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WOW - Has this really not been implimented yet! Come On Xero, thats such a simple ask!

We have our own invoicing system The assigned invoicing keeps overriding our system. VERY ANNOYING
Is there some way I can turn it off

This functionality used to work fine on Classic invoicing but has not been carried across to the new invoicing module which is being mandated from 1st September 2024. We import our invoices from our sales system then in the classic system simply the sales order number from the Invoice number field and Xero adds the next system invoice number. Simple and efficient. Not so on the New Invoicing module - you can't delete a prepopulated invoice number and get Xero to put the next system invoice number in !

I agree with the other comments on this forum - I have raised the issue with Xero Helpdesk and been referred here - which is disappointing as historically I don't find Xero makes much reference to the ideas forum.

I have reminded Xero that it is a legal requirement in the UK for VAT invoices to be sequentially numbered (with no gaps in the sequence) - hence the functionality provided in classic invoicing.

I don't accept that a manual system of self-maintaining invoice numbers or a workaround with a plug in like Zapier (at cost) is acceptable for such basic functionality.

Please Xero - don't go backwards - reinstate system invoice numbering on the new invoice module.

It is insane to me that Xero does not automatically generate invoice numbers from an invoice upload. There is so much room for error having to manually enter in invoice numbers - and the need to stop anyone else from generating invoices while you are doing so. Incredibly inefficient!

This is absolutely critical to our business. We import the invoices from csv files and the invoice number has no meaning to us other than organising it.
PLEASE just autofill with the next available number. The lack of this functionality will have MASSIVE implications to our business on costs and admin time.

This is critical for our business as I found it is so time consuming entering invoice number in the template

The invoice number is compulsory on the import sheet unfortunately, the import upload will fail without an entry. Interesting that zapier auto populates them though, I'll look into that thanks!

If the invoice number is empty in the import sheet, it should just be auto-filled. I use zapier to import hundreds of invoices every month and xero is able to auto-fill invoice numbers for the automated imports, so it has the capacity

It's just a bad user experience to go and create a new blank invoice, copy paste that invoice number, then delete that blank invoice.

Respectfully, this should be default behaviour.

I also want this feature, any updates?

This would be amazing and save a lot of time.

This seems to be such an important feature - I was shocked to find out this was not already developed.

Yes, please, this would seem to be basic.

Instead, we have to make up invoice numbers and hope they don't conflict.