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Duplicate Invoice Number

Just a thought, and there might be a very good reason for it, but:

I recently created an invoice for a client, then out of curiosity, created another invoice for them with the exact same Invoice Number/ID. Solar let me do this without any warnings.

For scenarios where I have two different invoice systems (one for automated online invoicing, and Solar) I pull a batch copy of my online one into Solar. It'd be nice if when doing it manually, I get alerted that the invoice was already previously entered. At the moment, Solar lets me create duplicate invoice numbers in the system which could be a pain to find.


Just a thought though!


Posted by Stuart on Mar 18, 2011 9:02 AM GMT

Hi Stuart,

Yes - that's a good idea. We'll note it as a feature request in our development system.

Note that if you have duplicate IDs in the system you may have trouble importing data. For example, if the CSV file has an entry for 'Invoice INV7' and there are already two invoices with ID INV7 then Solar Accounts will simply update the first one it finds.

Regards,


Posted by Mark McLaren (Solar Accounts) on Mar 18, 2011 9:27 AM GMT