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‘Parse Error’ when printing an invoice with Template Manager

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 Troubleshooting
Role: Administrator · Bookkeeper · Office AdminArea: Invoicing · All versions

What you're seeing

When you try to print an invoice using the document Template Manager, the invoice won't print and you get an error message like "Error: Parse Error: <1 Hour" (the exact text after "Parse Error:" varies depending on what's in your invoice).

Why this happens

There is 1 common reason.

Reason 1

The invoice text contains a "less-than" sign (<).

Template Manager builds the printed invoice as HTML, and HTML can't read a stray "<" sign in the text, so printing fails. Template Manager doesn't remove the "<" sign for you, so it has to be taken out by hand before the invoice will print.

How to fix it

1Remove the "<" sign from the invoice text

  1. Open the invoice you're trying to print in ServiceTitan.

  2. Check the invoice text for any "<" signs (for example, in a description or note, such as "<1 Hour").

  3. Remove the "<" sign from the text. If you meant to write something like "less than 1 hour," type it out in words instead of using the symbol.

  4. Save the changes to the invoice.

  5. Try printing the invoice again using Template Manager.

✓ Done · The invoice prints without the parse error. You're done.

Still not working?

Contact ServiceTitan Technical Support at go.servicetitan.com/ask with:

  • The invoice number you're trying to print

  • The exact error message text

  • Where you found and removed any "<" signs in the invoice

  • The template you're printing with

  • That you already removed the "<" sign, saved, and tried printing again

Want to learn more?

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