Quote Preferences

Enable Editing of Accepted Quotes

By default, you cannot edit quotes that have been accepted or marked as accepted. However, you can enable the option to edit these quotes. Here’s how:

Now, once you enable editing of accepted quotes, you can go to the quote details page, click Edit, and make necessary changes to an accepted quote.

Note: Changes made to an accepted quote will not affect its status; it will remain marked as accepted.

By default, customers cannot accept or decline quotes through a shared link. You can enable this option to allow them to accept or decline quotes via a public link you send in the email. Here’s how:

Now, when you share the link with customers through the Share Quote Link option they accept or decline the quotes through the public link.

Set Options to Convert Accepted Quotes to Invoices

You can select some options to automate the process of converting quotes to invoices and sending them to customers. Here’s how:

Note: To enable Progress Invoicing, you’ll need to set the option for automatically converting accepted quotes to invoices to Don’t convert accepted quotes automatically, since both options cannot be active at the same time.

Hide Zero-value Line Items

Warning: This setting does not apply to quotes with a total value of zero.

If your quote contains line items with zero value, you can choose to hide them in the quote’s PDF or in the Customer Portal. These line items will still be visible when viewing or editing the quote. Here’s how:

Now, zero-value line items are hidden in the quote’s PDF and Customer Portal but remain visible when you view or edit the quote.

Retain Selected Fields When Converting Quotes to Sales Orders or Invoices

To retain the additional fields you’ve added to a quote when converting it into a sales order or Invoice:

Field Customization in Quotes

You can add multiple custom fields for Quotes and assign different data types to each field. Read our help document to learn more about Field Customization.

Validation Rules in Quotes

You can create rules to set restrictions on the data being recorded. Read our help document to learn more about Validation Rules.

Custom Buttons

You can create custom buttons to perform specific actions for your transactions. Use Deluge scripts to create these buttons and execute actions based on the functions you define. Read our help document to learn more about Custom Buttons.

You can view data from both the app and third-party services with Related Lists, making it easy to cross-reference information from different sources. Read our help document to learn more about Related Lists.

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