANCANET
The payer selected the payment method BancaNet Directo.
CARD
The payer provided a credit or debit card as the payment method.
EBT_CARD
The payer chose to pay using an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card. The card details must be provided under the sourceOfFunds.provided.ebt parameter group.
NONE
The transaction transfers money to or from the merchant, without the involvement of a payer. For example, recording monthly merchant service fees from ANZ Worldline Payment Solutions.
UNION_PAY
The payer selected the payment method UnionPay.
Enumeration
CONDITIONAL
The current status of the order.
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
AUTHORIZED
The payment has been authorized successfully but the authorized amount has not yet been captured, in part, full, or excess.
CANCELLED
The initial transaction for this order has been voided successfully.
CAPTURED
The authorized amount for this order, in full or excess, has been captured successfully.
CHARGEBACK_PROCESSED
A Chargeback has been processed against this order.
DISPUTED
The payment has been disputed and is under investigation. A request for information has been received or a chargeback is pending.
EXCESSIVELY_REFUNDED
The payment has been captured in part, full, or excess, but the captured amount in excess has been refunded successfully.
FAILED
The payment has not been successful.
INITIATED
A browser payment that has successfully been initiated for this order. No payment has yet been made.
PARTIALLY_CAPTURED
The authorized amount for this order, in part, has been captured successfully.
PARTIALLY_REFUNDED
The payment has been captured in part, full, or excess, but the captured amount in part has been refunded successfully.
REFUNDED
The payment has been captured in part, full, or excess, but the captured amount in full has been refunded successfully.
REFUND_REQUESTED
A refund against captured amounts on this order has been requested but not executed. Requires further action to approve the refund.
VERIFIED
The card details for this order have successfully been verified. No payment has yet been initiated or made.
Provide these parameters if you are a payment aggregator or facilitator and process payments on behalf of other merchants.
These merchants are referred to as your sub-merchants. The sub-merchant's details you provide may be displayed on the payer's cardholder statement. Note that your acquirer may require you to register with the card scheme(s) before allowing you to submit sub-merchant details with a transaction. This data must be on the initial transaction of an order, subsequent transactions with sub-merchant will be rejected.
The sub-merchant's address.
String
CONDITIONAL
The city portion of the address.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
The name of the company associated with this address.
Data can consist of any characters
Upper case alphabetic text
CONDITIONAL
The 3 letter ISO standard alpha country code of the address.
Data must consist of the characters A-Z
Alphanumeric + additional characters
CONDITIONAL
The post code or zip code of the address.
Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z, ' ', '-'
String
CONDITIONAL
The state or province of the address.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
The first line of the address.
For example, this may be the street name and number, or the Post Office Box details.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
The second line of the address (if provided).
Data can consist of any characters
Email
CONDITIONAL
The sub-merchant's email address.
Ensures that the email address is longer than 3 characters and adheres to a generous subset of valid RFC 2822 email addresses
String
CONDITIONAL
Your identifier for the sub-merchant.
You can use this identifier in searches and reports in the gateway.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
The sub-merchant's phone number
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
The legal name of the sub-merchant.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
The trading name of the sub merchant, also known as doing business as (DBA), operating as or trading as.
For MasterCard transactions the name must not exceed 21 characters. For American Express transactions the name must not exceed 27 characters (or 36 characters including the aggregator name). The trading name may be displayed on the payer's cardholder statement. Therefore if you need to shorten it, use an abbreviation that will be meaningful to the payer when displayed on their statement.
Data can consist of any characters
Use this parameter group to provide a breakdown of tax types, amount per tax type, and rate per tax type included in order.taxAmount.
Decimal
CONDITIONAL
The tax amount included in this order for the tax type.
Data is a string that consists of the characters 0-9 and '.' and represents a valid decimal number.
Decimal
CONDITIONAL
The tax rate (percentage) used to determine the tax amount included in this order for the tax type.
Data is a string that consists of the characters 0-9 and '.' and represents a valid decimal number.
String
CONDITIONAL
The type of tax included in the order amount.
The correct value as used by your acquirer may have to be provided. Contact ANZ Worldline Payment Solutions for details.
Data can consist of any characters
Decimal
CONDITIONAL
The total tax amount for the order.
Data is a decimal number.
String
CONDITIONAL
Your tax registration identifier provided by the Federal/National tax authority (for example, federal tax identification number, ABN).
If you are a Canadian merchant, use this field to provide your Tax Registration ID for paying Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) or Goods and Services Tax (GST) collected by the Canada Revenue Agency.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
Indicates your tax status for this order.
Data can consist of any characters
Decimal
ALWAYS PROVIDED
The amount that has been successfully authorized for this order.
