How to Add a Label? (Legacy and New Experience)

You may add Labels to content within FiscalNote to indicate meaningful relationships or bundle information. 

Where can I Add a Label?

What do I click to Add a Label?

How to Add a Label?

Adding/Removing Labels in the New Experience

What are Suggested Labels?

Label Suggestion: Frequently Asked Questions and Answers

Where can I Add a Label?

Labels may be added to content in many areas of the FiscalNote platform. The exact methods for adding Labels depend on your location within FiscalNote and the content you view. This article will discuss labeling the following data:

• Legislation
• Regulation*
• Legislator
• Member of EU Parliament
• United States Committees
• United States Research Documents

*Note: Only United States Federal Regulation Dockets may receive Labels. United State Federal Regulation Documents, Comments, and Public Inspection Desk may not receive Labels. 

What do I click to Add a Label?  

Apply one or more Labels to government content or data using the Add Label button... 

...or the Label Tag button.

If one or more Labels are already present on the content, you will see an Edit button.

If FiscalNote is not able to display all the Labels present on the content, you will see a count of undisplayed Labels next to the Edit button.

How to Add a Label?

1. Click the Add Label button to activate a text field

• • The instruction "Type label..." appears inside the text field
  • A "Cancel" and "Save" buttons appear beneath the text field

2. In the text field, start typing a keyword or term you wish to use as a Label

• • FiscalNote will display a list of matching Labels that already exist in your account
  • If you want to apply an existing Label, hover over that Label with your cursor and then click it or press the Enter key to add that Label to the text field

• You may add multiple Labels to the text field while it is open

• You may remove Labels that you do not wish to apply by pressing the "X" to the right of the Label name

3. If you wish to make a new label, continue typing the words you wish to use for the Label Name.

• • Labels may contain multiple words with spaces.
  • Beneath the text field, FiscalNote will display a blue drop-down tab with the header text "New Label" and a preview of your new Label name.

4. Click on the blue drop-down tab containing the "New Label" or press the Enter key to add your new Label to the text field.

5. Press the "Save" button to finish adding Labels to the content. The Labels will be visible to anyone accessing your organization's FiscalNote account. 

Adding/Removing Labels in the New Experience

The concept of Labels is still the same for the New FiscalNote Experience, but with some changes on the interface. (If you are a legacy user transitioning to the New Experience, your labels should be automatically migrated.)

Your bills and policies search and alerts results should look something like the below.

1. To add a Label, click Add Labels, and a list of your organization's labels should populate. You can choose among the existing Labels or create a new one by typing it in. You can also add multiple labels to a policy.

2. Hit "Apply" after every Label added or typed in. A message indicating the Label has been successfully added should pop up at the top of the page. The policy overview should also update what label/s you have added.

3. To remove a label, go to the policy page. On the left column, you will see the Label area. Click the pencil icon, then click "x" beside the Label you want to remove. (note that you can also add labels from here)

What are Suggested Labels?

Wherever you can add a label, FiscalNote will suggest Labels based on topic hierarchy entries (topics e.g., "Tax Credit"). You can select and add those suggestions, like they can choose and add existing labels.

Suggested Labels uses a simple text search over FiscalNote's topic hierarchy to suggest Labels you might want to add. Then, as you start typing, FiscalNote will auto-complete the typing with suggestions from the topic hierarchy. 

To use Label Suggestion

• Open the Add Label menu
• Starts typing
• Selects one or more suggested Labels
• Click Apply to commit the Label additions.

Label Suggestion Q&A

Are suggested labels different from the Labels created by me?

Suggested labels are no different from the Labels created by you. All these labels appear in FiscalNote and can be edited similarly.

Does FiscalNote check for case sensitivity when suggesting Labels?

Yes. If you type lowercase "tax," you will see suggestions for topics related to "Tax" as well. However, please note that you can still create a label that is the same phrase as an existing label but with different casing. FiscalNote is examining ways to address this issue.

What happens if I add a suggested Label in one place but later I type out that Label again in a different place?

The Label you type out appears as as an existing organization Label instead of a "Suggested Label".

What if someone in my organization deletes one of the labels. Will it be removed from suggestions or will I still see it?

The suggestion will reappear, so you will still see it.

Note: We are constantly rolling out updates and making improvements in the platform. Please help us keep the Help Center up to date by reporting any information that may need some updating at support@fiscalnote.com.