Questions and problems
Answers to the questions salespeople and administrators ask most about the Sales app.
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I cannot see the Sales app
Your user needs Sales switched on under App access (this company) in Settings → Users, and the Sales: use permission in Settings → Authorization. If nobody in your company sees Sales, ask your Voltix contact to switch the app on.
"Invoice" is missing from the New menu
You need the Sales: create invoices permission.
I cannot change a price
Changing prices needs the change prices permission on your auth group. Ask your administrator. To quote from another price list, pick it in Price list on the document.
Can I change a document after creating it?
- Quotations while they are open, and sales orders while they are open and nothing has been delivered: click Edit.
- PO number and sales employee on invoices and sales orders, at any time: … → Edit PO # and sales employee (needs Edit document fields).
- Invoices without SAP or QuickBooks, while no payment has been taken: Edit. Otherwise take a return and post a new invoice.
The sales employee list is empty
No sales employees are set up yet. An administrator adds them in Settings → Point of Sale → Sales employees.
"SMS needs to be set up"
Your company has no working SMS service yet. An administrator connects one in Settings → Integrations → Message Owl (SMS) and switches the document types on in Settings → SMS.
My discount was refused
Every user has a maximum discount. Above it, your company either asks an approver or blocks the discount. See Approvals and credit control.
Where do I collect payment for a credit invoice?
In Receive Payments. Pick the customer; their open invoices are listed with what is still owed.
The payment method list is empty
The Sales profile you are using has no payment methods. An administrator enables them in Settings → Sales → Sales profiles → Payment methods. You can still post the invoice On credit.
I see documents from other salespeople (or I do not see theirs)
What you see is set on your Sales profile (Salespeople see). The Sales: see all documents permission shows everything.
The document numbers start with the wrong prefix
Numbers come from the Sales profile you are using. Check which profile is selected next to New at the top of the Sales lists, and its Document numbering on the Sales profiles tab of Settings → Sales.
SAP refused my document
The message at the top of the draft is SAP's own reason. Common causes:
- An item has no stock in the line's warehouse. Change the warehouse on the line or bring stock in first.
- The posting period is closed in SAP. Ask your accountant to open it.
- The customer or item is inactive in SAP.
Nothing was saved, so fix the cause and click the button again. You will not get a duplicate.
A document I created in SAP is not in Voltix
Voltix shows documents that were created through Voltix. Documents entered directly in SAP stay in SAP.
My invoice is not in QuickBooks yet
Invoices and quotations are sent to QuickBooks in batches, about every five minutes, and only while the QuickBooks connection on your server is running. If an invoice still has not arrived after a while, ask your administrator to check the connection.
Returns are not in QuickBooks
That is expected: returns and credit memos stay in Voltix. Record the matching credit in QuickBooks if you need it there.
Where are the accounting entries for my invoices?
With the Finance app, every invoice, payment and return creates journal entries automatically. Open Finance → Journal and search for the invoice number, or open Settings → Finance → Postings to see any posting that failed. More in the Finance guide.