Having said that, in Enterprise 11, the new search feature doesn’t work with custom fields. You can still do some searches using the older search feature – instead of using F3, use Ctrl-F. That gets you the older “find” dialog. It still won’t work with the “other” fields, but it will work with “custom” fields.

The “Other” fields should have gone away when custom fields were added, but Intuit left them there for compatibility reasons.

I am trying to search for a Work order number using the search feature but it will allow me to search for it because it is a Custom Field (under “other”) and in the advanced filter in search (F3) there is no check box for “Other”…I tried google desktop and that does not work either.

How can I search this custom field? I have no 0 luck finding an answer to this.

Thanks.

You could put alternate account information in custom fields, and add them on the invoice screen but not on the printed invoice, and they would be available in reports that are based on the inventory detail. However, that info would have no effect on accounting, and wouldn’t be visible in your financial statements.

I am using Quickbooks Enterprise, Version 11. I am to understand that for each item set up, you may only assign one general ledger account #. The Company has a requirement to use a variety of G/L account numbers on both the revenue and expense side relating to each item. Is there a way, through the use of custom fields on an invoice, to capture the specific general ledger account # associated with each individual transaction? Is there a way to capture this info, and have it NOT print on a customer invoice, yet have it available for custom reporting purposes (modified p & l, etc.)?

Thanks for your help!

Mary Ann

My company produces a product, CCRQInvoice, that can do that specific calculation for you, workign with QuickBooks. See it at http://www.ccrsoftware.com/CCRQInvoice/InvoiceQ.htm