Bills - Add a second Reference field
Ability to add a second reference field.
Purpose: Because when importing invoices from another system, it generates a unique invoice number, and the actual supplier's invoice number is used as the second reference.
Thanks to everyone who's shared how a second reference field on bills would support supplier invoice numbers, purchase orders and job references. We appreciate the strong appetite for this improvement and the practical examples provided.
Some groundwork has already been completed, and while this isn’t in our immediate pipeline, it's high on the teams radar and something we would like to pick up.
Though we can't commit to development just yet, we’ll keep you updated here of any progression.
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Emma Turner
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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!
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Michelle @Accounts
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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 invoicesI would also like to NOT see the JAX, or any other items that cannot be removed taking up valuable page space.
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Kristen Saunders
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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.
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Emma Brown
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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. -
Maria Hooper
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There is room for the invoice number but urgently need a space for the PO number.
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Richard Brealey
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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.
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Emma Brown
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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. -
Philip Hankers
commented
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.
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Sean Buchanan
commented
How has this been open since 2012 and not implemented? Clearly your user base needs this feature to help support their business operations
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Victoria Sturges
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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
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Emma Turner
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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
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Jackie Ward
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Sage has alot more option - pls add option to add additional field to invoice
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Lyn Mooney
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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.
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Guy Wates
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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
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Lynette Duncan
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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. -
Todd Atwood
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In desperate need of more than 1 reference field on bills. Fields must be searchable within Xero as well
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David Morrison
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Please consider adding an additional reference field to both bills and invoicing - this would be really useful. The attached shows the difficulty we are having with this when compared to SAGE, who's software currently allows for this much more effectively. If this could be added, it would be much appreciated and would greatly improve our Xero experience.
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Iain Miller
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Please see attached email detailing how SAGE invoicing is better as it has more fields. Had we understood the Xero limitations here we may not have moved to Xero. There are a lot of other users asking for more invoice fields. This would be a great enhancement.
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Iain Miller
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Please see attached email detailing how SAGE invoicing is better as it has more fields. Had we understood the Xero limitations here we may not have moved to Xero. There are a lot of other users asking for more invoice fields. This would be a great enhancement.
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Iain Miller
commented
Please see attached email detailing how SAGE invoicing is better as it has more fields. Had we understood the Xero limitations here we may not have moved to Xero. There are a lot of other users asking for more invoice fields. This would be a great enhancement.