---
module: recon.recon-rules
title: Recon Rules
tab: Customer
order: 10
audience: customer
---

Recon Rules is where HiveIQ keeps the settings that tell reconciliation how to read cash replenishment records from different ATM makes and models. You'll come here to check how a format is handled, or to fine-tune it when a machine's replenishment data isn't being read correctly.

## 📋 What you can do here
- See every replenishment **format** HiveIQ knows how to read, with a count of how many rules are configured.
- Click any row to open its full detail panel.
- In the panel, view the rule's settings and the exact configuration behind it.
- **Edit** a rule's configuration and **Save** your changes.
- **Reload** to refresh the rules from the latest saved configuration.

## 📊 What you're looking at
Each row is one replenishment format. The columns explain how that format is recognized and read:

- **Format** — the name of the ATM replenishment format, with a short description underneath.
- **Detection Sentinel** — the wording HiveIQ looks for in a machine's record to recognize this format. A format marked *fallback* is used when nothing else matches.
- **Slot Strategy** — how cash slots are identified: by **Letter**, by **Denomination** (bill value), or by **Position**.
- **Deduplication** — how repeated entries in a record are handled so cash isn't counted twice.
- **Pre-Block End** — the point where the relevant replenishment section of the record ends.

## 💡 Good to know
- Rules are checked in order, and the first matching detection wins — the *fallback* rule catches anything that doesn't match a specific format.
- Editing a rule changes how future replenishment records are read, so only adjust a format when you're confident of the change. Use **Reload** if you want to discard back to the last saved version.
