How do I use a QuickBooks variable in a template for a recurring invoice - for example: a date of <duedate>+7 in CustomField1 so that it updates automatically?

Manual updating isn't feasible for 500+ invoices every month. Overall, the templates are very limited. With our former accounting package it was possible to include a product description that included the month & year in the form: "Service for %m %y" where %m %y would automatically convert to "June 2019" . This kind of macro substitution is so standard that I can't understand why the designers of QBO didn't include from the outset.

Oh, that's a pretty huge number, stobonet.

Adding date strings would really make your work lighter. I'd recommend finding an app for this. Just click on the App menu in the left navigation bar, or you can go to the App Store website. Then, change the flag icon at the top to UK to get the list of apps for the UK versions.

You can always post back if you have other questions.

I agree @stobonet, it's ludicrous that an accounts package can't do a simple date substitution variable in an invoice without a 3rd party App. I wish I had gone with a competitor here in Canada, the package you previously referred to isn't available here otherwise it would be installed already and QB kicked to the kerb where it belongs... 

Pretty awful that it lacks this ability - we were on Freshbooks and took this simple feature for granted apparently.

Anyone found a 3rd party app that can do it?

Thanks for joining in this conversation, @Billing Department. We're unable to provide a specific app for your business. Though, you can search for one in our Apps Center.

Simply click the Apps tab in the left panel, and enter a keyword in the search field to look for a specific invoice template that updates automatically. I'd also recommend reading the reviews first to give you more ideas about its features. 

You can also visit this link: https://apps.intuit.com/app/apps/home. 

Let me know if you have additional concerns. We're always delighted to help. 

I tried but could not find anything that would apply. Can you give me one specific app?

Is there any update on this?  It would be an extremely useful feature.  I have up to 100 invoices each month and it is not really feasible to manually change them.  And as said, this feature is available in other accounting software packages!

Please advise.

Why has this been marked as solved?

And why are Quickbooks representatives recommending that we use Apps that don't exist?

I have requested this feature in feedback many times (as have plenty of other users), but I continue to have to spend time manually editing my (not so) automated invoices.

It would literally take your development team about 10 minutes to add some basic variables such as <month>, <year>, etc

Please fix

@CH360 

You can explore a subscription management app to integrate with QBO.