Invoice Print

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Purpose

Output customer invoices.

Overview

Use Invoice Print to print, email, or fax invoices to customers and/or customer contacts. For information on invoice delivery options (print, fax, email), see Creating Invoices FAQ.

Ribbon Home Tab Buttons

Button

Description

Exit

Click this button to close the Invoice Print window.

Print

Click this button to output invoices.

Select Tab Fields and Buttons

Field or Button

Description

All Reference #s

Select this check box to print invoices for all reference numbers. This check box is selected by default.

From (Reference Number)

Enter the first reference number in a range of reference numbers for which you want to print invoices, or click the Lookup button to select a reference number. This field is only enabled if you clear the All Reference #s check box.

To (Reference Number)

Enter the last reference number in a range of reference numbers for which you want to print invoices, or click the Lookup button to select a reference number. This field is only enabled if you clear the All Reference #s check box.

All Entry Dates

Select this check box to print invoices for all entry dates. This check box is selected by default.

From (Entry Date)

Enter the first entry date in a range of entry dates for which to print invoices, or click the drop-down arrow to select a date. This field is only enabled if you clear the All Entry Dates check box. If you are outputting the report via Scheduling Assistant, you can select a virtual date for this field.

To (Entry Date)

Enter the last entry date in a range of entry dates for which to print invoices, or click the drop-down arrow to select a date. This field is only enabled if you clear the All Entry Dates check box. If you are outputting the report via Scheduling Assistant, you can select a virtual date for this field.

All Batches

Select this check box to print invoices for all batches. This check box is selected by default.

From (Batch)

Enter a batch number for which to print invoices, or click the Lookup button to select a batch. If you want to print invoices for a range of batches, enter the first batch number in the range. This field is only enabled if you clear the All Batches check box.

To (Batch)

Enter the last batch number in a range of batches for which to print invoices, or click the Lookup button to select a batch. If you want to print invoices for a single batch, you can leave this field blank. This field is only enabled if you clear the All Batches check box.

All Customer Names

Select this check box to print invoices for all customer names. This check box is selected by default.

From (Customer Name)

Enter the first customer name in a range of customer names for which to print invoices, or click the Lookup button to select a customer name. This field is only enabled if you clear the All Customer Names check box.

To (Customer Name)

Enter the last customer name in a range of customer names for which to print invoices, or click the Lookup button to select a customer name. This field is only enabled if you clear the All Customer Names check box.

All Customer Codes

Select this check box to print invoices for all customer codes. This check box is selected by default.

From (Customer Code)

Enter the first customer code in a range of customer codes for which to print invoices, or click the Lookup button to select a customer code. This field is only enabled if you clear the All Customer Codes check box.

To (Customer Code)

Enter the last customer code in a range of customer codes for which to print invoices, or click the Lookup button to select a customer code. This field is only enabled if you clear the All Customer Codes check box.

All Routes

Select this check box to print invoices for all routes. This check box is selected by default.

From (Route)

Enter the first route in a range of routes for which to print invoices, or click the Lookup button to select a route. This field is only enabled if you clear the All Routes check box.

To (Route)

Enter the last route in a range of routes for which to print invoices, or click the Lookup button to select a route. This field is only enabled if you clear the All Routes check box.

List (Routes)

Click this button to display Route List, which allows you to select multiple routes for which to print invoices. If you click this button and select routes, the check box to the right of this button is selected. This button is only enabled if you clear the All Routes check box.

All Posting Periods

Select this check box to print invoices for all posting periods and years. This check box is selected by default.

From (Posting Period)

Click the Lookup buttons to select the first posting period and year in a range of posting periods and years for which to print invoices. These Lookup buttons are only enabled if you clear the All Posting Periods check box.

To (Posting Period)

Click the Lookup buttons to select the last posting period and year in a range of posting periods and years for which to print invoices. These Lookup buttons are only enabled if you clear the All Posting Periods check box.

All A/R Accounts

Select this check box to print invoices for all accounts receivable accounts. This check box is selected by default.

A/R Account

Click the Lookup button to select an accounts receivable account number for which to print invoices. This Lookup button is only enabled if you clear the All A/R Accounts check box.

Ignore Customer Invoice Method

Select this check box to ignore the customer invoice method entered in the Invoice Method field in Customer Maintenance. Select this check box if a customer is normally set up to use EDI for invoicing, but you want to print an invoice for the customer. This check box is cleared by default.

All VAT Dates

Select this check box to print invoices for all VAT dates. This check box is selected by default.

From (VAT Date)

Enter the first VAT date in a range of VAT dates for which to print invoices. This field is only enabled if you clear the All VAT Dates check box. If you are outputting the report via Scheduling Assistant, you can select a virtual date for this field.

To (VAT Date)

Enter the last VAT date in a range of VAT dates for which to print invoices. This field is only enabled if you clear the All VAT Dates check box. If you are outputting the report via Scheduling Assistant, you can select a virtual date for this field.

