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payment_attempts

The payment_attempts schema captures attempts to authorize payment at checkout, with one row per group of attempts. Use it to analyze authorization rates and retries.

Anchor to Use casesUse cases

Authorization rate: Group payment_authorization_rate by payment_method to compare authorization performance across methods.
Retries: Compare unique_payment_attempts and total_payment_attempts to account for retried attempts.
Failure breakdown: Break down failed_payment_attempts by payment_card_brand, payment_card_wallet, or payment_card_bin_country to find where checkout failures concentrate.
In-person vs. online: Filter is_in_person_payment to separate in-person payment attempts from online attempts.

Examples

ShopifyQL

View in adminView query results in the ShopifyQL editor

FROM payment_attempts

SHOW total_payment_attempts, successful_payments, failed_payment_attempts,

payment_authorization_rate

TIMESERIES week WITH PERCENT_CHANGE

DURING this_quarter

COMPARE TO last_quarter

ORDER BY week ASC

VISUALIZE payment_authorization_rate TYPE line

Examples

Description
Track weekly `payment_authorization_rate` through the current quarter, with attempt and outcome counts. This example uses [`WITH PERCENT_CHANGE`](/docs/api/shopifyql/latest/syntax/with#percent-change-columns) for the change column, with [`COMPARE TO last_quarter`](/docs/api/shopifyql/latest/syntax/compare-to) aligning each week to the matching week last quarter.
ShopifyQL
```
FROM payment_attempts
  SHOW total_payment_attempts, successful_payments, failed_payment_attempts,
    payment_authorization_rate
  TIMESERIES week WITH PERCENT_CHANGE
  DURING this_quarter
  COMPARE TO last_quarter
  ORDER BY week ASC
VISUALIZE payment_authorization_rate TYPE line
```

Description

Rank the 30 card-issuer countries with the lowest `payment_authorization_rate` last month. This example uses [`HAVING`](/docs/api/shopifyql/latest/syntax/having) `unique_payment_attempts > 50` to drop low-volume countries from the ranking.

ShopifyQL

FROM payment_attempts
  SHOW payment_authorization_rate, unique_payment_attempts
  GROUP BY payment_card_bin_country
  HAVING unique_payment_attempts > 50
  DURING last_month
  ORDER BY payment_authorization_rate ASC
  LIMIT 30
VISUALIZE payment_authorization_rate TYPE bar

Description
Track the weekly `payment_authorization_rate_raw` across this quarter, each week compared to the quarter before. This example uses [`COMPARE TO previous_period`](/docs/api/shopifyql/latest/syntax/compare-to) to benchmark your date range against the equal-length period right before it.
ShopifyQL
```
FROM payment_attempts
  SHOW payment_authorization_rate_raw
  TIMESERIES week WITH PERCENT_CHANGE
  DURING this_quarter
  COMPARE TO previous_period
  ORDER BY week ASC
VISUALIZE payment_authorization_rate_raw TYPE line
```
Description
Rank the 10 `payment_attempt_group` values with the most `successful_payments` last month. This example uses [`GROUP BY`](/docs/api/shopifyql/latest/syntax/group-by) `payment_attempt_group` to collapse attempts into one row per group before `LIMIT 10` trims the result.
ShopifyQL
```
FROM payment_attempts
  SHOW successful_payments
  GROUP BY payment_attempt_group WITH TOTALS
  DURING last_month
  ORDER BY successful_payments DESC
  LIMIT 10
VISUALIZE successful_payments TYPE horizontal_bar
```

Anchor to MetricsMetrics

Counts and calculations that let you track key business indicators. Metrics show up as the columns when queried.

Metrics you can use when querying FROM payment_attempts.

Anchor to failed_payment_attempts failed_payment_attempts: Number of failed payment attempts
Anchor to payment_authorization_rate payment_authorization_rate: The share of purchase payment attempts that succeed, with retries for the same purchase counted one time.

Payment authorization rate = successful_payments / unique_payment_attempts
Anchor to payment_authorization_rate_raw payment_authorization_rate_raw: The share of all payment attempts that succeed, including retried payments.

