Rules
Rules are a part of Voluum Automizer. They are used to launch predefined actions when certain conditions are met. Sample use cases include:
Stopping an unprofitable campaign
Sending an alert when your offer stops converting
Assigning a marker to profitable custom variables.
Controlling your campaigns with Rules requires you to have a supported traffic source integrated with Voluum. In order to learn how to integrate, read the Full Integration article.
Table of Contents
Overview
Rules can be managed from the AUTOMIZER module, in the Rules tab.
From there, you can add new rules and view currently active rules.
How Does It Work?
Voluum Automizer constantly checks your metrics against set conditions to verify if an action defined in a rule should be launched. The metrics are checked within a given time frame. The time frame is dynamic, meaning that it changes with every check.
Consider the following example:
You create a rule at 2 P.M that sends an alert if certain conditions are met. You select the 1-day time range. After a short amount of time, Automizer will perform check to see if a condition set in this rule has been met between 2 P.M. yesterday and 2 P.M. today. If yes, then an alert will be generated. If not, Voluum will keep performing checks every short amount of time rounding up to the last full hour. After 3 P.M. it will check if a condition has been met between 3 P.M. yesterday and 3 P.M. today and so on. An alert will be generated only if a condition is met in a time range that ends at the current time.
Automizer also makes sure that it will not send an alert about the same event twice. When performing checks it will wait until conditions have been met uniquely within the selected time frame.
Adding a Rule
There are two ways of adding a rule:
Manually, by defining all the required parameters, conditions, and actions to be launched
From a library, by selecting a rule template
Note that you can edit rule templates from a library to adjust them to your needs. Using a rule template simply prefill the text fields and conditions.
Adding a rule from the library:
In Voluum, go to the AUTOMIZER module.
In the Rules tab, click the Automizer rules library button.
Use filtering options to narrow down your search.
Click the Create rule button.
Edit any settings according to your needs and click the Save button.
Adding a rule manually
In Voluum, go to the AUTOMIZER module.
In the Rules tab, click the New optimization rule button.
In the New optimization rule pop-up window, provide a name for your rule into the Rule name text field.
Select a type of element from the Create rule for menu by clicking the appropriate radio button. Selecting an element may require setting additional options related to this element. You can select the following types of elements:
Campaign (select if you want to target a specific campaign or all from a selected traffic source)
Offer
Dimension (select a traffic source and a dimension)
Select the concrete element or elements from the drop-down menu that this rule will apply to. You can select up to 20 elements within one rule. If you select campaigns, you can also choose to apply this rule to all campaigns from a selected traffic source.
Select an action to launch. Selecting an action requires setting some additional options related to this action. You can select between the following actions:
Pause and resume
Alert (select how you want to send an alert and which users should see it)
Assign markers (select a marker)
Dayparting (set dayparting schedule)
Change bid (define how and by how much a bid should change). You can change your bid by:
Value
Percentage of value
Percentage of a selected column
Change bid factor (define how and by how much a bid factor should change)
Add to list (select list)
Caution
Voluum Note: Not all actions are available for every entity.
Click the Add action button to select more than one action that will be launched simultaneously (for example, pause and send an alert).
Click the Next button.
Select a time frame that this rule will be applied to from the Time frame drop-down menu. You can select the following time ranges:
1 hour
3 hours
12 hours
1 day
2 days
3 days
7 days
14 days
30 days
90 days
Select rule frequency. You can select the following frequencies:
15 minutes
30 minutes
1 hour
2 hours
4 hours
8 hours
16 hours
24 hours
48 hours
Caution
Voluum Note: Some frequencies are only available for certain time frames.
Select a time period to exclude from the rule. Note that some time periods are only available for certain time frames.
1 hour
2 hours
4 hours
8 hours
16 hours
24 hours
48 hours
Caution
Voluum Note: Some exclusion time periods are only available for certain time frames.
Set condition in the form of a logical sentence. To do that, set the following values and options:
Metric. You can choose between the following metrics:
Logical condition. You can select the following conditions:
For the Dimension metric
For the remaining metrics
Is on the list
Is not on the list
Is lower than
Is higher than
Type of value. You can select the following types:
Static value.
% of the value. If you select this option, you will have to select the percentage value, another metric and a time frame. In the screenshot below, we provide an example of how to set a condition that will launch when the number of conversions is less than 5% of visits in the last hour.
You can add additional conditions by clicking the Add condition button. The rule will only be launched when all conditions are met.
Click the Save button.
