Transaction Statuses

A description of the transaction statuses in the Canopy system, and whether they represent a final state or control certain functionality.

This is a description of the transaction statuses in the Canopy system and what they mean in terms of how they control functionality.

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Line Item Statuses

Line Item Statuses and Transaction Statuses are equivalent in semantics and application in the system.

Transaction StatusDescriptionFinal State?
VALIDA status used to indicate that the transaction's balance has been finalized and posted to the account. An example would be a charge against an an account that had been authorized then posted. PAYMENT transactions in this status typically initiate a transfer of funds.Yes
INVALIDA final status used to indicate that a transaction's balance should not be applied to the account.Yes
OFFSET
(Deprecated)
An offset transaction is functionally equivalent to an invalid transaction.Yes
PENDINGA status used to indicate a transactions which has been initiated, but not yet completed.PAYMENT transactions in this status should not initiate a transfer of funds.No
AUTHORIZEDA status used to indicate a pending CHARGE transaction, for which the transaction balance has not yet been posted to the account.No
DECLINEDA final status used for PAYMENT transactions that signifies there is insufficient balance in the third party account to cover the transaction amount.Yes
POSTED
(Deprecated)
Deprecated
VOIDA final status used to indicate that a transaction has been cancelled by the merchant.Yes
REVERSEDA final status used to indicate that a transaction previously in a PENDING status has been retroactively reversed. It should be noted that PAYMENT transactions marked with this status had never initiated a transfer of funds.Yes
RETRO_VALIDA final status used internally by Canopy to indicate a parent transaction created in retroactive processing: such a transaction will have child transactions in VALID status.Yes
SPLIT VALIDA status used internally by Canopy to indicate a PAYMENT_SPLIT transaction has had its balance applied against the corresponding fee, interest, or principal transaction. See Payment SplitYes

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