Payment authorization rate (raw) = successful_payments / total_payment_attempts
Anchor to successful_payments successful_payments: Number of successful payments
Anchor to total_payment_attempts total_payment_attempts: Total number of payment attempts, with retried payments counted as separate attempts
Anchor to unique_payment_attempts unique_payment_attempts: The number of purchase payment attempts, with retries for the same purchase counted once. Use unique_payment_attempts to track payment attempt volume without retry activity inflating the result.

Anchor to DimensionsDimensions

Attributes of your data that let you look more granularly at aspects of the data. Group and filter by dimensions to shape the rows your query returns.

Dimensions you can use when querying FROM payment_attempts.

Anchor to day day: The day a payment was first attempted.
Anchor to day_of_week day_of_week: The day of the week the first payment attempt happened, with values Monday through Sunday.
Anchor to hour hour: The hour a payment was first attempted.
Anchor to hour_of_day hour_of_day: The hour of day the first payment attempt happened, with values 0 through 23.
Anchor to is_in_person_payment is_in_person_payment: Label indicating whether the payment was made in person
Anchor to minute minute: The minute a payment was first attempted.
Anchor to month month: The month a payment was first attempted.
Anchor to month_of_year month_of_year: The month of the year the first payment attempt happened, with values 1 through 12.
Anchor to order_id order_id: The unique Shopify identifier for the order tied to the payment attempt. Use order_id to filter to a specific order, or use it with order_name to show a customer-facing label.
Anchor to payment_attempt_amount payment_attempt_amount: The amount the customer tries to pay, in your store's currency.
Anchor to payment_attempt_amount_customer_currency payment_attempt_amount_customer_currency: The amount the customer tried to pay, in the customer’s currency. Use payment_attempt_amount_customer_currency with payment_attempt_currency to review attempted amounts as the customer saw them.
Anchor to payment_attempt_currency payment_attempt_currency: Values are currency codes such as USD, CAD, EUR, and GBP.
Anchor to payment_attempt_group payment_attempt_group: Shopify identifier for the payment attempt group
Anchor to payment_card_bin payment_card_bin: Bank Identification Number (BIN) of the payment card
Anchor to payment_card_bin_country payment_card_bin_country: The country tied to the card's Bank Identification Number, or BIN.
Anchor to payment_card_brand payment_card_brand: Values are card brand names such as Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover.
Anchor to payment_card_wallet payment_card_wallet: The digital wallet used for the payment, when a wallet was used. Values are wallet names such as Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Shop Pay.
Anchor to payment_first_attempted_at payment_first_attempted_at: The exact time the first payment attempt happened, reported in your store's time zone.
Anchor to payment_last_attempted_at payment_last_attempted_at: Timestamp of the last payment attempt
Anchor to payment_method payment_method: Values are payment method names such as Card, PayPal, Gift Card, and Klarna.
Anchor to payment_source payment_source: Source of funds used for the payment
Anchor to quarter quarter: The quarter a payment was first attempted.
Anchor to second second: The second a payment was first attempted.
Anchor to shop_id shop_id: The unique Shopify identifier for your store. Use shop_id with shop_name to show readable store labels.
Anchor to week week: The week a payment was first attempted.
Anchor to week_of_year week_of_year: The week of the year the first payment attempt happened, with values 1 through 53.
Anchor to year year: The year a payment was first attempted.
Anchor to is_b2b_order is_b2b_order: Whether the order is a B2B order, with values true and false.
Anchor to is_canceled_order is_canceled_order: Whether the order is canceled, with values true and false.
Anchor to order_checkout_currency order_checkout_currency: The currency the buyer saw at checkout when placing the order. Values are currency codes such as USD, CAD, EUR, and GBP.
Anchor to order_fulfillment_status order_fulfillment_status: The order's fulfillment state, with values Fulfilled, Partial, Restocked, and Unfulfilled.
Anchor to order_includes_duties order_includes_duties: Whether the order includes duties, with values true and false.
Anchor to order_name order_name: The name or number of the order as the customer sees it.
Anchor to order_payment_status order_payment_status: The order's payment state, such as Authorized, Paid, Partially refunded, or Pending.
Anchor to order_sales_channel order_sales_channel: The sales channel where the order was placed, shown as a channel name such as Online Store or POS.
Anchor to order_sales_channel_id order_sales_channel_id: The unique Shopify identifier for the order's sales channel. Use order_sales_channel_id with order_sales_channel to show readable channel labels.
Anchor to shop_name shop_name: Name of your store
Anchor to is_shop_referral_order is_shop_referral_order: Whether the order was referred from the Shop app or shop.app, with values true and false.
Anchor to order_landing_page_path order_landing_page_path: Path of the first page of the user session that resulted in the order
Anchor to order_landing_page_url order_landing_page_url: First page of the user session that resulted in the order
Anchor to order_marketing_event_id order_marketing_event_id: Shopify identifier for the marketing event associated with the order
Anchor to order_referrer_domain order_referrer_domain: Domain of the site that led to the order
Anchor to order_referrer_name order_referrer_name: The readable name of the site that led to the order.
Anchor to order_referrer_path order_referrer_path: Path of the site that led to the order
Anchor to order_referrer_site order_referrer_site: Site that led to the order
Anchor to order_referrer_source order_referrer_source: The referrer type that led to the order, such as organic or email.
Anchor to order_referrer_url order_referrer_url: External page that referred a customer and led to the order
Anchor to order_utm_campaign order_utm_campaign: UTM name of the campaign associated with the order
