# Invoice Open

This is a utility that allows a posted invoice to be reopened and edited.

<p class="callout danger">Warning</p>

The utility will do the following

1. <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Make a PDF invoice and store in folder</span>
2. <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Un allocate the invoice</span>
3. <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Delete General Ledger transactions</span>
4. <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Delete VAT / GST tables</span>
5. <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Delete mirror table</span>
6. <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Delete allocations table</span>
7. <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Delete stock movement</span>
8. <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Recalculate each stock item</span>
9. <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Make a user log entry</span>

This utility is specific to Debtors invoices only, no job invoices and no other documents.

<p class="callout info">Recommended to do the following after invoice re opened.</p>

This can be done at the end of the day

<p class="callout warning">Reports maybe out of sync if the following utilities are not run before running reports</p>

1. Recalculate Account Balances
2. Recalculate summary income
3. Recalculate Balance Sheet
4. Recalculate Debtor Balance

Access the system via the System Utilities (System Recalculations)

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Enter your invoice number in full

Click on Search

Click on Continue to complete

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After the invoice has been re opened, find it in the Debtors Module &gt; Activity &gt; Invoice

This will be displayed as a preparation invoice, which can be edited and reprocessed.

<p class="callout warning">The Invoice cannot be cancelled as it has reserved the invoice number. it must be processed</p>

A copy of the invoice is kept in the back ground folders for audit purposes.

A user log is created to log who re opened an invoice and which invoice was re opened.

New transactions and stock movements will take place when processing the invoice.