{"id":2243,"date":"2025-11-18T21:00:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T20:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johannesauer.com\/en\/?p=2243"},"modified":"2025-11-18T21:25:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T20:25:41","slug":"the-blue-diamond-mistery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johannesauer.com\/en\/sap-vim\/the-blue-diamond-mistery\/","title":{"rendered":"SAP VIM Invoice Business Rules and the Blue Diamond of Mystery \ud83d\udc8e"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-text-align-justify\">In SAP VIM (OpenText Vendor Invoice Management for SAP) you may occasionally notice a <strong>small blue symbol next to a business rule<\/strong> \u2014 some refer to it as a diamond, others as a badge or Rhombus. It\u2019s a subtle visual element, barely documented, yet it often <em>triggers questions<\/em> among AP processors, key users, consultants, and anyone involved in maintaining VIM rule logic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-text-align-justify\">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. 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