How It Works

Prism is a read-only analytics workspace inside the PayMongo Dashboard. It exposes a curated, analytics-friendly view of your data so you can answer questions with SQL.

Key Concepts

  • Read-only: Queries never modify operational data.
  • Scoped access: Results include only your organization’s data.
  • Curated schema: Tables reflect common analytics needs, such as payments, refunds, customers, payouts, disputes, and balance transactions.
  • Templates: Prebuilt queries help you get started quickly and can be customized.

What Data Is Included

  • Payments: One row per successfully processed charge; includes amounts, status, method type, timestamps, and customer linkage.
  • Refunds: One row per refund; linked to original payments.
  • Payouts: Disbursements to your bank account, with status and arrival times.
  • Balance transactions: Ledger of changes to your available balance (amount, fee, net, type, available_on).
  • Customers: Basic customer profile fields used for reporting.
  • Disputes: Dispute/chargeback records, when available.

Availability of fields can vary by integration and plan. Use the schema browser for the most accurate, up-to-date view.


Data Freshness

  • Most tables update within minutes of new activity.
  • Reconciliation-heavy tables (for example, disputes) may appear later.
  • The editor displays table-level freshness so you can see when a dataset was last updated.

Security & Privacy

  • Organization-level isolation prevents cross-tenant access.
  • Sensitive fields may be masked depending on plan and policy.
  • Access and actions in Prism are audited for safety and compliance.

Plans & Limits (Overview)

  • Interactive queries have runtime, row/size, and concurrency limits to keep the system fast for everyone.
  • Exact limits depend on your plan and may change over time.
  • See details: /docs/prism-limits-performance

Last updated: 2025-10-20