Hi Everyone,
The purpose of this post is to help all the AP and AR clerks out there who like to see a due date or due day on their invoice.
The challenge: The ADempiere and iDempiere derive the due date based on the payment terms. One field that is noticeably missing is the anticipated due date or due day.
The Solution: The below solution makes it easy to add the due date or due day to the invoice window.
ColumnSQL: ColumnSQL is ADempiere and iDempiere’s way of adding a virtual column. You want to add a new entry with the following details:
- Login: System Administrator Role
- Window: Table & Column
- Tab: Column
- Action: Create a new column with the following columnSQL
ColumnSQL to create your Due Day text:
(to_char(paymentTermDueDate(c_invoice.C_PaymentTerm_ID, c_invoice.DateInvoiced), 'Dy DD Mon YYYY'))
Here is an image of the solution:
Now, add this field to the invoice windows:
- Login: System Administrator Role
- Window: Window, Tab & Field
- Tab: Field
- Action: Create a new field record that points to the above column.
- Note: you can simply add “paymentTermDueDate(c_invoice.C_PaymentTerm_ID, c_invoice.DateInvoiced)” without the date formatting and set the Table and Column => Reference field = “Date”. This way iDempiere interpret the date according to your locale.
Here is a picture of the final product:
If you want to add this field to other places like the Aging Report, let me know.
I hope this helps!!
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