{"id":6172,"date":"2013-09-05T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/?p=6172"},"modified":"2023-07-31T11:38:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T03:38:47","slug":"using-document-maker-to-generate-sales-receipt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/using-document-maker-to-generate-sales-receipt\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Document Maker to Generate Sales Receipt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Suppose you are a sales specialist and after you have processed an order, you need to send an invoice or receipt (in .pdf format) to your customer. The invoice or receipt template and the file name should be consistent and based on your company policy.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the <b>Sales Order<\/b> list containing all the details of the customer&#8217;s orders, including Product Name, Customer, Payment Method, etc.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6175\" alt=\"use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_1.png\" width=\"832\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_1.png 832w, https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_1-300x93.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <b>Customer<\/b> column in the Sales Order list is a lookup colum, and the following list is the source list where the lookup column gets its information from.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6176\" alt=\"use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_2.png\" width=\"657\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_2.png 657w, https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_2-300x80.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Why do we need to set the Customer column as a lookup column?<\/p>\n<p>The answer is that we need to use the additional fields of the lookup column to generate a receipt. We select <b>Company Name<\/b>, <b>Street Address<\/b>, <b>ZIP Code<\/b>, <b>Phone<\/b>, <b>Customer ID<\/b> as the additional fields in the lookup column settings.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6179\" alt=\"use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_3.png\" width=\"245\" height=\"123\" \/><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Template<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In the Sales Receipt template, insert the list fields in the table as follows:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6174\" alt=\"use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_4.png\" width=\"542\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_4.png 542w, https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_4-300x272.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <b>[Discount]<\/b>, <b>[subtotal]<\/b> and <b>[Total]<\/b> fields are Calculated fields; here are the settings:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6178\" alt=\"use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_5.png\" width=\"340\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_5.png 340w, https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_5-300x226.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6177\" alt=\"use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_6\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_6.png\" width=\"340\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_6.png 340w, https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_6-300x226.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6181\" alt=\"use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_7\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_7.png\" width=\"340\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_7.png 340w, https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_7-300x226.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Rule<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Set the rule for the template as follows:?<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6180\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" alt=\"use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_8\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_8.png\" width=\"716\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_8.png 716w, https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_8-300x235.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Enable the Merged Document?Generation option and configure the following sections:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6184\" alt=\"use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_9\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_9.png\" width=\"709\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_9.png 709w, https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_9-300x113.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Set the <b>Quotes<\/b> library as the Distribute Document and the Target Location for the documents. After the generation, we can find the receipts in the <b>Quotes<\/b> library.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Generate Receipt<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you want to send the order details to <b>Joe Lee<\/b>, for example, just select the item that is related to Joe Lee and click <b>Generate Document<\/b> on the Ribbon. You will get a PDF file as follows:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6183\" alt=\"use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_10\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_10.png\" width=\"660\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_10.png 660w, https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_10-300x227.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If your customer Bill Billy, for example, has purchased three products, you will want to place the three orders into one document. In this example, you should select the three items and then click <b>Generate a Merged Document <\/b>on the Ribbon. The resulting PDF file will be generated as follows:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6182\" alt=\"use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_11\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_11.png\" width=\"666\" height=\"609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_11.png 666w, https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/use_document_maker_to_generate_sales_receipt_11-300x274.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/sharepoint-document-maker.html\">Download Document maker<\/a> to save your time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suppose you are a sales specialist and after you have processed an order, you need to send an invoice or receipt (in .pdf format) to your customer. The invoice or receipt template and the file name should be consistent and based on your company policy. Here is the Sales Order list containing all the details [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6172"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6172"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9167,"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6172\/revisions\/9167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}