> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.vortexiq.ai/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Volume Trend, Authorize.net > Volume Trend for Authorize.net stores. Tracked live in Vortex IQ Nerve Centre. How to read it, why it matters, and how to act on it. **Metrics type:** [Supporting Metrics](/nerve-centre/overview#metrics-types-explained) • **Category:** [Payment Gateway](/nerve-centre/connectors#connectors-by-type) ## At a glance > Daily Authorize.Net settled volume across the period. The time-series view of [`aut_total_volume`](/nerve-centre/kpi-cards/authorize-net/total-volume). Reveals batch-cut-off-day spikes (16:00 PT cut-off creates a daily settled-volume rhythm), weekday vs weekend B2B patterns, and end-of-month invoice surges. | | | | ------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **What it counts** | Daily `SUM(settleAmount)` where `transactionStatus = settledSuccessfully`, grouped by settlement date (the date the nightly batch closed). | | **API endpoint** | [`getSettledBatchListRequest`](https://developer.authorize.net/api/reference/index.html#transaction-reporting-get-settled-batch-list) for batch-day totals; [`getTransactionListForBatch`](https://developer.authorize.net/api/reference/index.html) for per-batch detail. | | **Currency** | USD-dominant; multi-currency rendered per-currency-stacked. | | **Refunds** | NOT deducted (refunds are a separate trend). | | **Disputes / chargebacks** | NOT deducted. | | **Failed / declined payments** | Excluded. | | **Batch boundary** | 16:00 PT cut-off. Captures after 16:00 PT roll into the next batch (next day's settlement). | | **Weekend behaviour** | Authorize.Net batches every day; the acquirer funds Mon-Fri only. Saturday and Sunday batches both fund on the following Monday or Tuesday. | | **Holidays** | US Federal Reserve holidays (e.g. Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas) suspend acquirer funding but not Authorize.Net batching. | | **eCheck.Net (ACH)** | Counted in trend; ACH lag of 3 to 5 business days means eCheck volume appears on the original transaction date but funds days later. | | **Time window** | `30D vsP` (default 30D vs prior 30D). | | **Alert trigger** | `drop >15% vsP`. | | **Roles** | owner, finance, operations | ## Calculation Calculated automatically from your Authorize.net data. See the At a glance summary above for what the metric tracks and the worked example below for a typical reading. ## Worked example "Heartland Hardware Co.", week of 27 Apr 26 to 03 May 26. | Date (settled) | Volume | Notes | | -------------- | ----------- | ------------------------------- | | Mon 27 Apr 26 | USD 84,200 | High weekday B2B | | Tue 28 Apr 26 | USD 91,400 | Continued B2B | | Wed 29 Apr 26 | USD 78,900 | Mid-week | | Thu 30 Apr 26 | USD 142,800 | End-of-month invoice surge | | Fri 01 May 26 | USD 68,400 | Tail of EOM, ARB rebill cluster | | Sat 02 May 26 | USD 31,200 | Weekend, web-only | | Sun 03 May 26 | USD 24,600 | Weekend, web-only | What the merchant should notice: 1. **Weekday B2B pulse.** Mon to Thu averages USD 99,300; Sat to Sun averages USD 27,900. The 3.5x weekday-weekend ratio is typical for B2B-heavy merchants. Web-only stores see a 1.2x to 1.5x ratio at most. 2. **End-of-month spike (Thursday).** Procurement teams batch-place orders to close their April. A USD 142,800 day vs the USD 84,000 weekday baseline is 1.7x. Watch the EOM Thursday or Friday in every month for forecasting. 3. **First-of-month ARB rebill cluster.** The 184 active ARB subscriptions all rebill on the merchant's chosen schedule (typically the 1st). USD 92,400 / 30 days = USD 3,080 daily flat; on the rebill day it lumps to USD 92,400. The trend chart shows this as a one-day spike. 4. **Saturday low.** B2B procurement is offline; only consumer DIY traffic on the web checkout. A Saturday day at less than 25% of Wednesday's number means almost no B2B that day. 5. **A drop > 15% vsP triggers alert.