Definition: What is it?

This screen allows the user to search for and locate Sales Invoices based on their due date. The 'Due Date' can be defined as the last possible date that payments can be received for the invoice without triggering late payment penalties. The 'Invoice Date' can be defined as the date that the invoice was created and this is normally based on when products were shipped or services were provided.

NOTE TO CHECK: There appears to be a minor bug here as if the Invoice 'Due Date' is different to the Invoice Date (eg. Invoice Creation Date) then the Invoice Date is used as the Due Date in this screen which I dont think is correct..... Need to do more testing on this.....

A Sales Invoice may be due to be paid immediately or as in some cases the customer is given a 'grace period' after which the invoice is generated and becomes due. Examples of this include only generating a customer invoice after a certain amount of time after the dispatch of their order. (NOTE: There are several ways this can be achieved in OFBiz including the use of agreements and billing accounts).

What is it used for?

It can be used to locate Sales Invoices as follows:

  • That will become due within a fixed timeframe (eg the next 5 days)
  • That may already be overdue
  • That have been automatically generated by the system (eg as a result of Agreements based on payment in 30 days etc....TO CHECK)

NOTE: See details from Jacopo below regarding future work regarding Find Sales Invoice by Due Date and Find Purchase Invoice by Due Date functionality:

  • The two links are used to search invoices' due dates for payments: there are plans to add links to quickly create payments for them etc... So they are somewhat in the middle between an invoice thing and a payment thing. By the way, for now I will close this issue because the best spot to place them is in the AR and AP applications, but there is still a lot of work to do to make them usable.

What's on the screen?

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How do I find a Sales Invoice by Due Date?

Example: To find Sales Invoices by Due Date

  1. Press the 'Find Sales Invoices by Due Date' button
  2. The Find Sales Invoices by Due Date screen is displayed
  3. Enter the 'Organization Party Id' (eg. Normally this will be Company)
  4. Enter the 'Party Id' that the Sales Invoice (eg. Normally this will be the Customer Party Id)
  5. Enter a number in the 'Days Offset' field that represents the number of in which the invoice will become due (eg  If an invoice is due to be paid in 5 days then enter 5 or greater)
  6. Press the 'Select' button