Due dates for payables

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

Mike Kraft <m.kraft at telus.net> writes:

> Hi,
>
> We find the vendor/bill business tools cumbersome for certain types of 
> payables. In these cases, we would like to create the transactions 
> between the payable and expense accounts, and between the payable and 
> bank accounts, ourselves in the account registers. Unfortunately, the 
> 'due date' field in the payable register does not appear to be editable 
> - for 'invoice' transactions, it defaults to the current date and I 
> cannot change it.

Correct.

> Is this intentional (i.e., am I expected to create a vendor and bills 
> whether I want to or not)? or a bug? or am I just doing something else 
> wrong?

It is intentional.  You are not expected to enter A/R or A/P transactions
manually through the register.  The business reports all depend on
ancillary data that isn't available unless you go through the
Business menu UIs.

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-derek

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