> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.wisepim.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Field Evidence

> See where a saved product value came from, how sure the source was and what backs it up, then mark it verified so automatic sources leave it alone.

Every time WISEPIM writes a product value, it can keep a receipt: which source wrote it, how confident that source was, and the evidence it used. Field evidence shows you that receipt for any field, and lets you confirm the value yourself. A value you verify is protected from being replaced by imports, rules and AI.

**What this page enables:** you can check why a field holds the value it holds before you publish it, and lock in the values you have checked so the next import or AI run does not overwrite them.

**Where to find it:** open a product in the full editor or in Quick Edit and click **Field evidence** in the header, next to **Save Changes**. On the **Attributes** tab, each attribute also has its own **Source and verification** link.

![WISEPIM product editor with the Source and verification panel open on the Name field, showing the saved value, a Not verified chip, Supplier as source, the recorded evidence and the Mark verified button](https://mintcdn.com/swiftsyncai/jl7-7OUIcGOW7dTY/images/marketing-screenshots/products/product-editor-field-evidence-light-branded.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=jl7-7OUIcGOW7dTY\&q=85\&s=b5d3896c07c3564c8c490294ecfd9805)

## Open the evidence for a field

**1. Open the panel**

Click **Field evidence** in the product header. The **Source and verification** panel opens.

**2. Pick the field**

Choose it under **Choose a product field**. The list covers the core fields, such as **Name**, **Description**, **SEO title**, **EAN**, **Price**, **HS code**, **Product family**, **Categories** and **Variant axes**, plus the generated display name and descriptions.

**3. Check the language**

Fields that differ per language show **Saved locale** with the language you are editing. Fields that are the same in every language show **Shared product value**.

For a custom attribute, use the **Source and verification** link next to that attribute on the **Attributes** tab instead.

> [!NOTE]
>
> The panel describes the **saved** value, not what you have typed since. If you have unsaved edits, it asks you to save or discard them before you verify.

## What the panel shows

| Part | What it tells you |
| - | - |
| **Saved value to verify** | The value as it is stored now. An empty field shows **Blank**. Long values have **Show full saved value**. |
| **Verified** / **Not verified** | Whether someone has confirmed this value. |
| Source | Who or what wrote the value (see the table below). |
| **Recorded confidence** | How sure the source was, when it reported a confidence. Otherwise **Not recorded**. |
| **Actual model** | The AI model that produced the value, for AI sources. |
| **Receipt updated** | When the receipt was last written. |
| **Run** | The import, enrichment or other run that wrote it. |
| **Recorded evidence** | The reasoning and source links the writer kept. AI image extraction can add **Open image evidence**. |

Click **Refresh evidence** to reload the panel after a change elsewhere.

### Sources

| Source label | Where the value came from |
| - | - |
| **Human edit or verification** | A person typed or confirmed it |
| **Import** | A product import |
| **Supplier** | A supplier delivery, such as a supplier sheet imported through a supplier profile |
| **Automation rule** | An automation or bulk rule |
| **Formula** | A calculated value |
| **Parent product** | Inherited from the variant's parent |
| **Classification standard** | A standard such as an ETIM class |
| **Channel** | A connected sales channel |
| **AI text extraction** | AI enrichment or attribute extraction from text |
| **AI image extraction** | AI reading the product images |
| **AI document extraction** | AI reading a document |
| **Web research** | Facts merged from [web research](https://docs.wisepim.com/en/ai/web-research.md) |
| **Source unknown** | No receipt exists for this value |

**Source unknown** is normal for values that were saved before WISEPIM kept receipts, or that arrived through a route that does not record one. The panel says: "No source is recorded for this saved value. Verification records your confirmation without inventing an AI or supplier origin."

If the value changed after the receipt was written, for example by a direct edit in a route that keeps no receipt, the panel warns that the saved value differs from the recorded change. The details then describe the **Earlier source**, not the value you see.

