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# Cascade Profiles

Within ATRI you can create cascade profiles which are used to reattempt **soft declined** initial transactions.

Hard Declines or Insufficient Funds will not cascade.

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### Create Cascade Profile <a href="#create-cascade-profile" id="create-cascade-profile"></a>

Inside ATRI, click on the Cascade menu option on the left side of the page. Then click *Add Cascade.*

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Add a title to the profile, select an algorithm and add an Interval.

{% hint style="info" %}
Interval only affects the Weighted algorithm, but still choose an interval if using a different algorithm.
{% endhint %}

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Please view [this article](/crm/gateway-setup/advanced-transaction-routing-interface-atri/atri-algorithms.md) for a description of the different algorithms.

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Intelligent is not an option inside the cascade profile.
{% endhint %}

### Add Gateways to Profile <a href="#add-gateways-to-profile" id="add-gateways-to-profile"></a>

After initially creating the profile, you will be redirected back to the Cascade Profiles page. From here, click on the name of the profile to edit and add gateways.

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Click *Add A Gateway* to add gateways to the profile.

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### Adjust Settings <a href="#adjust-settings" id="adjust-settings"></a>

Please see [this article](/crm/gateway-setup/advanced-transaction-routing-interface-atri/atri-algorithms.md) for descriptions on how to configure each algorithm. **Intelligent is not an option inside the cascade profile.**

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**Interval:** Sets the time frame that the system uses to determine the overall weights (only for weighted algorithm)

**Attempts:** The amount of times the cascade will reattempt a soft declined transaction. You cannot attempt against the same gateway multiple times. The maximum attempts allowed is 5.

**Gateway Category Sticky:** This is used to prevent cross-corping of transactions. Your gateways must be categorized by the Corporation that they were acquired for. If your main offer transaction goes against Corp A, all upsells must go to a Corp A gateway.

**Actions:** Click the trash can icon to remove the gateway from the profile.

### Apply Cascade Profile <a href="#apply-cascade-profile" id="apply-cascade-profile"></a>

Once your cascade profile is created, configured, and saved - Navigate to your gateway profile inside ATRI and set the cascade selector to the cascade profile.

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You also have the ability to apply a cascade directly to a gateway inside the CRM. This will override any other cascade settings that the gateway is set to follow (via ATRI gateway profiles).

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When a cascade occurs, the transaction tables will display multiple transactions from one import order call, and only a single history note on the customer profile will be recorded saying "New order could not be created due to declined transactions."
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If you see the "New order could not be created due to declined transactions." message multiple times on the customer history, this means the customer clicked the submit button multiple times.
{% endhint %}

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It is possible to test your cascade by using your CRM test card with the CVV value set to 900
{% endhint %}