Feature request: process multiple invoice with single payment

[Derek Atkins]

* forwarded to the list *

I'm afraid that I just don't see this feature ever happening unless
someone out there sends in a patch for it.  I don't have the time
to even think about how to solve this for now...  The final solution
here is PROBABLY going to be related to the fix to the "Assign splits
to customers" <http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108570>
and then you could enter a split-transaction in the register and
assign each split to each customer.

-derek

THayes <asl4u at localnet.com> writes:

> Hi. I am in the process of switching to GNUCash from Quicken. I've
> been trying to do this for several years - it is happening now.
>
> I'm writing because you made a reply to someone asking about doing
> multiple non-consecutive invoices for the payment process
>
> saying that "to do that would be arbitrarily complex."
>
> but -
> I am a service provider. Interpreter. I work for several entities in
> the course of one day - and I also do subcontract work for an
> agency. The agency, depending on the type of job (there are two types)
> pays a different rate - and pays on different time lines. Invoices go
> to the company every day that I do work for them but payment will be
> made for some jobs in two weeks and for other jobs in 30 days.
>
> Arbitrarily complex... but it is what my current receivables system
> looks like.
>
> I do not know what it would take to make GNUCash show a list of
> invoices and let you "reconcile" those that have been paid with this
> check... and not applying payment to those that have not been paid -
> I'm not a programmer (sigh... you have me captive!)
>
> but I did want to tell you that sometimes we do not choose the
> arbitrarily complex situations we find ourselves in - and many of us
> have no power to change systems that already exist and obviously are
> satisfactory to the people who created them (like your invoices are
> satisfactory to you.. and like the payment periods are satisfactory to
> the company I subcontract for)...
>
> well - thanks for listening - I've got about 21 individual invoices I
> need to find, select, enter payment info and post as
> received... before I'm off to another job tonight.
>
> thanks for listening.
> and in case you aren't aware - I really do appreciate that GNUCash HAS
> invoices... its tedious - but an amazing and very useful feature.
>
> thank you thank you thank you!
> Terri Hayes
>
> and - this did not go to the list - because I dont know how.
> sorry
>
>

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