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# CRM - I created an automation in CRM, hit Play, but it is not working
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When creating an automation in the CRM, the opportunities that are already in that Funnel Stage will not go through this automation. This is a security measure so that an automation is not accidentally run on a large list of opportunities.
Thus, only the new opportunities that enter that stage will be executed.
To run the opportunities that were already in the Stage, simply move them to a stage WITHOUT automation and move them back to the stage where you want the automation to run.
**Important**: Certain automations require recurrence to be enabled. For example: “Does the lead have a scheduled meeting?” If this condition is not in a recurrence, the Automation will check only once: “Has a meeting? No, then do nothing.” If at some point in the future you schedule a meeting for this opportunity, the automation will not be executed because it has already been executed once in the past, since by default automations run only once. Thus, with recurrence enabled, the system will check within the chosen time window. If after some time the opportunity has a scheduled meeting, the automation will be executed, since it is checking whether the condition is TRUE on a recurring basis.
