Error: Invoice contains progress bills that have been relieved on a later invoice
Scenario
You may get the following error message when opening an invoice.
Error message
Invoice contains progress bills that have been relieved on a later invoice
Cause
This means that the invoice you're opening has progress billing that has already been relieved. It's typical for this message to display if you intended to relieve the invoice. If you didn't intend to relieve the invoice or to open the invoice, you'll need to clear this message.
For example, let's say invoice 1 is a progress bill. After creating invoice 1, you create invoice 2 and relieve invoice 1. If you go to open invoice 1, you'll receive the message. To open invoice 1, you'll need to either delete invoice 2 or open invoice 2 and unbill the amounts used to relieve invoice 1.
Invoice 1 is referred to as the progress bill. Invoice 2 is referred to as the final bill in the following resolution.
Solution 1: Delete the final bill
First, you'll need to find the final bill. There may be more than 1 invoice involved if the progress bill was relieved in multiple parts rather than on a single invoice.
To figure out which bill is the final bill, expand each invoice to display the time entries involved. The relieved progress amounts display as negative WIP.
- Mark the checkbox for the final bill.
- Right-click and selectDelete Selected.
- SelectYesto confirm the bill to delete.
Solution 2: Unbill the final bill
First, you'll need to find the final bill. There may be more than 1 invoice involved if the progress bill was relieved in multiple parts rather than on a single invoice.
To figure out which bill is the final bill, expand each invoice to display the time entries involved. The relieved progress amounts display as negative WIP.
- Mark the checkbox for the final bill.
- Right-click and selectOpen Selected.noteIf you receive a message that receipts have been applied to the invoice, you'll need to go to theReceipt & Adjustment Entryscreen and unapply the receipts from the invoice.
- Select theTime & Expensetab.
- Right-click and selectUnbill Selected. The entry will disappear.
- Repeat these steps for all entries used to relieve the progress amount.
