These pages appears after you select an Organization and Invoice Type for a new invoice or when you edit the header information of an existing invoice. Use this page to enter general information about the invoice. See Create an invoice manually.

The fields on the Invoice Header page vary depending on your system, but can include:

Select Supplier

Opens the Supplier Select page where you can assign a supplier and a supplier site to the invoice.

Note You cannot enter invoice information until you have selected a valid supplier for the invoice.

Invoice Number

The unique invoice number. The system may generate a default value.

If a supplier assigned an invoice number, and your system is configured to allow you to modify invoice numbers, enter the invoice number assigned by the supplier in place of the default value.

Invoice Amount

The total cost for this invoice.

Invoice Date

The date on which the invoice was issued.

Terms

The terms for payment of the charges on this invoice.

Pay Alone

Optional. Specifies that only one check should be issued for this invoice. Otherwise, this invoice may be paid in a batch with other invoices for this supplier.

Payment Method

The method used to pay the invoice.

Pay Group

Optional. The group with which this invoice is associated. In most cases the pay group determines when and how the invoice is paid.

Currency

The currency for the charges on the invoice.

Payment Currency

The currency used to pay the invoice.

Auto Calculate Tax

Optional. Auto Calculate Tax specifies that Oracle automatically calculates the tax amount for this invoice.

Descriptive Flex Fields

Optional. These are custom fields for information specific to your organization.

Approver

The name of the Accounts Payable user who will verify that this invoice is payable after it is submitted.

Description

An optional description that will appear in the header for this invoice. Although Description always appears, this field can be left blank.

Save

Saves the current header information and opens the Invoice Overview page.

Cancel

Closes the Header Entry Page without saving any changes.