The gateway entry point metric is a vital piece of information received from the gateway. Using one of the two methods below, will help you use this metric properly.

What Is It?

The Gateway Entry Point Metric is a numerical value which is used within the transaction processing on the merchant’s system. This numerical value determines which order to use the gateway entry points specified.

How It Works

The gateway entry point metric is used by the merchants system whilst it is determining which entry point to use first. The lower the entry point metric value, the higher the priority it has over other entry points. A value of “-1” means that the entry point will be skipped, might is useful if there is an outage on one of the entry points, which makes firing transaction at that entry point irrelevant.