Library · Payments · How to run this
Primer reserve held $ is not settlement held-batch share
Open one Primer reserve-hold cut. Put reserve held $ over settled $. That is PR reserve %.
Pair: Reserve-hold share on Payments. Batch twin: held-batch. Authorize.net twin: reserve-hold.
What you type
Reserve held $ — Primer dollars still marked in reserve on the orchestration rail for the cut.
Settled $ — Settled volume dollars matched to that same Primer reserve-hold cut.
PR reserve % = reserve held ÷ settled × 100. When PR reserve % runs wide, reserve rules are eating spendable cash — chase the release path on that MID; never invent a PR reserve chip.
What not to do
Do not invent PR reserve %. Do not dump a settlement-hold-share or Authorize.net reserve file into Primer fields. Do not fold batch rejects into reserve dollars. Do not blend MIDs when one seat owns the reserve pile.
Related: Payments, held-batch, Authorize.net reserve-hold, settlement-hold days.
Procedure
- Type reserve held $ and settled $.
- Read PR reserve %.
- Chase reserve release when PR reserve % is material.
Failure modes
- Inventing PR reserve %.
- Dumping a Primer settlement-hold-share or Authorize.net reserve-hold file into Primer reserve fields.
- Folding Primer batch-reject or auth-to-capture into reserve held $.
Worked example
None on this page yet. When one lands it will be a real case: what broke, the number, and what changed. Not a composite.
Glossary
- PR reserve %
- Reserve held $ ÷ Settled $ × 100.
Work with us — We run this job on your accounts. Services
FAQ
- Is this Primer settlement-hold share?
- Batch count grain, not reserve dollars. [Settlement-hold share](/manuals/primer-settlement-hold-share) is held settlements ÷ settlements. This page only puts reserve held $ over settled $.
- Is this Authorize.net or NMI reserve-hold share?
- Different processor ledger. [Authorize.net reserve-hold share](/manuals/authorize-net-reserve-hold-share) and [NMI reserve-hold share](/manuals/nmi-reserve-hold-share) read those desks. Here you only score Primer reserve held $ ÷ settled $.
- What PR reserve % should I invent?
- None. Pull reserve held $ and settled $ from the same Primer reserve-hold cut.