Have reoccurring invoices stay in draft

Hi there,

I’ve recently set up an own Instance of InvoiceNinja, and am still getting used/trying to figure out a couple of things. I would like to use the reoccurring invoice feature, however there’s a little issue with the way it currently behaves.

Essentially we sent our clients once every month an invoice, however the amount is based on “times of service used x 0,20€” and this calculation is done with a separate system. The idea was that the reoccurring invoice creates the draft invoices, we just adjust the amount and then sent it out in bulk. This would work wonderfully, however no matter how I tried to tweak, I just couldn’t have the created invoices be in draft without being directly sent.

If such a feature isn’t a thing, is there some sort of workaround? We’re usually sending the invoices to customers on the following month between the 5-7th (so 5-7 days after a month ends). Could I create a reoccurring invoice for every customer, and have it pause/active? but then again, I’m not entirely sure, how I would need to set the start date and so on. And on a site note, what exactly does due date indicate? The default setting “Use Payment Terms”, where is that set and what are the other 1-30 days?

Hi,

You can accomplish this by disabling the auto-email option on Settings > Workflow settings.

If you select ‘payment terms’ you can edit the client to determine what the due date should be.