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LDesign's avatar
LDesign
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1 month ago

Outdated Help Guides & Missing Basic Features (Merge Contacts / Change Invoice Customer)

I am extremely frustrated with the lack of basic functionalities in MYOB Business (Web version) and your outdated Help documentation.

I accidentally created three duplicate profiles for the same customer, each with an invoice attached. I am facing two major issues trying to fix this:

  1. Unable to Change Customer on Invoice: Once an invoice is saved, the customer field is completely locked and cannot be edited.
  2. Missing "Merge Contacts" Feature: Your official Help guides repeatedly tell users to use a "Merge" tool. However, this feature does not exist anywhere on the current web interface.

The only workarounds available are incredibly time-consuming (deleting and manually re-entering everything to preserve invoice numbers for accounting audits). Your Help documentation is severely lagging behind your actual software updates, causing users to waste hours searching for ghost menus. For example:the recurring method for changing the customer name is completely misleading and you cannot find the menu or button as it indicated. 

Can a Community Manager please escalate this directly to the product development team? We urgently need a "Merge Contacts" or "Change Customer on Invoice" button implemented on the web platform.

 

Thanks.

 

Sheng

3 Replies

  • Earl_HD's avatar
    Earl_HD
    MYOB Moderator

    Hi LDesign,

    Thanks for taking the time to share this, and I’m sorry for the frustration here.
     

    At the moment, we don’t have any immediate plans to introduce those changes. If you haven’t already, you’re welcome to add this to the Product Ideas Exchange as well, as that’s one of the channels our product team reviews as part of the feedback loop for future improvements. MYOB Business Ideas Exchange

     

    We do appreciate you calling this out and sharing the impact it’s having.

    Regards,
    Earl

  • Thanks for your reply. Please refer the link from help page for the method of changing customer on an invoice. The information provided is not correct. You won't be able to find the selection from the menu. For example: step 6, 

    6. Go to the Sales menu > Recurring transactions

    No such selection from sales menu!

    https://www.myob.com/nz/support/myob-business/sales/changing-the-customer-on-an-invoice?productview=Browser

     

    Please update the help instruction page.

     

    Thanks

     

    Sheng

    • AmandaMYOB's avatar
      AmandaMYOB
      MYOB Moderator

      Hey LDesign​ 

      Thanks so much for raising this. I've forwarded it to the team to update accordingly.