Anoying *missing feature*: default invoice terms preference

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Wed May 7 17:48:01 EDT 2008


Quoting Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com>:

> At Wed, 07 May 2008 10:09:03 -0400 Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU> wrote:
>
>> > should be a preferences setting to set the default behaviour.  I
>> > suspect that many/most business do 'Net 30 days' terms most (all?) of the
>> > time.  Having to set this *every* time you create a customer and/or an
>> > invoice is both error prone and a waste of time.
>>
>> Yes, the Invoice should set the Billterms to the Customer's default
>> when you select the customer.  I don't see a bug report for this so
>> feel free to add one.
>
> I don't remember it I actually encountered a problem with this.
>
>>
>> No, there's no file-wide "default bill term".  That would be an
>> enhancement request and should be filed separately from the
>> aforementioned bug report on setting the Invoice Billterms.
>
> OK, I guess I'll visit the web site and point and click my way to the
> enhancement request and file such an enhancement...

The latter enhancement depends on the former bugfix, so you should
file both.

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-derek

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