Re: database problem with invoices to more than one customer

2018-03-26 Thread Vario816
Thanks to you all for your input and guidance. Mike got the right point here! I somewhat forgot in the beginning to create a job first and then associate it with every single customer (in my case all of them were buying spare parts from me). It took some time, but gettin' there. I have to check

Re: database problem with invoices to more than one customer

2018-03-25 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I’m curious to know why you are using a job? The feature is very limited, and based on what I see here, it really isn’t serving a purpose for your case. If all you want to do is categorize your sales, then create sub-accounts of Income:Sales and post invoice line-items to those instead of the ma

Re: database problem with invoices to more than one customer

2018-03-25 Thread Maf. King
On Sunday, 25 March 2018 18:52:28 BST Rick Copple wrote: > Try using the customer without the job, or with a new job. Each job is > attached to a specific customer. > > ⁣Rick Copple > +1 on Rick's suggestion. If you already have the job "sales of spare parts" tied to Garden Boyz, then that wil

Re: database problem with invoices to more than one customer

2018-03-25 Thread Rick Copple
Try using the customer without the job, or with a new job. Each job is attached to a specific customer. ⁣Rick Copple On Mar 25, 2018, 10:18 AM, at 10:18 AM, Vario816 <993...@gmx.net> wrote: >Screenshots came out to small. Re-post > >

Re: database problem with invoices to more than one customer

2018-03-25 Thread Vario816
Screenshots came out to small. Re-post

Re: database problem with invoices to more than one customer

2018-03-25 Thread Mike Evans
Did you associate the job to the first customer? If you did them each time you choose the job, then the invoice velongs to the first customer and that's what gets created. An invoice belonging the first customer. A job has one customer, you have to create a job for each customer. Mike E On S

Re: database problem with invoices to more than one customer

2018-03-25 Thread Vario816
Hello Maf., many thanks for your welcome greetz. I have tried to replicate the procedure and will hereby display the problem by screen shots.

Re: database problem with invoices to more than one customer

2018-03-25 Thread Vario816
Thanks for your input Rick. I realize what you are saying. But I was following the steps that you are also referring to and the result is that everytime the first ever saved customer name is popping up again. Eventhough auto suggestion is offering me any of the other customers saved before. I wi

Re: database problem with invoices to more than one customer

2018-03-25 Thread Vario816
Hello Adrien, many thanks for your response. I have only four customers abd their contacts saved sofar in this database. When drawing up a new invoice via -> Business -> Customer -> New Invoice... then I enter the new Invoice ID, set the date, choosing one of the four customers with auto sugge

Re: database problem with invoices to more than one customer

2018-03-25 Thread Rick Copple
From your screen shot, it appears you are attempting to enter a new customer from the invoice detail screen. If you wish to create a new invoice, whether a new customer or the same one, you have to start by entering a new invoice. Via the menu, you would go to "Business," "Customer," "New Invoi

Re: database problem with invoices to more than one customer

2018-03-24 Thread Adrien Monteleone
If you create a new invoice, and for the customer name, start typing a particular customer name, does the full name of the customer not appear as an auto-suggestion? can you not specify a specific customer? (other than one already entered) Regards, Adrien > On Mar 24, 2018, at 4:05 PM, Vario81

Re: database problem with invoices to more than one customer

2018-03-24 Thread Maf. King
On Saturday, 24 March 2018 21:05:32 GMT Vario816 wrote: > hi folks, > But after pressing 'ok' then everytime the ever first made entry/name in the > customer database > pops up under 'billing information'. > > Now, I am stuck. I am limited to book invoices for one customer only... > > Can anyone

database problem with invoices to more than one customer

2018-03-24 Thread Vario816
hi folks, i am a newbie here. i had installed GnuCash a couple of days ago and have been through some tutorials since. All good. However, at the moment I am failing to create invoices to more than one customer. I have added a number of various customers and then I started creating invoices. B