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title: "Activating a Playbook Knowledge Base Article | ThreatConnect"
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description: "This article describes how to activate a Playbook, including an explanation of the Mode dropdown and how to deal with validation errors."
updated: 2022-08-31T18:03:24Z
published: 2022-08-31T18:03:24Z
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# Activating a Playbook

Hover the cursor over the [**MODE**](/v1/docs/mode) dropdown at the upper-right corner of the **Playbook** **Designer** (Figure 1) and select **Active**.

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The **Playbook** **Designer** will switch from **Design Mode** to **Execution Mode**, as indicated by the **ACTIVE** text at the top right of the Playbook design pane. The design pane will also change in appearance from a grid to a solid gray background (Figure 2).

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Active Playbooks may not be edited. However, you can view Trigger and App parameters in **Active** Mode by double-clicking on the element. To edit a Playbook, use the [**MODE**](/v1/docs/mode) dropdown to select **Design Mode** or **Interactive Mode**, which will return the design pane to an editable state.

NoteEvery time a Playbook is activated, a new minor [version](/v1/docs/playbook-versions) of the Playbook is created.

A Playbook will not give the option to select **Active** from the **MODE** dropdown if there are validation errors arising from incorrect or incomplete configurations (Figure 3).

![](https://cdn.document360.io/dfc206c8-1c9f-4725-b74d-a66f83432320/Images/Documentation/activating-a-playbook-image-v92c3o5e.png)

Information on validation issues inhibiting Playbook activation can be found by hovering over the Trigger, App, and Operator boxes with exclamation point icons or by clicking on the [**Validations**](/v1/docs/validations) button on the side navigation bar (Figure 4).

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Once a Playbook is active, it may be [executed](/v1/docs/executing-a-playbook), and you may view information on its [executions](/v1/docs/playbook-executions).

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