# Before setting up rules Proper preparation and understanding are crucial when working with automations to avoid unintended consequences and to maximize their effectiveness. ### **Considerations** * Be aware of the current limitations in automated scheduling and exercise caution. * Due to these limitations, you might need to manually execute rules at times. ### **Recommendations** * Extensively test the rules to ensure they yield the desired outcomes. * Have a clear plan for rule implementation on each account. ### **Checklist** * [x] Ensure you have a comprehensive understanding of how the rule system functions. * [x] Develop a strategy for which rules to apply to a specific account. * [x] Set minimum and maximum bid limits at the account level. * [x] Lock any records that should not be updated by automations during their execution times. ### **Known bugs** * **Critical - last execution date/time issue**: The system may incorrectly display the attempted execution date/time for a rule, regardless of whether the rule was actually executed or not. * **Critical - date scheduler failure**: The date scheduler is unable to correctly schedule rules for the next immediate date, leading to scheduling failures. * **Critical - non-running rule update issue**: If a rule fails to run, the system does not update it to the next scheduled run date, causing potential disruptions in automation. * **Critical - campaign strategy and placement options:** The system correctly saves rules with bidding placement or strategy but they are not executed * **Critical - invalid bid value**: Modifying account selection triggers a bid value error. * **Visual bug in bid selector**: The bid selector interface has a visual bug where it fails to display the bidding operation options. * **Missing fields and success status**: When fields are missing in a rule, the system incorrectly triggers a success status without any error messages, but the rule is not actually saved. * **Saving operations and blank state**: When saving operations are performed, rules pages may enter a blank state. Depending on the number of rules, this can create an illusion of “disappearing rules.” * **Run now button issue**: The 'Run Now' button does not activate any loaders, giving the false impression that the system is non-responsive or “stuck.” ### **Future enhancements** * **Filtering with conditions**: Plans to introduce advanced filtering options that utilize specific conditions for more precise rule management. * **Executing actions via overview**: A future enhancement to allow direct execution of actions from the overview page, enhancing convenience and control. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.advertisingbeast.com/managing-advertising-accounts/modules/automated-rules/before-setting-up-rules.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.