new job creation

[Derek Atkins]

"Maf. King" <maf at chilwell.net> writes:

> On Wednesday 16 Apr 2008, Geoffrey wrote:
>> I've used gnucash for a while to generate invoices.  I thought I'd try
>> to use it to generate a quote and assumed that this is what the 'create
>> job' option was for.  After filling in the first 'job' window to create
>> the job, I assumed I'd get another window, similar to the invoice window
>> in order to build the job document.  Does this not work this way, or is
>> the next window just not popping up?
>
>
> Hi,
>
> AFAIK the "Job" settings are intended to allow you to group bills/invoices 
> together for a specific contract/client.  I had a dabble once, a few years 
> back, but it seemed more trouble than it was worth, since I couldn't apply a 
> job no. to non A/P & A/R items.

Correct.  A Job isn't a Quote.  A Job is a means to collect a bunch
of invoices under a single banner.  You can think of Job as a Project,
where you could have multiple Projects for the same Customer.

> Isn't this in the concepts guide?  (Haven't looked at that for ages, either!)

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-derek

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