# Custom description in invoice account move

**URL:** <https://discuss.tryton.org/t/custom-description-in-invoice-account-move/601>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** accounting\
**Created:** [June 29, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/custom-description-in-invoice-account-move/601 "2018-06-29T15:15:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![sergyo](https://discuss-cdn.tryton.org/user_avatar/discuss.tryton.org/sergyo/32/181_2.png) [@sergyo](https://discuss.tryton.org/u/sergyo)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/custom-description-in-invoice-account-move/601/1 "2018-06-29T15:15:07Z")

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## Rational

Actually when posting an invoice its description is copied to the accounting move line description.  
In some cases would be great to have some specific information about invoice in move description whether it has got description or it hasn’t. As an example, in supplier invoices the supplier invoice number (reference).

## Proposal

Allow to customize the account move line description of an invoice with most relevant information of it: date, reference, number, party, …  
The parametrization can be done in accounting journal and by default will be the invoice description (current behavior).

The account move description could be use this customization as well.

## Implementation

> **[Show number and reference in invoice rec\_name (#7553) · Issues · Tryton /...](https://foss.heptapod.net/tryton/tryton/-/issues/7553)**
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> Show invoice number and reference (inside \[\])

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**Author:** ![ced](https://discuss-cdn.tryton.org/user_avatar/discuss.tryton.org/ced/32/1237_2.png) [@ced](https://discuss.tryton.org/u/ced)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/custom-description-in-invoice-account-move/601/2 "2018-06-29T15:31:37Z")

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> [@sergyo](#):
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> Actually when posting an invoice its description is copied to the accounting move line description.

Tryton does not do that any more because it was a data duplication.

> [@sergyo](#):
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> in supplier invoices the supplier invoice number (reference)

I think this should be done by improving the record name of the invoice. There was already an [first discussion](https://bugs.tryton.org/issue4878) but clearly it is not closed.

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**Author:** ![sergyo](https://discuss-cdn.tryton.org/user_avatar/discuss.tryton.org/sergyo/32/181_2.png) [@sergyo](https://discuss.tryton.org/u/sergyo)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 3:58pm UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/custom-description-in-invoice-account-move/601/3 "2018-06-29T15:58:31Z")

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> [@ced](#):
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> I think this should be done by improving the record name of the invoice. There was already an [first discussion](https://bugs.tryton.org/issue4878) but clearly it is not closed.

Seems it was implemented for sale and purchase but not on invoice. It would be a good solution, but should distinguish among invoice types.

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**Author:** ![ced](https://discuss-cdn.tryton.org/user_avatar/discuss.tryton.org/ced/32/1237_2.png) [@ced](https://discuss.tryton.org/u/ced)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 4:32pm UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/custom-description-in-invoice-account-move/601/4 "2018-06-29T16:32:45Z")

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> [@sergyo](#):
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> Seems it was implemented for sale and purchase but not on invoice. It would be a good solution, but should distinguish among invoice types.

Indeed it was implemented for the three documents. But it shows only one of the three options. So maybe we should display always number and reference in such way that there is no mixing (maybe by keeping the convention that reference is also surrounded by `[]`).

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**Author:** ![ced](https://discuss-cdn.tryton.org/user_avatar/discuss.tryton.org/ced/32/1237_2.png) [@ced](https://discuss.tryton.org/u/ced)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/custom-description-in-invoice-account-move/601/5 "2018-07-02T15:35:11Z")

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The improvement of record name is being implemented in [Show number and reference in invoice rec\_name (#7553) · Issues · Tryton / Tryton · GitLab](https://bugs.tryton.org/issue7553)

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**Author:** ![ced](https://discuss-cdn.tryton.org/user_avatar/discuss.tryton.org/ced/32/1237_2.png) [@ced](https://discuss.tryton.org/u/ced)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 4:00pm UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/custom-description-in-invoice-account-move/601/6 "2018-07-26T16:00:00Z")

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