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Sales Invoice Line Items

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Sales invoice line items are where you specify the products and services that you want to include on the invoice.

See Sales Invoice Fields for a description of the standard fields that make up a sales invoice line item.

If you need to create a sales invoice of more than 80 lines, see What is Enterprise Billing? for more information.

Classic Edition

Adding new lines

There are two ways to add new line items to a sales invoice:

• Searching for a product in a price book
• Using the New Line button

Searching for a product in a price book

To a add new line item by searching for a product in a price book:

1. Enter a partial product name or code in the Price Book Search section.
2. Click Search.
3. Select one or more products.
• If you only want to add one line item, click on the right-hand side of the relevant line.
• If you want to select multiple products, set the appropriate checkboxes on the left-hand side and then click Add Selected Lines.
4. New line items are added to the document with a default quantity of 1.00 and the default income schedule defined on the product, if it has one. You can now add to or edit the default values as required. If the product has a default income schedule, but you do not want to use it, clear the Income Schedule field on the line item or use the lookup icon to select a different schedule.
5. Press Tab or reposition the cursor with the mouse to move on.

Using the New Line button

To add a new line item by using the New Line button:

1. Click New Line. This button is unavailable until an invoice or credit note currency has been set, and a valid product has been specified on all existing line items.
2. Enter a full or partial product name, or click the lookup icon to search for a valid product.

   If the specified product is found, a new line is enabled with a default quantity of 1.00 and the default income schedule defined on the product if it has one.

   If the product has a price book in the same currency as the document, its price is retrieved. Otherwise, a unit price of zero is used as a default.

3. [Optional] Override the derived general ledger account (the default is taken from the product).
4. [Optional] Change the quantity from its default value.
5. If the product has a default income schedule, but you do not want to use it, clear the Income Schedule field on the line item or use the lookup icon to select a different schedule.
6. You can now change the unit price and tax from their default values as required.

Adding further analysis and a line description

To add up to four analysis dimensionsCustom objects that allow you to analyze the activity in your business in additional ways, such as by cost center, project, employee, or any other business entity important to you. and a description to a selected line:

1. Click the expander icon next to the line number to display an expander panel.
2. Specify up to four custom analysis dimensions to attach to this line. Use the lookup icons to search for an appropriate dimension record. See What are Analysis Dimensions? for more information. Any custom fields that have been set up for sub-analysis mappingMapping of custom fields at header and line level for the purpose of profitability reporting. at line level are displayed immediately below the Dimension analysis fields.
3. Type the new or amended line description. This will appear on the printed document immediately after the product name.
4. When complete, click the expander icon, or choose another line, to hide the current panel.

If your administratorOne or more individuals in your organization who can configure and customize the application. Users assigned the System Administrator profile have administrator privileges. has set up custom fields on your sales invoices or credit notes, these fields may be listed under Additional Information on an expander panelPanels that are initially hidden when the page is loaded. They allow you to enter, and subsequently view, additional attributes of the related field or line item, such as further analysis or a line description. in Classic EditionThe view of the application that you see when you first install the base managed package.. (These are separate from custom fields set up for sub-analysis mapping.) See Custom Fields on Sales Invoices and Credit Notes for more information.

Modifying tax on a line

The method used to modify tax at the line item level, depends on the current tax mode. See About Tax for more information.

Sales and Use Tax

To modify tax on a selected line, if the current tax mode is "Sales and Use Tax":

1. Click the expander icon next to the Tax Rate field to display an expander panel.

   The derived tax rates depend on the sales tax statuses set on the corresponding account and product details. See About Tax for more information on the effect of sales tax statuses.

2. [Optional] Modify one or more of the three default tax codes. This will update the tax rate in the adjacent field and the calculated tax value column.
3. [Optional] Override the derived tax rate. The calculated tax value will be updated accordingly.
4. When complete, click the expander icon, or choose another line, to hide the current panel.

Value Added Tax/Goods and Services Tax

To modify tax on a selected line, if the current tax mode is "Value Added Tax" or "Goods and Services Tax", either :

• Change the tax code on the line, or
• Modify the tax value directly.

Combined Tax

To modify tax on a selected line, if the current tax mode is "Combined":

1. Enter the parent tax code in the Combined Tax Code field.
2. Click the expander icon next to the Tax Rate field to view the tax breakdown for the related child tax codes.

Extended Edition

Adding new lines

There are two ways to add new line items to a sales invoice:

• Using the New Sales Invoice Line Item button.
• Using the Manage Lines button.

To add a new line item using the New Sales Invoice Line Item button:

1. Display the detail page for the "In Progress" sales invoice that you want to add lines to.
2. Scroll down to the Sales Invoice Line Items section.
3. Click New Sales Invoice Line Item.
4. [Optional] Deselect the Derive Line Number checkbox and enter a custom line number. If you leave this checkbox selected, the next available line number is allocated.
5. Enter a full or partial product name and/or click the lookup icon to search for a valid product.

   If the product has a price book in the same currency as the document, its price is retrieved.

6. [Optional] Enter a line description.
7. [Optional] Override the derived general ledger account (the default is taken from the product).
8. [Optional] Deselect the Derive Unit Price from Product checkbox to override the derived unit price.
9. [Optional] Change the unit price or quantity from their default values.
10. [Optional] Deselect the appropriate checkboxes in the Tax sections to override the default tax codes and rates for this line.
11. [Optional] Specify up to four analysis dimensionsCustom objects that allow you to analyze the activity in your business in additional ways, such as by cost center, project, employee, or any other business entity important to you. to attach to this line.
12. Click Save to save the line item. You can also click Save & New to save the changes to the current line item and begin to create another.

To add a new line item using the Manage Lines button:

1. Display the detail page for the "In Progress" sales invoice that you want to add lines to.
2. Click Manage Lines.
3. Enter a full or partial product name and/or click the lookup icon to search for a valid product.

   If the product has a price book in the same currency as the document, its price is retrieved. Otherwise, a unit price of zero is used as a default.

4. [Optional] Override the derived general ledger account (the default is taken from the product).
5. [Optional] Change the quantity from its default value of 1.00.
6. [Optional] Change the unit price and tax from their default values as required.
7. [Optional] Edit any custom fields your administrator may have added to the grid.
8. [Optional] Click Add New Line to add another line and repeat.
9. When you are finished, click Save.

See the section on data entry grids in Entering and Editing Data for more information.

Removing lines

To remove an existing line item, either click the Remove Line icon on the right-hand side of the relevant line or Del on the left-hand side depending on your view of the application.

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