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Is this ever going to get implemented? In the API code for PHP you have setInvoiceNumber and setReference for Creating Invoices of TYPE_ACCPAY which are bills. UI wise tho setInvoiceNumber sets the reference feild and setReference is hidden which makes no sense. Also both feilds should be searchable when using the Reconcile Matching tool as well.

This is mainly a UI visual issue. Just make the feild visible and rename them to their match feilds. Invoice Number is Invoice Number and Reference is Reference. Seems pretty easy, and clearly there are lots of people requesting this.

When sending a report to my customers they request information from 2 reference fields so I have to manually go in to every sales invoices (extremely time consuming) to add the 2nd reference to the report. Surely something as vitally important as this should be easy enough to do ... given Xero seem to manage to change things that don't need changed!

It is a Critical need for the second reference field in Bills, this would replace the reference field in the Supplier Financial details as this is useless if you have multiple bills.

Adding my vote to the many before, please Xero, make this happen.

Why does Xero have a reference box in Invoices, but does not have one in Bills to Pay.

There are a number of reasons to have a reference in Bills.
1. You send an invoice from Xero with a reference, but you cannot receive that same invoice into Bills with a reference.
2. I have paper Purchase Orders but nowhere to quote this number on Bills.
3. I have bills for contracts and projects and I would like to include the name but nowhere to quote this on Bills.

It seems a simple feature to add this field to Bills, why hasn't this happened?
Why have you included it in Invoices but not Bills??
I have been using Xero since 2009, and this has always annoyed me.

Have a second reference box so an internal reference can be entered as well as the supplier invoice number/reference.

Create a new field for Bill & Invoice

Currently we are suffering too much for any reconciling with vendor & Customers. since we haven't a separate column for bill, invoice or documnt number.
It's very important to add a field or column in the bill & invoice immediately.
I think no need to vote for this idea because everyone is need.

BR
Ramadan Abdu

We are working with a client who is using third-party construction management software. We need the additional field so that we can show the PO number from this system and the invoice number of the vendor. I would have thought this was a fairly logical request and a standard function, but after reading all of the comments before me, apparently not!!

Add reference to a bill in Xero. This would be helpful to add details like the purchase order number, a month, client name, etc. If converting a purchase order to a bill, then the purchase order number can automatically be pulled into this field. The xero user should however also be allowed to edit this field - in the case that you don't have a purchase order (number), or if you would like to enter the month or another custom reference.

Come on Xero - there has been no update or comment from Xero in over 2 years. It was logged over 11yrs ago. This is just a reference field that is simple to add, but will make a significant difference to functionality. In particular, integration and migration of data.
It already exists on a Receivables Invoice, so why not in Payables.

This was requested and discussed in the old "community support forum" possibly over 10 years ago. As an accountant it's difficult to comprehend why this has not been addressed. Without a 2nd reference field in supplier bills, Xero should NOT be considered an accounting software

This makes 100% sense to me, not sure why Xero had not implemented from the outset. In most cases a company will have an order number or reference as well as the supplier having an invoice number (and even a separate order number as well), all of which should be recordable and searchable independently.

Please can this be added - a second reference field is critical so you can have your own reference and also add the supplier's reference

We are working with Salesforce and need the PO number to sync bills across

I have been unable to export bills to another system as there is no way to allocate it to a reference number in the other system to match.
This would help immensely with daily tasks and efficiency.

Please add another reference place!!!

We had today an issue with a double imported bill, because it was not sorted out. From other bookeepingsoftware, i know that a double import is not possible, because of a unique Bill number, like invoice number for importing invoices.
It is not a big thing to void the double bill, but if there would be a seperate field for a Bill number instead only the reference field, when it will be imported to xero from previous programms, than i think it will be avoid to get a double bill. Only a suggestion from my side.
BR
David

Hi,
please could we have this idea implemented. Must not be that difficult to do it.
thanks

How can this still not have happened? It's a simple request - Add the reference field to the invoice so AR customers can match it to their PO number and AP suppliers know which PO we are paying. Esp important if a PO is issued across multiple invoices due to delays in shipping and delivery - Why is that so hard and why don't xero understand the importance of such a crucial and simplistic part of the AP/AR processes?

Why is this so hard? Surely adding a 2nd reference field is more important than "fixing" the contacts page, which has only made using contacts page a less efficient process. Not happy Xero!!!

I agree with Natalie, you have 2 references in invoicing why not for bills?