Hayes re: I need a report

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

Terri Hayes <asl4me at gmail.com> writes:

> ps - I am not a programmer - and I *am* a business owner - so I dont
> really have the time to learn to program...
> this kind of very basic functionality should not be this difficult -
> I'm still reeling that the person who crated the invoice process in
> GNUCash didn't include this as a basic report..
> I dont get it - what kind of business doesn't need to know a list of
> what's outstanding?

A business that cares about how much a Customer owes and doesn't
specifically care about "which invoice" was paid or not.  Which, as a
business owner and the author of the GnuCash Business Tools, is exactly
why it's written that way.  In the original version of the tools, you
NEVER "paid" an invoice; only the customer.  The fact that invoices get
"marked paid" was a side effect.  Only more recently can you actually
specify which invoices get marked.

Still, the Customer Report exists to show how much a customer owes.  And
it will tell you which payments applied to which invoices, and give a
running total.  Have you looked at that report?  Why, specifically, is
that not sufficient for your (or your customer's) needs?

> Thanks again for any help you can give me.
> Terri Hayes

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-derek

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