Add or edit inventory items on an invoice

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Overview

You can add inventory items to a job from an invoice. You can also edit inventory items on an invoice both individually and in bulk.


Who uses this feature

  • Office employees and accountants

Feature configuration

  • Account configuration is required to use this feature. Please contact Technical Support for details.

Things to know

  • Technicians can add items even if it drops the available inventory items quantity below zero. This allows technicians to continue working and close jobs.

  • Office employees can add items to an invoice, however, they can't add items to an invoice if there aren't enough inventory items available.

  • An office employee can add items to invoices even if it drops the quantity of items below zero if the Enable Negative Quantity configuration is selected in Settings > Inventory > Configuration > the Inventory tab. For more, see Set up inventory configurations.

  • When an equipment, material or task quantity on an invoice falls below zero in the selected inventory location, you will see an error message to update item quantity.Image showing the error message to update item quantity.

  • Items on the Purchase Order, Receipts, and Return pages are tagged as Serialized or Tracked:

    • Serialized: Serialized Inventory is enabled

    • Tracked: Inventory tracking is enabled

  • After an item is received, it is automatically added to an invoice with a $0 cost.

Add an inventory item to an invoice

  1. Open the invoice you want to add an item to.

  2. On the invoice record that opens, click Add a material or Add equipment. For example, click Add a material. The Add a Material page opens.

    Note: If you add non-serialized items to invoices from estimates, ServiceTitan uses the latest average cost.

  3. In the Code field, enter and then select the item from the dropdown field.

  4. In the Quantity field, enter the quantity of an item that is required to be consumed.

  5. From the Inventory Location dropdown field, select the inventory location from which the item is used.Image showing how to add an inventory item to an invoice.

  6. When you're finished, click Save.

Update an inventory item on an invoice

  1. Open the invoice you want to add an item to.

  2. On the invoice record that opens, select the item you want to update.

  3. Click the Editicon.A cursor clicking the edit icon to update item on an invoice.

  4. On the Edit Material page that opens, update the quantity as needed.Updating the quantity of the items on the Edit Material screen.

  5. When you're finished, click Save.

Update items in bulk on an invoice

  1. Open the invoice that includes the items that you want to edit.

  2. On the invoice record that opens, click Bulk Item Update.A cursor clicking the Bulk Item Update button.The Bulk Item Update page opens with the list of all items.

  3. Select the items you want to update.A cursor selecting items to update.

    1. Use the premade dropdown fields to update On Hold Date, Technician, and Inventory Location for the selected items.

    2. Make all changes on the table one item at a time.

Note: If you want to update the quantity of the items, you should also update the Serial Number. For more information, see Edit the quantity of an item on an invoice.

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