Data is a decimal number.
Decimal
ALWAYS PROVIDED
The amount that has been successfully captured for this order.
Data is a decimal number.
Decimal
ALWAYS PROVIDED
The amount that has been successfully refunded for this order.
Data is a decimal number.
A list of the transactions for this order including the details of each transaction.
Information about the results of payer authentication using 3-D Secure authentication.
You only need to provide these fields if you authenticated the payer using a different service provider.
Digits
CONDITIONAL
Indicates the security level of the transaction.
This is the value returned in the Electronic Commerce Indicator (ECI) field of the Payer Authentication Response (PARes) message from the card Issuer's Access Control Server (ACS). For example, 0,1, or 2. Refer to the relevant documentation for Mastercard SecureCode™, Verified by Visa™, JCB J/Secure™, American Express SafeKey™, or Diners Club ProtectBuy™.
Data is a string that consists of the characters 0-9.
Base64
CONDITIONAL
Used to verify that the 3D-Secure authentication occurred and the 3-D Secure data provided is valid.
The authentication token is generated and returned by the card issuer's Access Control Server (ACS) or the scheme's Attempts Server. It is a Base64 encoded value and must be submitted unaltered on a transaction. This field is referred to as Accountholder Authentication Value (AAV) for Mastercard SecureCode™ and JCB J/Secure™, Cardholder Authentication Verification Value (CAVV) for Verified by Visa™, American Express Verification Value (AEVV) for American Express SafeKey™, or Cardmember Authentication Verification Value (CAVV) for Diners Club ProtectBuy™.
Data is Base64 encoded
Alpha
CONDITIONAL
Indicates the result of payer authentication with the issuer.
This is the value returned in the transaction status field of the Payer Authentication Response (PARes) message from the card Issuer's Access Control Server (ACS). For example, Y, N, A, or U. Refer to the relevant documentation for Mastercard SecureCode™, Verified by Visa™, JCB J/Secure™, American Express SafeKey™, or Diners Club ProtectBuy™.
Data may consist of the characters a-z, A-Z
Alpha
CONDITIONAL
Indicates whether or not payer authentication is available for the card number you provided.
This is the value returned in the 'enrolled' field of the Verify Enrollment Response (VERes) message from the card scheme's Directory Server. For example, Y, N, or U. Refer to the relevant documentation for Mastercard SecureCode™, Verified by Visa™, JCB J/Secure™, American Express SafeKey™, or Diners Club ProtectBuy™.
Data may consist of the characters a-z, A-Z
Base64
CONDITIONAL
A unique transaction identifier generated by the Payment Gateway on behalf of the merchant to identify the 3DS transaction.
This field is mandatory for Verified By Visa transactions if authentication was available. The XID should be used in operation requests unaltered.
Data is Base64 encoded
ASCII Text
CONDITIONAL
A unique identifier supplied by the merchant for the authentication.
It is first defined in the check3DSEnrollment operation, and then included in subsequent operations.
It is not used when the authentication is performed externally.
Data consists of ASCII characters
Airline industry specific data
Alphanumeric
CONDITIONAL
The record locator used to access a specific Passenger Name Record (PNR).
PNR is a record in the database of a booking system that contains the itinerary for a passenger, or a group of passengers traveling together.
Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z
Enumeration
CONDITIONAL
The type of charge associated with the transaction.
