Can’t tell if a batch was exported or bypassed, or who did it

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Role: Administrator · Accountant · Bookkeeper · Office managerArea: Accounting (Batching/Export) · Reports · Accounting Audit Trail · All versions

This article is for you if

  • You need to confirm whether a batch actually reached your accounting software or was bypassed

  • You need a list of bypassed batches or invoices

  • You need a list of bypassed payments or other transactions, not just invoices

  • You need to know who exported or bypassed a transaction, and when

What you're seeing

You expect to see whether the invoices in a batch were sent to your accounting software. Instead, the batch shows as exported, and you can't tell whether it was truly exported or bypassed. There's no built-in "bypassed batches" report, and you may also need to know who exported or bypassed the batch.

Where you see it: Accounting > Batch / Export Transactions
Where you fix it: Reports > Create Report, and Accounting > Accounting Audit Trail

Why this happens

Reason 1

Export status is stored on each invoice, not on the batch.

When you bypass a batch, ServiceTitan marks its invoices as exported so they lock, but it doesn't send them to your accounting software. In reporting, those invoices carry an Invoice Status of Bypassed, which is different from Exported. A custom report can show the batch number next to that status. Accounting reports, including payment and AR reports, show Bypassed separately from Exported in their export status columns and filters. A bypassed transaction still counts as exported in ServiceTitan. Bypassed tells you it was never sent to your accounting software.

Reason 2

Prebuilt reports don't group invoices by batch.

You can filter a prebuilt Invoices report by Invoice Status, but it won't show batch numbers.

Reason 3

Reports don't show who exported or bypassed a transaction.

That's recorded in the Accounting Audit Trail. A bypass is recorded as its own entry, separate from a true export, and shows whether it was manual or automatic. Manual bypasses show the employee and the time. Automatic bypasses are attributed to the system.

How to fix it

Before you start

  • To use the Accounting Audit Trail (Check 3), you need the Allow view Audit Trail page permission. If you don't have it, contact your admin.

  • You need permission to create and run custom reports (Checks 1 and 2).

  • Bypass entries in the Accounting Audit Trail cover invoices, payments, and credit memos. Bills, vendor payments, and vendor credits aren't included yet.

  • If you have a saved report filtered to Exported, it no longer includes bypassed transactions. To include them, add Bypassed to the filter.

Run these checks in order. Most issues are resolved by Check 1.

1Build a custom report (shows the batch number)

Create the report

  1. On the navigation bar, click Reports.

  2. Click Create Report.

  3. In Choose report type, select All.

  4. In Select a report template, select Invoices.

  5. In Columns to be displayed in the report, select Invoice Status and Batch Number.

  6. Click Next.

  7. Enter a name for the report and select a category.

Run and filter the report

  1. Click Save.

  2. Select a date range that includes the transactions in your batch.

  3. Click Run Report.

  4. Filter the Invoice Status column to show Bypassed or Exported. Exported shows only invoices that were sent to your accounting software.

  5. To see only one batch, filter the Batch Number column to that batch.

  6. To add more detail, click Edit Columns, add the columns you want (for example, payment details), click Save, and run the report again.

✓ Done · The report lists each invoice with its batch number and shows whether it was exported or bypassed.

2If you'd rather use a prebuilt report

  1. On the navigation bar, click Reports.

  2. In the Templates filter, select Invoices.

  3. Select a built-in report that includes the Invoice Status field, such as Revenue by Job Type, Invoice Summary by Business Unit, Empty Invoices, or Sold by Sales Detail Report by Completion Date.

  4. Run the report, then filter the Invoice Status column to show Bypassed. Built-in reports may apply their own filters or grouping — adjust or remove those as needed.

✓ Done · The report shows bypassed invoices.

Note: Prebuilt reports don't organize invoices by batch, so use Check 1 if you need batch numbers.

Tip: To find bypassed payments instead of invoices, run the All Payments or AR Transactions report and filter its export status column (Payment Status in All Payments) to Bypassed.

3To see who exported or bypassed it, check the Accounting Audit Trail

  1. On the navigation bar, click Accounting.

  2. In the side menu, click Accounting Audit Trail.

  3. Set the Record Type filter to Invoice.

  4. In the search bar, enter the invoice number or record ID.

  5. Find the invoice and click View Details.

  6. Review the export or bypass entry. The User Name column shows who did it, and the Date and Time column shows when.

✓ Done · The entry shows whether the invoice was exported or bypassed, whether a bypass was manual or automatic, and who did it and when. Automatic bypasses show the system instead of an employee.

Tip: You can also open an invoice record and click the View Audit Trail icon to go straight to that invoice's history. The job's History section also still logs invoice bypasses.

Still not working?

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

  • The batch number and invoice numbers you're checking

  • The report type or template you used, and the filter you applied to Invoice Status

  • What the Accounting Audit Trail showed for the invoice, if anything

  • Your accounting integration (for example, QuickBooks Online, Intacct, or NetSuite)

  • Which checks from this article you already tried

Want to learn more?

Understand Accounting Audit Trail ›
See who exported or bypassed a transaction and review its full change history.

Create custom reports ›
Step-by-step guide to building a custom report from a template.

All Payments report ›
Review collected payments and filter them by export status.

Bypass exporting a batch to accounting software ›
How and when to bypass a batch instead of exporting it.

Can't edit or re-export bypassed or imported batches, invoices, or payments ›
Unlock a bypassed or imported batch so you can edit or re-export it.