Businesses importing information from other software programs have A/R invoice numbers exceeding 7 characters.
Example: Companies importing A/R invoices from a dispatch system have a 10 digit invoice number. Currently, the invoice number truncates to conform to Sage MAS 90, but this causes problems when matching invoices from the two systems and will become unworkable.
by: Roberta V. | over a year ago | Financial Management
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Same with AP invoice entry field
Ditto on both.
I vote for increasing the length of the AR invoice number field as well as the AP invoice number field as in both cases it is causing problems for us.
Andreas
I vote for increasing the length of the AR invoice number field as well as the AP invoice number field as in both cases it is causing me stress when I am near the watercooler and have to hear the controller complain to I.T. (that's me,) about the shortcomings of MAS. Please resolve this issue ASAP so that I may reclaim my sanity.
On behalf of I.T. people everywhere,
I thank you for this consideration.
It makes it very difficult to import invoices from legacy systems.
With the addition of the former AR extended solution, customers with national accounts, a longer AR Invoice number will become much more critical. What usually happens is the user's customer takes the existing MAS generated AR invoice number (due to a charge back or advertising credit etc.) and ADDs on to the number and sends it back to the issuer (MAS user in AR). It gets processed with everything else, but can't be identified properly due to truncation. Even a user defined field added to the Header file can't help. This would be fantasic!
YES! Also in Purchase Order and Sales Order #'s.
Absolutely.
Our client (break maker) supplies grocery stores and imports invoices from handheld units using specialized route software that uses an 8c invoice number. They also DEX the invoice data from the handheld directly into their customer system and must comply with invoice number requirements.
Egad. *bread maker
We will be importing from a system that will have invoice numbers longer than the field MAS90 allows. We really need this.
Agree that AR/SO invoice #'s need to be increased. We integrate AR with AP, and though AP invoice #'s can be longer, we have to truncate the AR # and end up with duplicate invoice #'s as a result.
Please increase invoice number length to at least 13 characters
Concur with all above. Curious why no action on this after over a year of requests!
I'm wondering why it's taking so long for this as well. Based on the number of votes for this modification I would think it would be a higher priority!
Please increase AR /So invoice number to 20 characters as it is in the AP field.
Still waiting for this change to happen. We have to work around the duplicate invoices that are created as a result of this limited field.
Why is it taking sooooooooooo long to do this simple request? We have needed A/R invoice number length to be lengthened for many years. Have always been told it was a good idea and would taken into consideration. When?
Still waiting for this to happen. Looks like others are needing this also.
this is a huge problem. We make several shipments on our commercial jobs. when the number of backorders exceeds 9, the subsequent backorders merge with other invoices on the account and the statement. Customers can't understand where their payments are being applied.
Agree with all, this issue may cause us to have to look at a new system. Why was the AP field length increased and not the AR invoice field?
Please increase the number of characters for the AR/SO invoice number. This would help us tremendously!
Are there any plans to implement this? Seems like a simple enhancement.
Why is this taking so long to make such a simple fix? Our invoice numbers regularly are reused within 30 days and it makes it difficult to post payments and find invoices.
Increasing the number of characters would help cut down on invoice numbers not being repeated so often. It is so unnecessary it today's business world to have to deal with this.
I vote for increasing the length of the AR invoice number field as well as the AP invoice number field as in both cases it is causing problems for us.
It is unclear to me why such a seemingly easy enhancement hasn't been addressed after numerous years of customers requesting this change.
This is so irritating. Get it Fixed!
Hi all here are some add on's to Sage that solve these issues
https://development.dsdinc.com/enhancement/poxp-expanded-purchase-order-number/
https://development.dsdinc.com/enhancement/ar15-15-char-arso-invoice-number/
Increasing the number of characters in the AR Invoice field.
I cannot believe this enhancement is this difficult to resolve. Come on Sage and listen to your end users and resolve this issue.
Please increase. Companies look at us funny when we tell them that we can only have 7 characters.
Please make this a priority.
I have a customer that has been asking for this for 15 years. AP Invoice # increased to 20 characters in version 4.5. It is now 2023 and the AR invoice is still only 7. Why?