The Invoices Settings allow an FYI admin to define their practice standard settings when creating invoices. This includes controlling period lock dates (preventing users from adding time after a period has been locked) and due dates on invoices.
Invoices in FYI can only be created and edited by practices on the Elite plan with FYI set as the Practice Manager source, and Time & Invoices enabled in the Time & Invoices Practice Settings. Refer to Practice Management Sync and
Displaying the Invoices Settings
- Login to FYI as an FYI Admin.
- From FYI, click Settings in the top right-hand corner.
- Select Practice settings from the drop-down, then select Time & Invoices.
- Click the Invoices tab.
Invoices Settings
Period Lock Date
Selecting a Period Locked Date will mean that time entries prior to this date cannot be recorded or edited. If changes need to be made, this Period Lock Date will need to be amended or removed.
Click the field to display a calendar and select a new date. Alternatively, click the X to remove the date altogether.
Changing the Period Lock Date will add an Alert to Practice Activity. Refer to Practice Activity.
Due Date Rule and Due Date Setting
When an invoice is created, a due date will be automatically created based on the Due Date Rule and the Due Date Day. When calculated, the current date is used to calculate the next Due Date.
The Due Date Rule can be set to either Next Month or Within Days.
The Due Date Day is set to a number of up to 31 days. This number is used to calculate whether the invoice will be due within the next amount of days, or on a set date of a month.
If the Due Date Day is set to zero (0) and the Due Date Rule is set to Within Days, the invoice will become due immediately.
If the Due Date Day is set to zero (0) or one (1) and the Due Date Rule is set to Next Month, the first day of the month will be selected.
For example, if the current date is the 15th of August, and the Due Date Day is set to 7:
- Setting the Due Date Rule to "Next Month" will make the invoice due on the 7th of September (next month on the date of the Due Date Day).
Note: If the Due Date Day is set to 29, 30, or 31, and that day doesn't exist for the month, the last day of the month will be selected. For example, there is no 31st of June, so the 30th of June will be selected automatically.
- Setting the Due Date Rule to "Within Days" will make the invoice due on the 22nd of August (7 days from the current date).
Changing the Due Date will add an Alert to Practice Activity. Refer to Practice Activity.
Xero Approval State
The Xero Approval State setting allows users to configure the status of the invoice in Xero after the invoice has been approved in FYI and synchronised to the Xero Ledger. This can be set to either Draft, Awaiting Approval, or Approval.
The recommended setting is Draft.
To approve an invoice in FYI, users will need to be either an FYI admin or belong to a User Group with Approve Invoice permissions.
