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Fix and teach Smart Recognition

In this article

When Smart Recognition gets one wrong, you correct it — and the correction is also how it learns. The next document that spells the name the same way resolves on its own.

  • A walkthrough video, then why a proper correction beats typing over it
  • How to correct a field with Choose…, and what Leave blank is for
  • What Merchaint remembers, and the expected result
  • Troubleshooting notes, then FAQ

01 · Video

Feature walkthrough

Video · correct and teach · 2:30

02 · Why

Why do we have this?

Every correction is worth more than the one record it fixes. Merchaint stores the spelling against the row you picked, so the same messy name resolves by itself from then on.

That's why it's worth correcting properly rather than typing over the top of it.

03 · How

  1. Open the record and find the Smart Recognition field.
  2. Click the value. A small panel opens.
  3. Open Choose… and search for the right row.
  4. Pick it. It saves straight away.

Leave blank clears the value if none of the options is right.

The panel tells you what it learned: "Saved — this name now maps here on every document", and underneath, Remembered by — the thing it will recognise next time.

04 · Expected result

The field shows the row you picked, and documents with that same spelling resolve without help.

05 · Troubleshooting / notes

What you seeWhat it means
A red blank lookup cell errorThe cell has no text to learn from. See the warning below.
The right row isn't in the listIt isn't in your list at all. Add it there first.
It resolved to the wrong oneCorrect it the same way. The new answer replaces the old one.
The whole field is greyedThe record is closed or archived.

06 · FAQ

Does my correction change other records?

No. It fixes this record and teaches the spelling for future documents — it does not revisit documents that have already been processed.

It learned something wrong. Can I undo it?

Not from this panel. Ask your Merchaint contact.

Common questions

Can I stop it learning?

An admin can set Learning new names to Locked on the column.

What does "Remembered by" mean?

What it will recognise next time — usually the text in the column itself.