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title: "Set Extra requirements and exclusions | Leama Help Center"
description: "Use plan-gated pass-or-fail requirements without confusing them with profile guidance."
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# Set Extra requirements and exclusions
Use plan-gated pass-or-fail requirements without confusing them with profile guidance.
## When to use this
Use Extra requirements only for facts every delivered record must contain or match; use Exclusions for candidates that must be rejected.
## Requirements and availability
- Free shows Extra requirements locked.
- Grow enables up to three at once: Phone number, Position level, and Employee count.
- Scale enables the advanced Buying signals requirement without the Grow three-requirement cap.
- Standard fields include Contact email, First name, Company name, and Website.
## How to do it
- Open the profile editor and find Extra requirements.
- Enable only requirements that are truly mandatory.
- For Position level, choose Owner/Founder, C-level, VP, Director, or Manager.
- For Employee count, choose Company size first.
- On Scale, enter up to three required Buying signals.
- Add up to two Exclusions separately, then Save profile.
## Fields and controls
- **Control**
- **What it does**
  Phone number
  Requires a public phone number and adds 1 credit per delivered prospect.
  Position level
  Requires the contact to match a selected level.
  Employee count
  Uses the Company size range selected above.
  Buying signals
  On Scale, requires evidence of at least one of up to three signals.
  Exclusions
  Up to two independent rejection rules.
## What happens next
Prospects missing a selected Extra requirement do not count toward the target. Excluded candidates do not pass.
## States you may see
- **State**
- **Meaning**
  Locked
  The requirement needs the plan named in its tooltip.
  On
  It applies to future runs using the saved profile.
  Cap reached
  Grow already has three active requirements; turn one off first.
## Credits and usage
Strict requirements can use credits faster. Phone number adds exactly 1 credit per delivered prospect.
## Common problems
- **Problem**
- **What to check**
  Employee count will not turn on
  Choose Company size first.
  Another Grow requirement is disabled
  Three are already active; turn one off.
  A run has low yield
  Remove requirements that are preferences rather than mandatory facts.
## Related articles
## Related links
- [Understand qualification results Read the score, match reason, evidence, and hard requirements behind a delivered prospect.](/help/understanding-qualification)
- [Choose Effort and understand credit use Control the candidate-research budget while keeping the requested delivery target unchanged.](/help/effort-and-credits)
- [Describe your ideal customer Write a target persona, market, niche, offer, size, signals, and exclusions that can be reviewed before a run.](/help/define-your-ideal-customer)
- [Troubleshoot a prospecting run Use the affected run's status and event timeline to fix setup, credit, profile, and low-yield problems.](/help/troubleshooting-a-prospecting-run)

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