### Why is this blank?

For an empty field, **Why is this blank?** explains what happened:

* "A recorded proposal is waiting for review." An AI or supplier value is waiting in the [Review Inbox](https://docs.wisepim.com/en/products/review-inbox.md).
* "The recorded proposal was rejected." Someone turned the suggestion down.
* "This verified blank is protected from automatic replacement." A person cleared it on purpose.
* "No recorded change or proposal explains this blank. Its cause is unknown."

## Verify a value

Click **Mark verified** to confirm the saved value, or **Verify this blank** to confirm that an empty field should stay empty. You see "Verification saved." and the chip changes to **Verified**. The original source stays on the receipt, so you still know where the value came from.

What a verified value means for later writes:

* **Imports, supplier deliveries, automation rules and AI skip it.** Automatic replacements follow your project's lock policy, and by default a person's verification outranks every automatic source. You can still edit the field yourself.
* **AI enrichment leaves it out.** Verified and hand-edited fields are not offered to AI as fields to fill.
* **A verified blank stays blank for imports and rules.** AI can still fill a field a person cleared, because the lock protects content, not an empty field.
* **Enriched copy is the exception.** When you start an enrichment run, it replaces the enriched name, enriched description and enriched short description even if they were verified, because starting the run is the choice for new copy. Source fields, attributes, SEO fields and translations keep their protection.

Accepting a suggestion in the [Review Inbox](https://docs.wisepim.com/en/products/review-inbox.md) also counts as a verification, so you do not have to verify those values twice.

> [!NOTE]
>
> Field evidence and verification are available on every plan and cost no credits. Verifying needs edit rights on the project and, with a custom role, permission for that field. Without it the panel says: "You can inspect this field, but you do not have permission to verify it."

## Where receipts come from

These actions write a receipt you can inspect:

| Action | Recorded source |
| - | - |
| Saving a product in the editor or Quick Edit | **Human edit or verification** |
| [Bulk editing](https://docs.wisepim.com/en/essentials/bulk-editing.md), assigning a product family, saving variant options | **Human edit or verification** |
| Accepting a suggestion in the Review Inbox | **Human edit or verification** |
| Supplier sheet imports through a supplier profile | **Supplier** |
| AI enrichment and attribute extraction | **AI text extraction** |
| Photo-based fill and image checks | **AI image extraction** |
| Merging web research into the product | **Web research** |

Saving a product without changing a field does not turn its values into your own edits. An untouched AI description stays an AI value, so a later enrichment run can still improve it.

## Act on what you find

> **A value came from AI with low confidence**
>
> Read the **Recorded evidence** and open its source links. Correct the field if needed, save, then click **Mark verified** so the next run leaves it alone.

> **An import keeps overwriting a value you fixed**
>
> Verify the fixed value. Imports and supplier deliveries skip verified values from then on.

> **A field should stay empty but AI keeps filling it**
>
> A verified blank stops imports and rules, not AI. Turn off AI for that attribute in its [attribute settings](https://docs.wisepim.com/en/other-features/managing-attributes.md), or send its AI changes to review in [AI Review Settings](https://docs.wisepim.com/en/settings/ai-review.md).

> **Most fields show Source unknown**
>
> That is expected for older values. Check the ones that matter, such as name, price and EAN, and verify them. New writes from the actions listed above record their source automatically.

## Related

> **[Editing Products](https://docs.wisepim.com/en/products/editing-products.md)**
>
> The full editor and Quick Edit, where the Field evidence button lives.

> **[Review Inbox](https://docs.wisepim.com/en/products/review-inbox.md)**
>
> Accept or reject AI and supplier suggestions before they change products.

> **[AI Review Settings](https://docs.wisepim.com/en/settings/ai-review.md)**
>
> Choose which AI changes wait for your approval.

> **[Web Research](https://docs.wisepim.com/en/ai/web-research.md)**
>
> Where web-sourced facts and their evidence come from.


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