# Surcharge Setup guide

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This section covers the steps to setup surcharge manager using the Hyperswitch Control Center
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## Steps to setup a rule on Surcharge Manager?

**Step 1:** Go to Workflow -> Surcharge tab on the Hyperswitch Control Center

**Step 2:** Click on create new button

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**Step 3:** Enter the rule name, description and configure your desired rule by selecting the operators and values for the various fields

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**Step 5:** Add more rules using the plus icon on the top right of the current rule panel

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**Step 6:** Click save to configure and activate the rule

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**Step 7:** Your rule is now successfully configured and Surcharge would be applied to all payments conforming to this rule.

To create a test payment, Go to Home and click on Try a test payment.

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**Note:**&#x53;urcharge manager supports only one active configuration at a time. Multiple rules can be combined into a single configuration as shown in the example

### FAQs

1. What are some of the payment parameters that I can use to configure Surcharge rules?

* Available Parameters:
  * amount - set rules for a specific value or a range of values for the transaction amount
  * currency - select the currency of transaction
  * payment\_method - configure rules for different payment methods like card, wallet, direct bank debit etc.
  * card\_type - choose between credit and debit cards
  * card\_network - choose between card networks like visa, mastercard etc.
  * billing\_country - to select the billing\_country

2. How do I update the current configuration?\
   Click on Create New and configure a new rule that would replace the existing configuration
3. What happens if I pass `surcharge_details` field in `/payments` request?\
   surcharge\_details if sent in payments create request, surcharge decision manager will be overridden and surcharge sent in the request will be applied.


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