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I would like to add additional information about my items and display them on my invoices. How do I do that?

The default input fields you come across while creating an item such as the item name, price, etc. are designed to capture information that is common to all businesses. But, apart from the available fields, you would want to store additional information that is unique to your business. Custom fields for items will allow you to do that.

With custom fields, you can receive input in different forms such as number, text, email, etc.

To create custom fields for items:

  • Click on the Gear icon on the top-corner of the page and select Preferences.
  • Head over to Items.
  • Click on the + New Custom Field option present under the Additional Information section.

Item Custom Field

  • A pop-up will appear on the screen.
  • Enter the name of the custom field in the Label Name field and choose appropriate Data Type (Number, Text, etc.)

Item custom fields

  • Now, choose whether you want this input field to appear while creating a transaction.
  • Once done, you can choose whether you wish to display the custom field and its value on the PDFs, by configuring the Show in all PDF section.
  • Click Save to add your newly created custom field.

Once this is done, you can either input the additional information by editing the item from the Items tab, or you can add the information while creating an invoice.

To add information to items while creating an invoice,

  • Click on the Invoices tab from the left sidebar.
  • Click on + New Invoice and enter the customer name and add the items for which you wish to invoice.
  • You can see that the newly added custom field will be available as a new column.

Additional information - invoice creation

The additional information that was added to the custom fields will also be displayed as columns in the invoice PDF.

Custom fields in PDF

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