How does Rule Suggestion work?

Here we explain how Studio decides the Rules and Conditions that are automatically applied to your script

Whenever text is pasted into the Setup view, Studio analyses it and attempts to automatically apply Rules and Conditions to dynamic lines in the Script (Studio also tries to work out which sections of the Script are dynamic - more information here).

If you make changes to a script without pasting text, you can initiate Rule Suggestion manually by clicking on the Rules Suggestion button:

Rules Suggestion button

When you click the button, all the previously applied rules and conditions will be maintained so you can be confident won't lose any of the work you've already done.

If a Rule Suggestion doesn't work as expected, you can try so you manually add the Rule then click the Rules Suggestion button to apply the Conditions.

The rest of this article describes the main features of Rule Suggestion.

Places Rule Suggestion

The Places Rule will be automatically applied with the appropriate conditions in the following scenarios:

If the name(s) of a Town, City, County or US State is present in the pasted text
If a single DMA code is present in the pasted text
If a comma-separated list of Post Code prefixes, DMA codes or Zip Codes are present in the pasted text (each of the Post Code prefixes, DMA codes or Zip Codes set as "OR'd" conditions
If a single Post Code prefix is present in the pasted text

Location Rule Suggestion

The Location Rule will be automatically applied with the appropriate conditions in the following scenarios:

If a single Post Code or Zip Code is present in the pasted text Studio will convert to a latitude and longitude

When the Location rule is automatically applied by detecting UK or US post/zip codes, Studio applies the Rule with a 0km radius.

Information on how Studio behaves with 0km radii is here, you can use Bulk Editing to change the radii for multiple locations or edit the radii manually.

If latitude and longitude and radius is present in the pasted text

If a single line contains multiple latitudes and longitudes only the first will be automatically applied

Other Rules Auto Suggestion

There are also other rules the Studio can automatically identify and apply to a script.

Days of Week

If your script lines include a day of the week reference or "Weekday" / "Weekend" Studio will apply the Days of the Week Rule and set the appropriate conditions.

Day Part
If your script lines include "day parts" (Morning / Afternoon / Evening) Studio will apply the Day Part Rule and set the appropriate conditions.

Weather Condition
If your script lines include one of the supported weather conditions (Sun / Rain /
Cloud / Snow) Studio will apply the Weather Condition Rule and set the appropriate conditions.

Device Type
If your script lines include a device type (Mobile / Tablet / Desktop / TV / Car / Appliance / Smart Speaker) Studio will apply the Device Type Rule and set the appropriate conditions.

If a single line contains multiple Days of the Week, Day Parts, Weather Conditions or Device Types only the first will be automatically applied

Default lines

If a script line contains "(default)" at the beginning or at the end of a line, Studio will automatically mark the line as the default.