Sort by

Select whether to sort output by customer, invoice number, or wave/route/stop.

Suppress Invoices of Amount 0.00

Select this check box if you do not want to print zero amount invoices. If this check box is cleared, invoices are printed even if the total is zero (0.00). This check box is selected by default.

Suppress Pre-Bill Invoices

Select this check box if you do not want to print pre-bill invoices for bill and hold orders. This check box is selected by default.

NOTE This setting is ignored if printing invoices for a batch that includes a bill and hold shipment pick demand.

Display Fully Backordered Lines

Select this check box to print lines on invoices even if no quantity was shipped for the lines. This check box is cleared by default.

Display Fully Cancelled Lines

Select this check box to include fully cancelled lines on printed invoices. This check box is cleared by default.

Print Only Unprinted Invoices

Select this check box to only print invoices that were not yet printed.

Print Options Tab Fields and Buttons

Field or Button

Description

Output Option

Select one of the following output options:

  • Screen - Output to a PDF so you can immediately view the report. If you select this option, you cannot output using Scheduling Assistant.

  • File - Output to a PDF, Excel, Access, or delimited file to be stored for later use. If you select this option, specify the file type and either the output folder or file name.

  • Printer - Output to a selected printer. If you select this option, specify a printer in the Printer field and the number of copies to print in the Number of Copies field.

  • Email - Output to your default email application. If you select this option, you are prompted to select recipients for the email, then an email is created with the invoice(s) attached as a PDF file.

  • Excel - Output directly to Microsoft Excel. You can specify the location of the Excel application in the Spreadsheet File field in User Profile Maintenance. If you output to Excel, the report may include additional information. If you select this option and select to output to Scheduling Assistant, you are prompted to select recipients for an email, and Scheduling Assistant sends an email with the report attached as an Excel file.

  • Contact - Output invoices to customer contacts via your default email application. If you select this option, when you click the Print button in the ribbon, Output Option Selection appears, and allows you to select an output option for customers without contacts.

Save Report File

Select this check box to save the Crystal Reports report (.rpt) file for the report to the folder entered in the Report Working Directory field for your user ID in User Profile Maintenance. You can use the report file to customize the report. For more information, see Crystal Reports FAQ. This check box is only available if you select the Screen radio button.

Save Access Database File

Select this check box to save the Access database (.mdb) file for the report to the folder entered in the Report Working Directory field for your user ID in User Profile Maintenance. You can use the Access database file to customize the report. For more information, see Crystal Reports FAQ. This check box is only available if you select the Screen radio button.

Output File Type

Select whether to output to a PDF, Excel, Access, or delimited (CSV, DAT, or TXT) file. These radio buttons are only available if you select the File radio button.

Specify File Name

Select this check box to specify the file name of the output report. This check box is only available if you select the File radio button.

Output Directory

Enter the location for the output report, or click the Lookup button to navigate to and select a location. This field is only available if the Specify File Name check box is cleared.

Output File Name

Enter a location and file name for the output report, or click the Lookup button to navigate to and select a location and file name. The file extension of the file name should match the selected output file type. This field is only available if you select the Specify File Name check box.

Excel Format Name

Enter an Excel format name, or click the Lookup button to select an Excel format name. Excel formats can be set up to specify which fields are output to Excel, and the order and sort order of the fields. This field is only available if you select the Excel radio button.

Format Maintenance

Click this button to display Excel Format Maintenance, which allows you to set up Excel formats. This button is only available if you select the Excel radio button.

Save As Type

Click the Lookup button to select whether to save the delimited file as a CSV, DAT, or TXT file. This field is only available if you select the Delimited radio button, and only enabled if the Specify File Name check box is cleared.

Include header

Select this check box to include a row of header information in the exported delimited file, which labels the data. This check box is only available if you select the Delimited radio button.

Delimiter

Enter a comma (,), caret (^), or vertical bar (|) as a delimiter for the exported delimited file. This field is only available if you select the Delimited radio button.

Enclosing Character

If you want to use single or double quotation marks around data exported to a delimited file, enter ' or " in this field. Even if this field is left blank, text fields that have commas or carriage returns are enclosed in quotes. This field is only available if you select the Delimited radio button.

Printer

Click the Lookup button to select a printer. This field is only available if you select the Printer radio button.

Subject

Enter a subject for the report email. This field is only available if you select the Email radio button. If you leave this field blank, the subject is the report title.

Report File Prefix

Enter the invoice file name. This field is only available if you select the Email radio button.

Note If you leave this field blank for a single invoice, the file name defaults to the invoice number.

Add Additional Comments

Select this check box if you want to include additional comments with the emailed report. If you select this check box, the Additional Comments window appears after you click the Print button in the ribbon, and allows you to enter the comments. This check box is only available if you select the Email radio button.

