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Where to find it: Dashboard → Settings → Tagging Rules A rule that looks correct but isn’t tagging anything almost always comes down to one of a handful of causes. Work down the list below, then check the questions underneath. For how rules are built and rerun, see Tagging Rules.

Why a Rule Isn’t Applying

Work down this list:
  • The rule is new and hasn’t been rerun — rules aren’t retroactive.
  • The record has a tag someone added by hand, which hides automatically applied tags.
  • The record’s GL code was edited by hand, so GL code rules skip it permanently.
  • Another GL code rule already claimed the order, and only one GL code is kept.
  • A not equals or not contains condition is being used on records whose field is empty.
  • One condition is failing. All conditions must be true for the rule to fire.
  • For a load rule, order-level conditions are checked against the load’s linked orders, so a load with no linked orders won’t match them.
Still stuck? Email support@owlery.ai with the rule and an example record.

Common Questions

On the Tagging Rules page, click Update All Tags, tick Remove Old Tags, and confirm.What it clears: every automatically applied tag across your whole organization — orders, loads, and quotes, including closed ones. Your current rules then re-apply from scratch.What it doesn’t clear: tags anyone applied by hand, and GL codes on records that were edited by hand. Those stay as they are, even on a full reset.
Rules aren’t retroactive. Open the rule and use Rerun Rule to apply it to records you already have.
You ticked both Order and Load in guided mode, which creates one rule per record type. This is expected — the conditions are checked differently on each.
Deleting a rule doesn’t remove the tags it already applied. Run Update All Tags with Remove Old Tags ticked to clear them.
A record keeps a single GL code, no matter how many GL code rules match. Rewrite the rules so they don’t overlap.
Create the corrected rule, then delete the old one. Rules can’t be edited in place.