In SAP VIM (OpenText Vendor Invoice Management for SAP) you may occasionally notice a small blue symbol next to a business rule — some refer to it as a diamond, others as a badge or Rhombus. It’s a subtle visual element, barely documented, yet it often triggers questions among AP processors, key users, consultants, and anyone involved in maintaining VIM rule logic.

The meaning behind it is simple but important: this blue indicator shows that the business rule is newly added to the system and has not yet been evaluated for the current document. In other words, the rule exists, but it has never been considered by the VIM engine and therefore has had no influence on the current status or outcome of the document you are viewing.

This explains why a rule may appear correct in configuration while the document itself does not reflect the expected change. The system is essentially telling you that the logic has not been executed yet. As soon as the document is resubmitted or the rules are applied again, VIM will process this rule for the first time. Once that happens, the symbol disappears because the rule has officially taken effect and is now part of the evaluated ruleset for that document.

This small blue icon—whether you think of it as a diamond, marker, indicator, or flag—is easy to overlook, but it plays a useful role in everyday troubleshooting. It prevents you from searching for errors in the configuration when the actual issue is simply that VIM has not yet re-evaluated the rule. Knowing this helps both operational teams and consultants understand exactly why a document behaves the way it does, especially when introducing new rules or adjusting existing logic in productive environments.

In the OpenText Vendor Invoice Management for SAP Solutions User Guide for Invoice Solution the icon is mentioned once as “Business rule run was not logged.” Have you seen this icon before?