Include Attachments

Select this check box to include attachments when emailing, printing, or faxing invoices. Only attachments that are set up to be emailed, printed, or faxed for invoices are included. This check box is only enabled if you select the Printer, Email, or Contact radio button. This check box is selected or cleared by default based on the Include Attachments Default field on the Customer Service tab in User Extended Options.

Print Full Heading on All Pages

Select this check box to include the entire heading from the first page of the report on all pages of the report. This check box is cleared by default, and only enabled if you select the Screen, File, Printer, or Email radio button.

Print Title Line on All Pages

Select this check box to include the report title, page number, and printed date/time on all pages of the report. This check box is selected by default and only enabled if you select the Screen, File, Printer, or Email radio button, and if the Print Full Heading on All Pages check box is cleared.

Report Language 1

This field displays the language for the invoice(s) you are printing.

Report Language 2

This field is disabled in this window.

Horizontal Shading

Select this check box to include horizontal shading on alternate lines of the report to make it easier to read report data. This check box is cleared by default, and is only enabled if you select the Screen, File, Printer, or Email radio button.

Collate

Select this check box to collate the printed copies of the report (if you are printing multiple copies of the report). This check box is cleared by default, and is only enabled if you select the Printer radio button and enter a value greater than 1 in the Number of Copies field.

Example You are printing five copies of a 20 page report to distribute to five different people. Leave this check box selected, so that pages 1-20 of the first copy prints, then pages 1-20 of the second copy, etc. If you clear this check box, five copies of page 1 prints, then five copies of page 2, etc.

Horizontal Shading Color

Click the Lookup button to select the color of horizontal shading on the report. This Lookup button is only enabled if you select the Horizontal Shading check box.

Number of Copies

Enter the number of copies of the report to print. This field is only enabled if you select the Printer radio button.

Process

Select whether the task is run now or run by Scheduling Assistant. If you select the Schedule radio button, you can specify when the task occurs, and optionally set up an alert to be created when the task completes. These radio buttons are only enabled if the Disable Scheduling Assistant check box is cleared for your user ID in User Profile Maintenance.

Note If you select the Schedule radio button, you cannot output to the screen.

Time

Enter the time to output or process, and select AM or PM.

These fields are only enabled if the Schedule radio button is selected, and only available if the Once or Every radio button is selected.

Date

Enter the date (or first date) to output or process. This field is only enabled if the Schedule radio button is selected, and only available if the Once or Every radio button is selected.

Task Occurs

Select one of the following options:

  • Once - Output or process at a specified date and time.

  • Every - Output or process on a recurring basis. You can select to output/process at a specific time:

    • every week on specified days

    • after a specified number of days

    • on the first or last day of each month

    • after a specified number of minutes

  • After - Output/process after a specified task is completed.

These radio buttons are only enabled if you select the Schedule radio button.

Frequency

Select one of the following:

  • Day of Week - Output or process every week on the selected days.

  • Days - Output or process after a specified number of days, starting on a specified date.

  • Month - Output or process on the first or last day of each month, starting on a specified date.

  • Time - Output or process after a specified number of minutes, starting on a specified date.

These radio buttons are only available if you select the Every radio button.

Day of Week

Select the day(s) of the week to output or process.

These check boxes are only enabled if you select the Schedule radio button, and select the Every and Day of Week radio buttons.

Repeat Every X Days

Enter a number of days after which to output or process. This field is only available if you select the Days radio button.

Repeat On

Click the Lookup button and select whether to output or process on the first or last day of the month. This field is only available if you select the Month radio button.

Repeat Every X Minutes

Enter a number of minutes after which to output or process. This field is only available if you select the Time radio button.

Triggering Task Id

Click the Lookup button to select a task ID that will trigger the task. This field is only available if the After radio button is selected.

Triggering Task Name

This field displays the name of the triggering task. This field is only available if the After radio button is selected.

Triggering Task Description

This field displays the description of the triggering task. This field is only available if the After radio button is selected.

Task Description

Enter a description of the task. This can help users understand the purpose of a recurring task.

Scheduling Assistant Queue

Enter an active Scheduling Assistant queue for the task, or click the Lookup button to select a Scheduling Assistant queue. This defaults to the default queue for your user ID. This field is only enabled if you select the Schedule radio button, and you are assigned to a queue other than the Default queue.

External Email

Select this check box to send an email (outside of Apprise, using SMTP) when the task is completed.

Screen Alert

Select this check box to display an alert when the task is completed.

Internal Email

Select this check box to send an internal Apprise email when the task is completed.

Report Files

This grid displays report files set up for the report, and is only available if report files are set up for the program in Report File Maintenance. This grid includes the following columns:

  • Print - Select the check box in this column to output the report file.

  • Number of Copies - Enter the number of copies of the report file to print. This column is only available if you select the Printer radio button.

  • Report Description - This column displays the description of each report file.

  • Report Filename - This column displays the .rpt file name for each report file.

  • Report Name - This column displays the name of each report file.