Creating an ABA file with a unique references for each bill - without having to edit the supplier card

Hi HelenLynne,

I get how important to be able to enter your bill payment reference number and show them on the ABA file. Once you process a Bill Payment you can edit the Ref no. field to your number, and the reference number should sequence based on the last bill payment number. See below:

You can also check this link to learn more about: How to enable batch payments or create ABA Files.

Please let me know if you have any additional questions. I'm always willing to assist.

Thanks for your reply, but this does not solve the issue of getting the unique reference for each bill appearing in the aba file. For example, I can enter a bill with a unique reference "IN001" and the reference that appears in the ABA file is taken from the supplier card, not the bill. Hope you can help with this!

Hi HelenLynne,

At the moment that is how the system behaves when it comes to generating an ABA file for the supplier. I'm afraid we're unable to set a unique reference number for each bill in QuickBooks Online.

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Thank you for your reply. This is disappointing news. I would have thought, after so many years, Quickbooks would have a solution for this. 

I understand your part, HelenLynne.

We welcome all customer feedback and this feature request has been provided to our development team for consideration. I would like you to know that your voice matters to us. Most of our product enhancements are coming from our customer's feedback. This time will take this as a product suggestion.

Please keep more ideas coming. If you have any questions, post them here.

It might be worth letting the team know that MYOB has had a great system for creating ABA files for a very long time now - over 15 years that I know of!

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