Anchor to order_utm_content order_utm_content: The UTM content value associated with the order, often used to distinguish ads, links, or content variations.
Anchor to order_utm_medium order_utm_medium: The UTM medium associated with the order, such as email, social, or paid search.
Anchor to order_utm_source order_utm_source: The UTM source associated with the order, such as Google, Facebook, or a newsletter.
Anchor to order_utm_term order_utm_term: The UTM term associated with the order, often used for paid search keywords or other tracked terms.
Anchor to number_of_products_bought_together number_of_products_bought_together: Total unique products in the same order
Anchor to number_of_variants_bought_together number_of_variants_bought_together: The number of unique product variants in the same order, with each SKU counted a single time.
Anchor to products_bought_together products_bought_together <>: The product names that appear in the same order.
Anchor to products_bought_together_ids products_bought_together_ids <>: The Shopify product identifiers for products in the same order.
Anchor to variants_bought_together variants_bought_together <>: The product variant labels that appear in the same order, such as size, color, or style combinations.
Anchor to company_id company_id: The unique Shopify identifier for the company. Use company_id with company_name to show readable company labels.
Anchor to company_name company_name: Name of the company that placed the order
Anchor to company_location_id company_location_id: The unique Shopify identifier for the company location. Use company_location_id with company_location_name to show readable company location labels.
Anchor to company_location_name company_location_name: The company location or branch that placed the order
Anchor to referring_channel referring_channel: Marketing channel that referred the customer to place the order
Anchor to referring_medium referring_medium: The marketing medium that referred the customer to place the order, such as email, social, or search.
Anchor to referring_platform referring_platform: The marketing platform that referred the customer to place the order, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram.
Anchor to traffic_type traffic_type: The type of traffic that led to the order, such as organic, paid, or direct.
Anchor to order_marketing_event_target order_marketing_event_target: The platform or channel where the marketing activity was deployed, such as Email, Facebook, Google, or Instagram.
Anchor to order_marketing_event_type order_marketing_event_type: The type of marketing activity that led to the order, such as Ad, Affiliate, Newsletter, or Retargeting. PLA means Product Listing Ads, and SEO means Search Engine Optimization.
Anchor to market market: Market you've defined in Shopify, like a geographical market or customer group
Anchor to markets markets <>: Markets or customer segments associated with the order
Anchor to order_cancellation_reason order_cancellation_reason: The reason specified for the order cancellation, such as Customer, Other, Fraud, or Inventory.
Anchor to order_risk_level order_risk_level: The fraud risk level Shopify assigned to the order, with values Low, Medium, High, None, and Pending.
Anchor to order_is_shopify_protect_covered order_is_shopify_protect_covered: Whether the order has met Shopify Protect fulfillment requirements, including proper shipping and tracking, with values true and false.
Anchor to order_is_shopify_protect_eligible order_is_shopify_protect_eligible: Whether the order qualifies for Shopify Protect, with values true and false.
Anchor to order_is_shopify_protect_protected order_is_shopify_protect_protected: Whether the order has full Shopify Protect coverage against fraud, with values true and false.
Anchor to order_tag order_tag: Tag associated with the order
Anchor to order_tags order_tags <>: Set of tags associated with the order
Anchor to agentic_referring_channel agentic_referring_channel: The AI agent or assistant that referred the session to your online store, with values ChatGPT, Google AI Mode and Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, and Shop.
Anchor to channel_handle channel_handle: Name of the marketing channel or platform that drove the marketing engagement
Anchor to marketing_activity_id marketing_activity_id: The unique Shopify identifier for the marketing activity. Use marketing_activity_id with marketing_activity_title to show readable activity labels.
Anchor to marketing_activity_status marketing_activity_status: Current status of the marketing activity (such as Active or Paused)
Anchor to marketing_activity_title marketing_activity_title: Name of the marketing activity
Anchor to marketing_activity_url_parameter_key marketing_activity_url_parameter_key: URL parameter key for the marketing activity
Anchor to marketing_activity_url_parameter_value marketing_activity_url_parameter_value: URL parameter value for the marketing activity
Anchor to marketing_automation_id marketing_automation_id: Unique ID that Shopify uses to identify the marketing automation
Anchor to marketing_delivery_channel marketing_delivery_channel: Channel through which the marketing activity is delivered
Anchor to marketing_event_id marketing_event_id: Unique identifier for the associated marketing event
Anchor to marketing_platform marketing_platform: The marketing platform that created the marketing activity, shown as a platform name.
Anchor to page_host page_host: The host name of the session landing page.
Anchor to page_path page_path: The path of the session landing page.
Anchor to page_url page_url: The URL of the first page viewed in the session.
Anchor to referrer_url referrer_url: External page that led to an online store session
Anchor to utm_campaign utm_campaign: UTM name of the campaign associated with the session
Anchor to utm_content utm_content: The UTM content value associated with the session, often used to distinguish ads, links, or content variations.
Anchor to utm_medium utm_medium: The UTM medium associated with the session, such as email, social, or paid search.
Anchor to utm_source utm_source: The UTM source associated with the session, such as Google, Facebook, or a newsletter.
Anchor to utm_term utm_term: The UTM term associated with the session, often used for paid search keywords or other tracked terms.

