Invoices and Bills mixing up

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

"geminigoddess1962 at gmail.com" <geminigoddess1962 at gmail.com> writes:

> Hi All:
>
> I'm brand new to GNU Cash, I think I'm going to love this program.
>
> I am using the business side of things for my husband's construction
> business.
>
> I tried searching here on the forum as well as in the documentation for my
> question but got nothing.
>
> I want to create a customer invoice. Here are the steps I created:
> 1. Create New Customer
> 2. Create new job
> 3. Assign job to a vendor (read this somewhere)

*THIS* is your problem..  When you assign the job to a vendor it is no
longer associated with a customer, so "invoices" to this job become
"vendor bills".

Think of a Job a "Contract".  You have may have multiple contracts with
the same Customer (or you may have multiple contract with the same
vendor).  This is just a way to differentiate what income (or expense)
was tied to a particular contract.

> 4. Select customer and right click to select "new invoice" option.
> 5. Fill in the info in the pre-dialogue box and click OK
> 6. I am presented with the "Edit Bill" screen.
>
> The same thing happens when I tried to add a new bill for a vendor. I Fill
> in the vendor, add the job and when I click ok I am presented with the "edit
> invoice" screen.

Sounds like you're selecting a job (which overrules the customer or
vendor), and it's swapped.

> Eventually - If I keep trying to add either a bill or invoice I am presented
> with the correct "edit" screen.
>
> It's a little frustrating and I'm probably missing something easy...but I
> don't know what it is!
>
> Any assistance you can provide will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Jill

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-derek

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