You may easily deactivate rules that are currently active. For example, you may want to temporarily deactivate a rule so that it does not interfere with the behavior of a particular rule that you are testing. You may also want to deactivate a rule because you are replacing it with a different rule.
Points To Remember
When deactivating a rule, consider the following points:
•For all rule types, as soon as the rule is deactivated, it ceases to be triggered on the triggering events. For example, when users click Save on a new record, a deactivated rule with a Create trigger is not triggered.
•When you deactivate a rule, you may re-activate it later as needed. It remains in the rule list for the object definition.
•When you deactivate an approval rule, approval processes that have already been started are not affected when you deactivate the rule.
•When you deactivate a scheduled action rule, actions that have already been scheduled by the rule are not affected when you deactivate the rule. If you want to cancel actions that have already been scheduled, you must delete them using the Scheduled Actions Monitor.
