New Invoicing - Show stock level when adding a Tracked inventory item
When typing a quote, available stock used to show (when you typed a figure in the "quantity" field (if available stock was less than required the open window would turn red) but it doesn't now. It would be great if this feature were also added to invoices (and quotations as before) so that one didn't need to check stock on a different page for each item being invoiced. I note that it shows when typing a credit note, so it must be possible!
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Hi community, we appreciate how useful the ability to view stocks on hand are to our customers that are using tracked inventory. This is something we're looking to build in to new invoicing, however there are a few other things lined up in the teams agenda first.
We'll keep you updated here as things progress, and you can also get more understanding of the features we have planned in this space through our Xero central page.
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Karin Copestake commented
I agree with the comments, this feature is important, please do not remove old invoicing on till this feature is available on new invoicing. It doesn't make sense to reduce functionality while increasing fees.
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Tom McCarthy commented
It makes no sense to take away this crucial feature, as many others have also stated in the comments. We can't see if there is enough stock prior to hitting approve now and will have to check each stock item line by line in a separate tab when performing sales invoicing. This is a critical component of using tracked inventory and is a backwards step that leaves your users in a pickle (as invoicing will take 3 times as long now). This is in no way an "improvement" and your logic makes no sense. Also it seems that any "new" features you have "added" were already available before, but you have just moved them to a different part of the screen.
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Liz Patterson commented
Just backing up previous comments. This feature is not 'useful' it is critical to many of us.
Please extend the change over date if this cannot be included before you retire the classic version. -
Sam Bevis commented
Also adding weight - we need this.
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Yvonne Bowe commented
Totally agree with all the comments posted to date!! The ability to view available stock is critical which is lacking in the new invoicing. We will not switch until this feature is restored.
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Nick Ashforth commented
Hi - removing this feature is a big step backwards. It means that every time we are setting up an invoice I have to open another window to check inventory levels. I think this should be prioritised, as any improvements you are trying to make to improve the efficiency are immediately undone if I need to open another stock system or another xero window.
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Debs King-Newall commented
New invoicing no longer shows how many products are available to invoice for. Bring back the availability of a product at first glance when invoicing please
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MAYA SALES commented
We are an ecommerce business.
Currently the unavailability of inventory tracking has made everything a bit complicated, whereas before in the old invoicing it was more simplified.
PLEASE DO NOT MAKE THE OLD INVOICING UNAVAILABEL UNTIL ALL OF THESE ISSUES ARE RESOLVED
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James Cain commented
Why would you make the old invoicing unavailable until other problems and issues are resolved ? This is critical for our business
Just one more reason to move away from Xero!
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Debbie Spooner commented
"Hi community, we appreciate how useful the ability to view stocks on hand are to our customers that are using tracked inventory. This is something we're looking to build in to new invoicing, however there are a few other things lined up in the teams agenda first. "
I really don't think you do appreciate that it is critical, not simply useful.
With new invoicing I can invoice several hundred of a product, and am not told, until I try to approve the invoice, that I have none in stock, and then only on a little pop-up box.
However a few other, fairly useless, things are being put ahead of what hundreds of users are asking for. Really doesn't make sense at all.Take a look at the Xero Users support pages on Facebook, many people are looking at alternatives to Xero and it's no wonder.
Please sort this before you retire the classic version.
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Lydia Proudman commented
Totally agree! Without this feature its going to take twice as long. I don't think that starting every order as a quote is an option as it takes so long to approve a quote.
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Stephane Berthoud commented
Very Very important point !
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Smit Zaveri commented
New Invoicing - it doesn't show inventory on hand, when you add in inventory to invoice.
For example, if I have 50 units in inventory, and when I enter the invetory code in an invoice, and then when I try to enter inventory, it shows, "50 units avaialble".
This very helpful feature is missing in new invoicing. it will be very helpful if this can be added. Please refer to the screenshot attached. -
Craig Buck commented
Without this feature Xero won’t work for any type of distribution business. The process becomes duplicated and very labour some having to constantly switch screens
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Sarah Henderson commented
Our company uses different batch numbers plus roll numbers to differentiate products. It would be great to see available stock on hand when invoicing in the "new" version.
It was showing up correctly on the classic version up until today where quantities available were not updating. -
Accounts Educated by Nature commented
PLEASE DO NOT MAKE THE OLD INVOICING UNAVAILABEL UNTIL ALL OF THESE ISSUES ARE RESOLVED
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Rachael Clearwater commented
I agree - Having the option to see available stock when preparing an invoice is critical. It makes invoicing and reordering processes more efficient, saves time, helps monitor stock levels.
This impacts all our clients with tracked inventory.
Please prioritise this.
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Matthew Petrie commented
Agree with everyone here. Need inventory availability
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Gaye Weller commented
The new invoicing is not as functional as the old invoice.
Available inventory does not show when you enter the amount to invoice, this is vital to our business, so we are aware of out of stocks when entering the invoice, we can then advise the customer immediately what is unavailable
When finalising the invoice (No items available to sell message pops up at the bottom of the screen for a short time). If you do not have eyes on screen the message is missed. It is also not clear on screen as to which item is missed where as currently the item is identified as noted in the attachment.
You cannot type in a future date and tab to the next field, drop down box is not as functional or as fast
In the classic version you can highlight the entire invoice and copy to a spreadsheet (it puts everything into sperate cells the same as the invoice).
New invoicing can only highlight one cell at a time.
We copy the invoice to a spreadsheet often and for many different purposes so this is vital to our businessPLEASE DO NOT MAKE THE OLD INVOICING UNAVAILABEL UNTIL ALL OF THESE ISSUES ARE RESOLVED
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Rachel Osborn commented
Can you please give me Sukhinder Singh Cassidy's contact details to escalate this issue to please as you don't seem to understand how crititcal this functionality is to those of use who use it and to say your team have other priorities makes me extremely nervous, as it simply needs to be retained for NZ'ers to use as a basic tool within Xero.
Many thanks
Rachel