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hes_bruce
Contributing Cover User
1 year ago
Status:
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Changing dates when changing Sales Quotes/Orders to Invoices

Hi Team,

Long time desktop AccountRight user here.

If I had just one wish, just one, it would be when changing predated quotes/orders to open invoices, it would automatically change to today's date.

My sales team often convert existing orders to invoices adhoc throughout the day, often without changing the date. I am responsible for sending out the end of day invoices in a batch. All accidental pre-dated invoices often miss the batch. When customer payments are made 30 days later, even though statements have been sent, customers will more than likely miss payment on that particular invoice because they hadn't received it.

When goods are received from our suppliers, MYOB automatically defaults "receive items" to todays date. For the sake of consistency, wouldn't it just make sense to do the same when invoicing?

Many thanks for your consideration

Best Regards

Bruce

8 Comments

  • Status changed:
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    Hey hes_bruce

    Thanks for your idea! We'll be sharing this one with our product teams and have updated the status to open for other members of our community to vote and add weight to your idea.

  • Alex74's avatar
    Alex74
    Experienced Cover User
    6 months ago

    100% Bruce, this should be accounting platform 101. So frustrating!

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    Alex74
    Experienced Cover User
    3 months ago

    Any update on this?  The problem has existed for 20 years or more. This would be a 10 minute job for a software developer. 

  • 100% agree. It is so difficult to train staff to remember this for every single quote/order.

  • mikejenkin's avatar
    mikejenkin
    Experienced User
    2 months ago

    This should be a priority to implement i would have thought.

    Wouldn't be hard.

  • Chevron's avatar
    Chevron
    Contributing Cover User
    2 months ago

    100% agree with this, we have had so many issues with staff forgetting to amend the date!

  • Xylon1's avatar
    Xylon1
    Contributing User
    2 months ago

    Maybe have the choice to change the date or not. Sometimes you may want to retain the original date.