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Our company won't be able to use Xero in the new version if Purchase Orders can’t be created from invoices. Thank you!

I will not be able to use this system in the new version if Purchase Orders can’t be created from invoices

Please don't tell us you are trying to charge us by way of a so called 'upgrade' to include this basic function, just like you did for Xero expense.

Oh no what a shame. That is a massive part of why we use xero. That has to be the silliest decision to get rid of this option. I cant understand the logic in that. Truly disappointing for an update to lose such a key function

Our workflow requires an invoice to be copied to a purchase order.
This step is essential. Please ensure this is added to the new invoicing as this is a critical part of our process.

A very important thing that they have got rid of. Please put this feature back. It is critical that we can quickly copy an invoice to a purchase order and keep all information identical without needing to input it again.

Not having the ability to copy to purchase order is a critical process for us as a business.

Our workflow is Invoice is created to the end user, copy to purchase order and create the bill.

This therefore prevents anyone from purchasing something without having sold the required product first.

This is a critical feature of our workflow, and will be looking at alternatives otherwise.

PLEASE PLEASE review this process.

Using new invoicing, Purchase orders dont convert to invoices correctly
I have always converted my supplier Purchase order to a Bill and also to an Invoice for the client and never had a hassle under the classic invoicing.

I have moved to new invoicing and now when I copy any Purchase Order to an invoice, it comes up still with the original supplier not client details (acting like a bill) and all the supplier pricing. When I switch to classic and do the same process it copies correctly.
This needs to be fixed urgently if we are forced to go to new invoicing.

Being able to copy an invoice to a purchase order is critical in our business. Sometime invoices we create are complex with measurements and the ability to copy over to a PO ensures no human error is made and saves valuable time. It should be a mandatory function of any account software. I am beyond disappointed that it is not a part of the version.

I will add to all the other voices. Our business relies on converting each Sales Order/Invoice to a PO so that a customer order can be fulfilled. If this feature is not available it would make processing labourious, add time, add errors. We may need to look at moving to other platforms if this issue isnt resolved.

Hi Hanna G

It looks like your last update on this was over 6 months ago. The Classic invoicing is due to be "retired" in 2 months time. Copy to PO is a basic Day 1 function that I am sure many of us have been using for years. Are you going to get this fixed before November??

this needs an immediate resolution other than roll back to classic invoicing.
A huge number of business order product based on presale. You NEED to be able to create a PO from an invoice other wise every order becomes manual entry again allowing for mistakes rather than the previously offered copy to PO.

Is this some kind of joke? The solution provided by your tech support team is… “You could switch to classic invoicing”

Hello,

Could you please provide an update on this feature? The discontinuation of classic invoicing is imminent, and we urgently require this functionality (copy to PO from an invoice!). It is unacceptable that we have received no updates since January 2024. We need an answer immediately.

This ongoing lack of communication is extremely frustrating

Copy Purchase Order to Invoice
Under the old invoicing you could copy a quote to an invoice.
The new invoicing system, you are unable to do this.
I use this all the time. As the old invoicing is being taken away from us, i would like to be able to copy a quote to an invoice.

This is a MUST for our company, when we make Invoices, we must be able to copy them to a purchase order to give to our suppliers also.

If this is a feature thats removed in new invoicing, We and countless other organisations can only move to another software. Sad and ridiculous but after all these 5 years with XERO it will only make tracking and creating purchase orders harder.

If this isn't added, it seems Xero would be going backwards, not forwards.

Xero needs to bring back the "Copy to" feature that the old invoicing had. We use this feature multiple times per day - where an customer invoice is raised first - once approved / paid by client we then generate a Purchase Order for the items. It was such a great feature to be able to copy the invoice line items over to a Supplier PO and remove the lines not relevant and then send off to the supplier - 30-secs to 1min max step in the ordering process!

The new invoicing doesn't allow this... WHY????

It has now added multiple additional steps to what should be such a simple process. I have to have 2 windows open, one open to the customer invoice, one with a new PO generated, then copy and paste the items one by one over, as well as entering the qty, price and tax fields.

This now adds extra time to my day... will we be compensated? Seems unreasonable our subscription price has increased substantially, yet we have now lost features crucial to our business operations.

Hi Xero Admin, Do you have an update on this. There are a lot of people who are keen to see this feature included.

We need to be able tp copy to a purchase order from an invoice (even if that invoice has not yet been marked as paid). We use this function every day multiple times a day - without it we would have to create a purchase order from scratch after already doing it on an invoice. We would have no choice but to find another invoicing platform because it would create far too much work

Copying form an invoice to a purchase is critical for our business.
We use this for ordering all of our products and job sheet for our installers, this then creates a trail for us to follow easily