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What can Dext AI Assist guidance search for and update?

See every field and action Dext AI Assist can use in guidance, including which fields aren't supported yet.

Written by Alexander

Dext AI Assist guidance is built from conditions and actions. This article lists every field AI Assist guidance can check as a condition, and every action it can perform, including what's not supported yet. To create or edit guidance itself, go to Dext AI Assist: Account guidance.


Fields AI Assist can check as a condition

AI Assist guidance can filter which documents a rule applies to using these fields.

Field

Status

Notes

Cost space documents

Supported

Sales space documents

Supported

Document owner

Supported

Can be used as a condition, not as an action

Uploader

Supported

The user who submitted the document — can differ from the document owner

Email text

Supported

Subject line support is coming soon. Go to Account guidance: Use email content in guidance for examples

Bank space

Coming soon

Vault

Coming soon


Fields and actions AI Assist can update

AI Assist guidance can update these document fields once a condition is met. Adding, updating, merging, or splitting line items requires Line Item Extraction (LIX) — go to How to use Line Item Extraction in Dext.

Category

Field / action

Status

Notes

Document

Flag document

Supported

Can include a specific colour as long as that colour flag is activated

Document

Costs document type

Supported

Receipt, ATM, invoice, statement, expense statement, credit note, delivery note, mileage, rental statement, supplier statement, other

Document

Sales document type

Supported

Sales invoice, sales receipt, sales credit note, rental statement

Document

Date

Supported

ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD)

Document

Due date

Supported

ISO 8601 format

Document

Invoice number

Supported

Document

Description

Supported

Document

Note

Supported

Adds an internal note to the document

Document

Mark as paid

Supported

Document

Archive

Supported

Amounts & tax

Currency

Supported

ISO 4217 code (GBP, EUR, USD, and so on)

Amounts & tax

Total amount

Supported

Amounts & tax

Total amount (account currency)

Supported

Applies when the receipt currency differs from the account currency

Amounts & tax

Tax

Supported

Selects from the tax list

Amounts & tax

Tax amount

Supported

Custom numeric value, for when a rate isn't selected from the list

Amounts & tax

Tax amount (account currency)

Supported

Applies when the receipt currency differs from the account currency

Amounts & tax

GST/HST/TPS (primary tax)

Supported

CAD accounts only

Amounts & tax

PST/QST/TVQ (secondary tax)

Supported

CAD accounts only

Categorisation & routing

Supplier

Supported

Categorisation & routing

Customer

Supported

Categorisation & routing

Category

Supported

Categorisation & routing

Payment method

Supported

A 4-digit card suffix in guidance maps to the matching payment method

Categorisation & routing

Product / service

Supported

Xero, QuickBooks Online, and KashFlow integrations only

Categorisation & routing

Project 1

Supported

Label depends on integration — for example, Tracking Categories in Xero. Go to Using projects in Dext

Categorisation & routing

Project 2

Supported

Tracked as a separate list from Project 1

Categorisation & routing

Publish to

Supported

Purchases, classic expense claims, bank accounts, sales

Categorisation & routing

Publish as

Supported

Xero only — draft, awaiting approval, awaiting payment, or paid

Categorisation & routing

Rebillable to client

Supported

Toggle — true or false

Categorisation & routing

Income source

Supported

Selects from active income sources

Line items

Add line item

Supported

Sets description, amount, tax, quantity, category, customer, project, property, or income source per line

Line items

Update line item

Supported

Same fields as add — only the fields you set are changed

Line items

Merge line items

Supported

Line items

Split line items

Supported

Bank details

Bank account number

Coming soon

Bank details

Bank account sort code

Coming soon

Bank details

IBAN

Coming soon

Not supported

Purchase order number

Not supported

Set manually — go to How to use Purchase Order Match in Dext

Not supported

Purchase order link

Not supported

The link/toggle field, separate from the purchase order number text field

Not supported

Close purchase order

Not supported

Not supported

Contact tax number

Not supported

Not supported

Document owner

Not supported

Can be used as a condition, not as an action

Not supported

EU goods/services

Not supported

Not supported

ABN (Australian Business Number)

Not supported

Not supported

Include in TPAR

Not supported

Not supported

Supplier category

Not supported

Not supported

Integration

Not supported

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