** Compare the rolling 7-day to the prior 7-day; a sustained drop (not a single weekend) suggests gateway issue, FDS rule tightening, or upstream commerce-platform problem. ## Sibling cards merchants should reference together | Card | Why pair it with Volume Trend | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [`aut_total_volume`](/nerve-centre/kpi-cards/authorize-net/total-volume) | Period-aggregate view, this card daily. | | [`aut_total_transactions`](/nerve-centre/kpi-cards/authorize-net/total-transactions) | Daily count, pair to see whether trend movement is volume or count driven. | | [`aut_avg_transaction`](/nerve-centre/kpi-cards/authorize-net/average-transaction) | The AOV reading, helps distinguish basket-size shifts from count shifts. | | [`aut_decline_rate`](/nerve-centre/kpi-cards/authorize-net/decline-rate) | Decline-rate spikes often precede volume drops. | | Stripe [`stripe_revenue_trend`](/nerve-centre/kpi-cards/stripe/revenue-over-time) / PayPal [`pp_volume_trend`](/nerve-centre/paypal/pp_volume_trend) | Same archetype on competing rails. | ## Reconciling against the vendor's own dashboard **Where to look in the Authorize.Net Dashboard:** [account.authorize.net](https://account.authorize.net) → **Reports → Transaction Statistics** with daily granularity, or **Reports → Settled Transactions** with date filter and grouping. **Why our number may differ:** | Reason | Direction | Why | | ------------------------ | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Time zone** | Boundary days off | Pacific batch cut-off vs UTC; transactions on the day boundary can land in either day. | | **Batch closure timing** | Either | A batch that closed at 15:59 PT on day N vs 16:01 PT (rolling to N+1) shifts \~30 minutes of transactions. | | **Refresh lag** | Today's last 5 to 15 minutes | Latest transactions may not be in. | **Cross-connector reconciliation:** | Comparison | Expected | Why divergence | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `aut_volume_trend` ↔ commerce-platform daily revenue trend | Same shape, lower amplitude on Authorize.Net | Other gateways carry some traffic. | | `aut_volume_trend` ↔ [`stripe.stripe_revenue_trend`](/nerve-centre/kpi-cards/stripe/revenue-over-time) | Different shape on weekends | Card-not-present consumer traffic is more weekend-heavy than B2B Authorize.Net. | ## Known limitations / merchant FAQs **Why does the trend show daily zeros on weekends sometimes?** Pure-B2B distributors have near-zero weekend volume; the chart will show a sawtooth (Mon-Fri spikes, Sat-Sun dips). Web-heavy stores show a smoother curve. Both are normal. **A single day's volume is 3x the weekly average, what gives?** Most often end-of-month or end-of-quarter invoice batching. Procurement teams place orders to close a fiscal period. A lesser cause is a fulfilled backorder release. A fraud-cluster spike (single bad campaign) is a third pattern, check [`aut_decline_rate`](/nerve-centre/kpi-cards/authorize-net/decline-rate) for an accompanying decline spike if so. **The trend dropped to zero for one day, gateway down?** Possibly. Check [status.authorize.net](https://status.authorize.net/) for that day. More commonly the merchant's commerce platform was down, or a deploy broke checkout. Authorize.Net itself has a strong uptime record (99.99% historical), but downstream issues at the merchant create the same chart symptom. **Why does ARB rebill day always spike?** ARB rebills run on the merchant's configured schedule; if all subscriptions are on the 1st-of-month, that day shows the lumped rebill volume. To smooth, stagger rebills across the month; ARB supports per-subscription billing-day configuration but most merchants don't set it. **Visa ownership of Authorize.Net, did it improve uptime?** Marginal benefit at most. Authorize.Net's infrastructure is well-established; Visa's parent ownership doesn't change deployment cadence or uptime SLA materially. **Holiday volume zero, but my Authorize.Net Dashboard shows volume, why?** Authorize.Net batches on holidays (the gateway runs); the acquirer doesn't fund on holidays. This card uses settlement (capture) date so the day shows volume. The bank deposit lag widens on holidays, see [`aut_avg_settlement_days`](/nerve-centre/kpi-cards/authorize-net/avg-settlement-time). **Comparing year-over-year, what to watch?** Same-day-of-week alignment, not same-date. 30 Apr 25 was a Wednesday; 30 Apr 26 is a Thursday. Compare Wednesday-to-Wednesday for B2B trends, not date-to-date. *** ### Tracked live in Vortex IQ Nerve Centre *Volume Trend* is one of hundreds of KPI pulses Vortex IQ tracks across Authorize.net and 70+ other ecommerce connectors. Nerve Centre runs the detection layer; Vortex Mind investigates the cause when something moves; Ask Viq lets you interrogate any number in plain English. [Start for free](https://app.vortexiq.ai/login) or [book a demo](https://www.vortexiq.ai/contact-us) to see this metric running on your own data.