Time invoicing report question

[Derek Atkins]

David Glick <dglick at cox.net> writes:

> Thanks for the response, Derek.  I did look at the customer report, but I was 
> uncertain as to what to do in the case when I'm asked to reprint an older 
> invoice.  I assume that the customer report is a snapshot of the system at 
> the time the report is generated, correct?  I was hoping to save everything 
> needed to reprint an invoice at a later date, so I could avoid having to keep 
> paper copies of everything (Timeslips is also lacking in this regard).  
> However, if there's no better way, I can certainly attach the customer report 
> to the back of each invoice.

Well, ALL reports are a snapshot of the system at the time when the
report is run.  That notwithstanding, if you want to re-print an
invoice why can't you just reprint it?  Business -> Customer -> Find
Invoice then pop it up and click 'Print'.  In way is this not
sufficient to reprint an invoice?

I guess that I still don't understand exactly what you're trying
to do....

> Also, I generally work several projects for each client simultaneously, and 
> some of them prefer that I separate different projects on different pages of 
> the invoice for their internal tracking purposes.  Is it possible to break up 
> an invoice by job, with subtotals?  If not, is there somewhere to get the 
> fundamentals so I can create my own reports?  Or, better yet, a description 
> of the data format so I can try to create a driver that will allow an 
> external report writer to be used?

It is not possible to separate a single invoice by job.  The current
model is one invoice per job.  All the items on that invoice are tied
to a specific job.  The best you could do is create a bunch of invoices,
one per job, and then print the customer report to combine them all
into a grand total.

> Thanks again for any  help,
> 
> David Glick

-derek

> 
> On Monday 17 March 2003 5:22 pm, Derek Atkins wrote:
> > David Glick <dglick at cox.net> writes:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I'm trying to use Gnucash to handle my time and billing, which will free
> > > me from Timeslips (and Windows).  However, the invoice module isn't
> > > working the same way as it does in Timeslips, and I'm not sure if it can
> > > be configured to do so, or if I'll need to dig into the code:
> > >
> > > I generally invoice weekly, but many of my clients pay after 30 days (or
> > > more, unfortunately).  When I invoice for a time period, the first
> > > invoice that is generated is fine. However, at the 2nd invoice, I usually
> > > haven't been paid yet for the first one, and I'd like to include the
> > > amount owed from previous invoices onto a grand total.  Can this be done?
> > >  Also, is there a way to detail on the invoice all payments since the
> > > last invoice?
> >
> > Invoices are separate.  You can print an invoice with all the payments
> > made _to that invoice_, but not payments made _from that customer_.
> >
> > Have you looked at the customer report?  That will give you the aging
> > report, print out all the invoices and payments for the customer, and
> > show how much is due over time.
> >
> > If I were you I'd just print out the invoice _AND_ customer report
> > and send both...
> >
> > > Thanks for any help,
> > >
> > > David Glick
> > > 619-475-4052
> > > dglick at cox.net
> >
> > -derek
> 
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