The P.O. Number field on the invoices is too small (1 Merged Vote)

When I am creating an invoice, I put the P.O. Number from my client in the P.O. Number field; however it only allows for 12 characters....

Is there a way to increase the number of characters allowed?
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  • Unknown
    Unknown Member
    edited April 2017
    Ryan,

    I have the same problem.

    There a memo entry that you can add to the invoice. It allows more characters. I use that for long PO numbers.
  • Unknown
    Unknown Member
    edited October 2017
    Agree, this field is too small. A lot of Government based PO numbers will not fit within the field. Please increase to at least 18 digits.
  • UKR
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    edited September 2021

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  • I can adjust the Purchase Order# box on the invoice template, but it limits the number of characters I can type in to (12) - Is there any way to increase this to something closer to (32) Characters?
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  • UKR
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    Even though there's only a small number of customers who voted for this change, I recommend this change be implemented in one of the next versions.
    Please pass word to the programmers for consideration.

    Everybody interested ... your vote counts. Please read my earlier (updated) post above about how to vote for this change.
  • Rocket J Squirrel
    Rocket J Squirrel SuperUser ✭✭✭✭✭
    I came to this page to vote. It showed 3 votes. I clicked on the triangle and it went to 0 votes. I clicked again and it went to 1 vote, which is what I see now. Strange.
    Quicken user since version 2 for DOS, now using QWin Premier Subscription (US) on Win10 Pro.
  • UKR
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    edited September 2021
    I came to this page to vote. It showed 3 votes. I clicked on the triangle and it went to 0 votes. I clicked again and it went to 1 vote, which is what I see now. Strange.

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    That's the way it should work. If the vote count resets from 3 to zero ... that sounds to me like a bug.
  • Increasing the field length would certainly be beneficial. Currently, if pasting a bill number or PO number, it gets truncated without warning. As a result, certain bill/PO numbers have the potential to be duplicates, which makes it harder to locate specific bills/invoices.
  • UKR
    UKR SuperUser ✭✭✭✭✭
    Increasing the field length would certainly be beneficial. Currently, if pasting a bill number or PO number, it gets truncated without warning. As a result, certain bill/PO numbers have the potential to be duplicates, which makes it harder to locate specific bills/invoices.
    Thanks for your comment. How long is the longest PO Number you need to use? 15, 20, more?
    Just want to make sure the programmers get it right ... if they ever get a round tuit and make the change ... ;-)
    BTW, if you haven't done so already, please vote on this Idea: scroll to the top of the webpage and click the little ▲ under the vote count.