Document Type Code
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
ADDITIONAL_COLLECTION
Additional Collection
AGENCY_EXCHANGE_ORDER
Agency Exchange Order
AGENCY_GROUP_TICKET
Agency Group Ticket
AGENCY_MISCELLANEOUS_CHARGE_ORDER
Agency Misc. Charge Order (MCO)
AGENCY_PASSENGER_TICKET
Agency Passenger Ticket
AGENCY_TOUR_ORDER_OR_VOUCHER
Agency Tour Order/Voucher
AIR_FREIGHT
SPD/Air Freight
ANIMAL_TRANSPORTATION_CHARGE
Animal Transportation Charge
CATALOGUE_MERCHANDISE_ORDERED
Catalogue Merchandise Ordered
CLUB_MEMBERSHIP_FEE
Club Membership Fee
COUPON_BOOK
Coupon Book
CREDIT_CLASS_SERVICE_ADJUSTMENT
Credit Class of Service Adjustment
CREDIT_DENIED_BOARDING
Credit Denied Boarding
CREDIT_EXCHANGE_REFUND
Credit Exchange Refund
CREDIT_LOST_TICKET_REFUND
Credit Lost Ticket Refund
CREDIT_MISCELLANEOUS_REFUND
Credit Misc. Refund
CREDIT_MULTIPLE_UNUSED_TICKETS
Credit Multiple Unused Tickets
CREDIT_OVERCHARGE_ADJUSTMENT
Credit Overcharge Adjustment
CREDIT_UNUSED_TRANSPORTATION
Credit Unused Transportation
DEBT_ADJUSTMENT_DUPLICATE_REFUND_OR_USE
Debt Adjustment Duplicate Refund/Use
DUTY_FREE_SALE
Duty Free Sale
EXCESS_BAGGAGE
Excess Baggage
EXCHANGE_ADJUSTMENT
Exchange Adjustment
EXCHANGE_ORDER
Exchange Order
FIREARMS_CASE
Firearms Case
FREQUENT_FLYER_FEE_OR_PURCHASE
Frequent Flyer Fee/Purchase
FREQUENT_FLYER_FULFILLMENT
Frequent Flyer Fulfillment
FREQUENT_FLYER_OVERNIGHT_DELIVERY_CHARGE
Frequent Flyer Overnight Delivery Charge
GROUP_TICKET
Group Ticket
IN_FLIGHT_ADJUSTMENT
In-flight Adjustment
IN_FLIGHT_CHARGES
In-flight Charges
IN_FLIGHT_DUTY_FREE_PURCHASE
In-flight Duty Free Purchase
IN_FLIGHT_MERCHANDISE_ORDERED
In-flight Merchandise Ordered
IN_FLIGHT_PHONE_CHARGES
In-flight Phone Charges
KENNEL_CHARGE
Kennel Charge
LOST_TICKET_APPLICATION
Lost Ticket Application
MISCELLANEOUS_CHARGE_ORDER_OR_PREPAID_TICKET_ADVICE
Misc. Charge Order (MCO) / Prepaid Ticket Auth.
MISCELLANEOUS_TAXES_FEES
Miscellaneous Tax(es) Fee(s)
PASSENGER_TICKET
Passenger Ticket
SELF_SERVICE_TICKETS
Self-Service Ticket(s)
SENIOR_CITIZEN_DISCOUNT_BOOKLETS
Senior Citizen Discount Booklets
SMALL_PACKAGE_DELIVERY
Small Package Delivery
SPECIAL_SERVICE_TICKET
Special Service Ticket
SUPPORTED_REFUND
Supported Refund
TICKET_BY_MAIL
Ticket by Mail
TOUR_DEPOSIT
Tour Deposit
TOUR_ORDER_VOUCHER
Tour Order Voucher
UNDERCHARGE_ADJUSTMENT
Undercharge Adjustment
UNSUPPORTED_REFUND
Unsupported Refund
UPGRADE_CHARGE
Upgrade Charge
VENDOR_REFUND_CREDIT
Vendor Refund Credit
VENDOR_SALE
Vendor Sale
Itinerary details
Travel leg details.
Regex
CONDITIONAL
The 2-character IATA airline code or 3 digit accounting code or both of the airline carrier for the trip leg.
Data must match regex
Alphanumeric
CONDITIONAL
The ticket containing the coupon for this leg for an itinerary with more than four trip legs.
Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z
Alphanumeric
CONDITIONAL
The coupon number on the ticket for the trip leg.
Each trip leg requires a separate coupon. The coupon within the series is identified by the coupon number.
Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z
Upper case alphabetic text
CONDITIONAL
The 3 character IATA airport code of the departure airport for the trip leg.
Data must consist of the characters A-Z
Date
CONDITIONAL
Date of departure for the trip leg.
Data must comply with ISO 8601 extended date format, yyyy-mm-dd
Decimal
CONDITIONAL
Tax payable on departure for the trip leg.
Data is a string that consists of the characters 0-9 and '.' and represents a valid decimal number.
Time
CONDITIONAL
Departure time in local time for the departure airport for this trip leg.
Data must comply with ISO 8601 extended time formats, hh:mm[:ss]Z or hh:mm[:ss](+/-)hh[:mm]
Upper case alphabetic text
CONDITIONAL
The 3 character IATA airport code for the destination airport for the trip leg.
Data must consist of the characters A-Z
Date
CONDITIONAL
Arrival date in local time for the destination airport for this trip leg.
Data must comply with ISO 8601 extended date format, yyyy-mm-dd
Time
CONDITIONAL
Arrival time in local time for the destination airport for this trip leg.
Data must comply with ISO 8601 extended time formats, hh:mm[:ss]Z or hh:mm[:ss](+/-)hh[:mm]
Alphanumeric
CONDITIONAL
Restrictions (e.g. non-refundable) or endorsements applicable to the trip leg.
Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z
Alphanumeric
CONDITIONAL
New ticket number issued when a ticket is exchanged for the trip leg.
Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z
Decimal
CONDITIONAL
Total fare payable for the trip leg.
Data is a string that consists of the characters 0-9 and '.' and represents a valid decimal number.
Alphanumeric
CONDITIONAL
Code defining the rules forming the basis of the fare (type of fare, class entitlement, etc.)
Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z
Decimal
CONDITIONAL
Total fees payable for the trip leg.
Data is a string that consists of the characters 0-9 and '.' and represents a valid decimal number.
Alphanumeric
CONDITIONAL
The flight number for the trip leg.
Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z
Boolean
CONDITIONAL
Indicates if a stopover is permitted for the trip leg.
JSON boolean values 'true' or 'false'.
Decimal
CONDITIONAL
Total taxes payable for the trip leg.
Data is a string that consists of the characters 0-9 and '.' and represents a valid decimal number.
Alphanumeric
CONDITIONAL
The industry code indicating the class of service (e.g. Business, Coach) for the leg.
Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z
Digits
CONDITIONAL
Number of passengers associated with this booking.
Data is a string that consists of the characters 0-9.
Upper case alphabetic text
CONDITIONAL
The 3 character ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code of the country of origin for the itinerary.
Data must consist of the characters A-Z
Passenger details
String
CONDITIONAL
First name of the passenger to whom the ticket is being issued.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
Frequent Flyer or Loyalty Program number for this passenger.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
Last name of the passenger to whom the ticket is being issued.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
Middle name of the passenger to whom the ticket is being issued.
Data can consist of any characters
Alphanumeric
CONDITIONAL
Passenger specific information recorded on the ticket.
Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z
String
CONDITIONAL
Title of the passenger to whom the ticket is being issued.
Data can consist of any characters
Alphanumeric
CONDITIONAL
Plan number supplied by the airline for this booking.
Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z
Ticket details
Boolean
CONDITIONAL
Indicates if a conjunction ticket with additional coupons was issued.
Conjunction ticket refers to two or more tickets concurrently issued to a passenger and which together constitute a single contract of carriage.
JSON boolean values 'true' or 'false'.
Boolean
CONDITIONAL
Indicates if an electronic ticket was issued.
JSON boolean values 'true' or 'false'.
Alphanumeric
CONDITIONAL
The original ticket number when this is a transaction for an exchanged ticket.
Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z
Ticket issue information.
String
CONDITIONAL
The address where the ticket was issued.
Data can consist of any characters
Regex
CONDITIONAL
The 2-character IATA airline code or 3 digit accounting code or both of the airline carrier issuing the ticket.
Data must match regex
Alphanumeric
CONDITIONAL
Name of airline carrier issuing the ticket.
Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z
Alphanumeric
CONDITIONAL
The city/town where the ticket was issued.
Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z
Upper case alphabetic text
CONDITIONAL
The 3 character ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code of the country where the ticket was issued.
Data must consist of the characters A-Z
Date
CONDITIONAL
The date the ticket was issued.
Data must comply with ISO 8601 extended date format, yyyy-mm-dd
Alphanumeric
CONDITIONAL
Industry code of the travel agent issuing the ticket.
Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z
Alphanumeric
CONDITIONAL
Name of the travel agent issuing the ticket.
Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z
Boolean
CONDITIONAL
Indicates if the issued ticket is refundable.
JSON boolean values 'true' or 'false'.
Alphanumeric
CONDITIONAL
The airline ticket number associated with the transaction.
Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z
Decimal
CONDITIONAL
Total fare for all trip legs on the ticket.
Data is a string that consists of the characters 0-9 and '.' and represents a valid decimal number.
Decimal
CONDITIONAL
Total fee for all trip legs on the ticket.
Data is a string that consists of the characters 0-9 and '.' and represents a valid decimal number.
Decimal
CONDITIONAL
Total taxes for all trip legs on the ticket.
Data is a string that consists of the characters 0-9 and '.' and represents a valid decimal number.
Enumeration
CONDITIONAL
The type of transaction performed against this airline booking.
Transaction Type
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
EXCHANGE_TICKET
Exchange Ticket
MISCELLANEOUS_CHARGE
Miscellaneous Charge
REFUND
Refund
REVERSAL
Reversal
TICKET_PURCHASE
Ticket Purchase
TOUR_ORDER
Tour Order
Information on fields returned by some acquirers for an authorization or pay transaction.
String
CONDITIONAL
Indicates the card level result returned by the issuer.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
CSC Incorrect Indicator.
An indicator, provided by the Issuer in the authorization response, to identify the presence of an invalid card security code (CSC). If there is an error, the Issuer will respond with the 1-byte CSC Error Code (Y).
Data can consist of any characters