The Search on Purchases is confusing

[Gavin_Smith]

When searching purchases on a supplier I have these options to search

Supplier Name
Receipt Number
Description
Supplier Ref

However looking at the list of invoices the column with a description is title “Purchase Name”

I assume that the search item ‘description’ refers to ‘purchase name’. Or is it “Supplier Ref” that refers to “Purchase name”?

Can the search terminology be aligned to the invoices columns?

[QFMathew]

Hi @Gavin_Smith

On the purchase overview, you can reveal more columns if needed, which includes a “Supplier Reference” column -

This takes the value from the “Supplier Reference” field when creating/editing a purchase invoice -

“Description” refers to the item lines and searches up to the first 1,000 characters, so it isn’t necessarily the “Purchase Name”, but it could be, as this field is made up of the first 35 characters of the first line.

Hope that makes sense, but there’s more breakdown on the different fields which may help, here: Search tips - Purchases