Billing Invoices (Invoice)
Overview
The Invoice feature in the Billing module helps you manage invoicing through a guided wizard and viewing invoice details. You can review invoice information, invoice items, totals, and timeline-related details directly on an invoice.
How to access
- In the Compass sidebar, open Billings.
- In the Billing header navigation tabs, click Invoices.
Key features
- Use the Invoice Wizard Steps to create an invoice: Invoice Details → Invoice Items → Review → Complete.
- View Invoice Details to see invoice information after it is created.
- Review Invoice during the wizard flow.
- Submit Invoice as part of the invoice flow.
- Download Invoice from an invoice.
- Mark the invoice as sent from an invoice.
- Mark as paid by using Record Payment (title: Record Payment).
- Cancel Invoice.
- Delete Invoice.
- Delete Invoice Item.
- Bulk Delete invoices.
Field descriptions
The Invoice feature includes the following fields and field groups:
- Title: The invoice title.
- Recipient: The recipient for the invoice.
- Currency: The currency used on the invoice.
- Due Date: The invoice due date.
- Performance Period: The performance period for the invoice.
- Start Date: The start date for the performance period.
- End Date: The end date for the performance period.
- Billing Mode: The billing mode used for the invoice (values: Actual Costs, Budgeted Amounts).
- Related Project: The project related to the invoice.
- VAT Applicable: Whether VAT applies.
- VAT %: The VAT percentage.
- Invoice Notes: Notes specific to the invoice.
- Internal Notes: Internal notes for the invoice.
- Invoice Item: An item on the invoice.
- Related Budget: A related budget used on the invoice.
- Select Budget: The selected budget for invoice context.
- Timesheets: Timesheet-based billing information (when applicable).
- Timesheet: Desk Time: Desk time timesheet entry type (when applicable).
- Timesheet: Travel Time: Travel time timesheet entry type (when applicable).
- Trips: Trip-based billing information (when applicable).
- Trip: Business Travel: Business travel trip type (when applicable).
- Expenses: Expense-based billing information (when applicable).
- Office Supplies: Expense category (when applicable).
- IT Infrastructure: Expense category (when applicable).
- Other Expenses: Expense category (when applicable).
- Totals: The invoice totals.
- Invoice Phases: Phase information for the invoice.
- Timeline: Timeline information shown on the invoice.
- Past Invoices: Past invoices related to the invoice.
- Past Invoice: A single past invoice entry.
- Payment History: Payment history for the invoice.
- Record Payment: Payment recording details.
- Amount Paid: The amount paid when recording a payment.
- EReduced Payment Reason: The reason for a reduced payment (when applicable in Record Payment).
- Debt Relief: A reduced payment reason value.
- Exchange Rate Loss: A reduced payment reason value.
- Project Expense: A reduced payment reason value.
- Partial Payment: A payment type value.
- Full: A payment type value.
- Partial: A payment type value.
- EInvoice Status: The e-invoice status field.
- Invoice Template: The invoice template associated with the invoice.
- Template File: The template file field associated with templates.