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alias: user-guide-preview-product-rules
description: "This documentation outlines the process for reviewing product characteristic rule previews"
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# Preview Rules

:lock: Product.**PreviewCharacteristicRules**

## Overview

This operation is used to preview the Rules of the Characteristics of the Product.

## Setup

No specific setup is required other than to meet the precondition of the transaction.

## Preconditions

* Product exists in the system and it is not Terminated.
* Product has at least one Product Characteristic Rule.
* Product has at least one Product Characteristic.

## Sequence of Steps

The Preview Rules wizard can be called from the **Product** page by selecting **Characteristics and Rules** from the menu section on the right, and then selecting the **Rules** tab.

![Screenshot showing a sequence of steps for previewing rules.](images/preview_rules_01.png)

### Step 1: Characteristics

1. Complete any mandatory Product Characteristics information. Characteristics are presented in the order defined, and their values must come from the associated Lookup Table or be entered as free text.

2. Select **Next** to continue.

![Screenshot showing a file preview with metadata displayed at the bottom.](images/preview_rules_02.png)

### Step 2: Preview

1. Preview the results of the Rules Evaluation.

![Screenshot showing a preview of evaluation rules.](images/preview_rules_03.png)