DAY_TIMESTAMP

A date value truncated to day precision.

DAY_OF_WEEK

A day within a week, used for weekday-based grouping and filtering.

HOUR_TIMESTAMP

A timestamp truncated to hour precision.

HOUR_OF_DAY

An hour within a day, typically represented as an integer from 0 to 23.

BOOLEAN

A true or false value representing binary states.

MINUTE_TIMESTAMP

A timestamp truncated to minute precision.

MONTH_TIMESTAMP

A date value representing the start of a month.

MONTH_OF_YEAR

A month number within a year.

IDENTITY

A unique identifier for a Shopify resource such as a customer, product, or order.

MONEY

A monetary amount representing currency values such as prices, revenue, costs, and discounts.

STRING

A sequence of characters representing text data.

SECOND_TIMESTAMP

A timestamp truncated to second precision.

QUARTER_TIMESTAMP

A date value representing the start of a fiscal quarter.

WEEK_TIMESTAMP

A date value representing the start of a week.

WEEK_OF_YEAR

A week number within a year.

YEAR_TIMESTAMP

A date value representing the start of a year.

ARRAY

A list of values. The element type appears inside angle brackets, such as ARRAY<STRING>.

Anchor to Related schemasRelated schemas

payments: Successful transaction data downstream of these attempts.
chargebacks: Disputed transactions that started as successful attempts.

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