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So it does Allen! What's even sadder is that this 'idea' has been with Xero since 2012!!! 14 years!! Xero don't care. The amount of changes they have made to views and analytics but not making this simple change is ridiculous. I have taken my comments to Facebook before, was told to get back here 😅

The sad thing is that this field actually exists and is used by Xero if the process starts the creation of a purchase order rather than just entering a supplier invoice

Xero a lot of your client base desperately needs this feature. I know for my business, by xero not having this feature it really creates a lot of manual process

i was thinking the same thing Erin. Is anyone at Xero actually reading our comments as this has been going on for years!

Does anyone know how to get this seen by Xero product team? This seems like such a basic function. I'm sure no one reviews these ideas . Maybe if we all keep posting new comments it will get traction

An invoice number field and a reference number field is crucial due to the invoice number character restrictions when making payments, the second reference field is information desperately needed for PO numbers and Job references,

I can see this has been requested many times over many years, it is on the sales invoices but not on the bills?

Come on Xero, get this sorted!

I don't understand how in this day and age xero does not have this feature.
I need a 2nd reference box for both bills and invoices

I would also like to NOT see the JAX, or any other items that cannot be removed taking up valuable page space.

Xero, Please address this!! even just add an extra box in the bills window for PO number. This must be the only accounting system that doesn't have a field for PO number. I don't care about JAX or fancy dashboards. I care about basic functionality.

Has Xero got any update on this?
It seems a simple fix to add a second reference box, or even to allow the enter key in the current reference box. This would allow for a second line of reference to be added.

There is room for the invoice number but urgently need a space for the PO number.

A second reference field or User Reference will allow the user to add a unique identifier reference number to each purchase invoice. Being able to sort in order of this reference is also required. this is different to the invoice number.

Need to show our job number along with the customers PO number.
Important to us to line up Invoices to Jobs in our Digital job system.

Add an additional input box called Invoice Number to replicate AR view in AP i.e. so AP has Invoice Number and Reference fields too.

This may enable Capture to work with bills as currently Capture is not recognising the Reference field as the Invoice (bill) number when creating a draft bill.

The Reference field could then be used for a PO number.

How has this been open since 2012 and not implemented? Clearly your user base needs this feature to help support their business operations

ive moved from clearbooks to xero. clearbooks has a summary field where you can put a site address, this then appears under the client head office address. this is needed as i have a client with over 50 sites but currently the only workaround is to put the address ion the description line whcih clients done like as it needs to be as a header. this seems very easy to do. looking at the comments below this summary box can also be used for multiple PO numbers

Currently doesn't show duplicated invoice numbers is you add extra info, such as PO number or job reference, at the end of the supplier invoice number, an extra area for this info is desperately needed

Sage has alot more option - pls add option to add additional field to invoice

We have an internal referencing system and it would be helpful to have a box to write this in rather than put it in brackets next to the clients invoice number.

I for one really need a second field so we an add the suppliers delivery not number which they always ask for when we return any goods back to them

Been waiting 15 years for this. In that time, Xero have brought in plenty of upgrades, but not this one simple feature. Come on Xero, get your act together. Having this reference as a search field is an excellent idea.
Sales Invoices have always had this, why not Bills.