[GNC] Can't assign payment to multiple invoices

[Geert Janssens]

Op woensdag 31 oktober 2018 16:43:12 CET schreef Wm via gnucash-user:
> On 27/10/2018 19:24, wail wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I have a list of invoices and a list of payments and I'm trying to assign
> > payments to invoices (I'm using Gnucash 3.3 on Ubuntu 18.10).
> > The problem is that my client pays sums that are not related to invoices,
> > e.g. invoices would be $4 $5 $3 $6 while payments would be $2 $6 $2 $3 $5.
> > So I need to assign a payment to two or three invoices.
> > I just want to assign each payment to the oldest unpaid invoice(s).
> > 
> > I was able to add a few payments to multiple invoices then it stopped
> > working, that is, if I select two payments in the "Process payment" window
> > and click ok, then only the last selected invoice will receive the
> > payment.
> > If I edit the payment again, only one invoice is selected.
> > 
> > That may be unrelated but sometimes the right click menu on a transaction
> > shows "edit payment" and sometimes it shows "assign as payment" instead
> > (typically after I edit the payment once and it gets split).
> > Also, in the "Process payment" window, when there are multiple invoices
> > for
> > a given date, the list of invoices does not always appear in order of
> > invoices number. The list is ordered by Date but it would be better if it
> > could be ordered by invoice number in a given date.
> 
> If the payments really are unrelated to the invoices use the old
> fashioned payment on account method, i.e. reduce the balance on the
> Liability and tidy it up occasionally.

Good point indeed. That's what GnuCash does if you don't select invoices while 
adding payments for a customer.

Geert