i am inquiring as to an easy way to have the invoice numbers be specific to a project and not simply the next "billings" invoice number from preferences. what i mean is that i want each time i send an invoice for a specific project, i would like it to be the next number for that specific project. if client A has two on going projects, i want project 1 to have specific invoice numbers and project 2 to have it's own invoice numbers. if project 1 has on invoice 007 and project 2 is only on invoice 002, i don't want project 2's next invoice to automatically be 008. i hope you understand my predicament. it seems that no matter what invoice a particular client / project is on, the next invoice will always be what ever is dictated by the next invoice number in preferences. every time i make a new invoice i have to go into preferences before hand and change it to the appropriate number for the project i am invoicing [very time consuming]. i wish there was a way to change the invoice in the invoice create window. let me know if i am not doing something correct or if there is a feature in billings i do not know about regarding sequential invoice numbers.

I second this request -- I'm just starting up a new client and it is strange that their first invoice will be #33

There are 2 problems here:

1) The minor one: If you send an invoice numbered "1" to a client, they will assume they are your first client - not good! The bigger the invoice number, the better.

2) The major one: In some jurisdictions, you have to have sequential invoice numbers - globally. It is the law. If you have holes in your sequences, you can be heavily fined.

[AJ]

1] as an architect that has been in business for years, my clients DO NOT want to wonder why they got an invoice from me numbered 22 than the very next one numbered 28. we keep different invoice numbers for our clients projects, which also helps in adding up how much they have paid towards their contract fee. that is the one thing billings does not do so well, most of my projects have a contract fee and we bill towards that fee amount which is divided up accordingly into the different project phases. we charge hourly towards that phase total, anything left over is profit.

2] we do work globally and have never heard of any type of fine, who would have jurisdiction to be fining us, other than the US federal government? we do have to have sequential invoice numbers for each contract, with each client, hence the request for project numbered invoices.

so my request is for project related sequential invoices, that would make life easier for us architects.