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    Looking for Automated Invoicing & e-mailing solution

    Hi
    A quick query for you. I head up a voluntary schools-based soccer organisation, with approximately 230 members.
    Every year, our members complete an online entry form (via Survey Monkey) indicating their desired entries.
    All of this information is downloaded into Excel & from this (amongst many other things), we calculate the fees due for the season ahead.
    I’m looking to find a way that will link the excel workbook & the information already on there (school name, address, fee due, e-mail address etc), to create an invoice that will then be automatically e-mailed out to the various members/schools (using the details on the workbook).
    Any help would be gratefully appreciated

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    Re: Looking for Automated Invoicing & e-mailing solution

    Hi Declan and welcome.

    You can use VBA to do this but we'd need more information (data layout and and info on what you want in the emails). Could you attach a desensitized version of the workbook and provide some more detail?

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    Re: Looking for Automated Invoicing & e-mailing solution

    Thanks BSB
    Workbook attached as requested - you will see the various data listed - we also cap fees due at a maximum of €340, hence the strange calculations in the last few columns

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    Re: Looking for Automated Invoicing & e-mailing solution

    It would also help if you share what items you want to share in the invoice.

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    Good point!
    A 'to' box indicating the recipient of the invoice (school name, address, e-mail address); a 'from' box with our details; a 'fees summary' box containing details of the charges being applied, an 'invoice number' (to be created as part of the linking) box; a 'payment to' box, giving bank details/or postal address for cheques.
    Everything except the 'from' & payment to' boxes would be generated from the workbook - the 'from' & 'payment to' wouldnt need to change - it would also be nice to get our logo in there as well!

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    Re: Looking for Automated Invoicing & e-mailing solution

    The attached spreadsheet hopefully has all the elements you are looking for. You'll need to update the invoiceTemp sheet to your organization's details. I used a standard MS template. The code will only process an invoice if an email exists for that organization. It will produce an attached pdf file to the email, so that the page is straightforward. Le me know if there are any questions.
    There is a button to the right of the current columns to execute the code.
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    Re: Looking for Automated Invoicing & e-mailing solution

    Wow! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
    You have no idea how much time, effort & hassle that you have saved me.
    It is very much appreciated - all we need now is for our vaccination programme to kick in properly & schools can get back to playing soccer again in September!

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    Re: Looking for Automated Invoicing & e-mailing solution

    If you are happy with the solution Declan you should mark the post as solved, and perhaps add to the reputation of those who have helped you

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    Re: Looking for Automated Invoicing & e-mailing solution

    Will do - apologies - I'm a newbie to this level of complexity!

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    Re: Looking for Automated Invoicing & e-mailing solution

    Hi guys
    Thankfully we are back in schools soccer again, with a record number of schools playing.
    I amended the invoice layout as suggested & I have the workbook for this season done, as before.
    However, when I copy the 'invoice' button/column over into my new workbook from the sample workbook sent earlier this year, it sets up e-mails/invoices based on the old/original workbook & not on the new information provided in the new workbook. I can't access the 'code' to amend any cell references etc.

    Help please!

    Any ideas?

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    Re: Looking for Automated Invoicing & e-mailing solution
    Hi guys
    Thankfully we are back in schools soccer again, with a record number of schools playing.
    I amended the invoice layout as suggested & I have the workbook for this season done, as before.
    However, when I copy the 'invoice' button/column over into my new workbook from the sample workbook sent earlier this year, it sets up e-mails/invoices based on the old/original workbook & not on the new information provided in the new workbook. I can't access the 'code' to amend any cell references etc.

    Help please!

    Any ideas?

    Thanks
    Declan

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    Re: Looking for Automated Invoicing & e-mailing solution

    maybe you could consider to use google forms and g-sheets with an apps script.

    G-Sheets can collect the data from the google form, then create the invoices, and send as a pdf.. without you ever needing to download anything.

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    Re: Looking for Automated Invoicing & e-mailing solution

    Thanks Jan - if only I knew how to do that!

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    Re: Looking for Automated Invoicing & e-mailing solution

    to do this, there are two things you will need to get out of the way...

    1. the existing spreadsheet will need to be uploaded to google drive, then resaved as a google sheets spreadsheet.
    2. recreate the surveymonkey form as a google form

    once this is done, the "hard" part will be to create the Apps Script that can either be run automatically, or at the press of a button... either way, once setup you wont need to download anything.

    if you are interested in this kind of option, i could look at this as a personal project for you (but i cant promise anything). however i would need to know what kind of pdf you intend to send, because this kind of solution get more problematic the more complex your requirements (eg. do you want heaps of graphics and embelishments, or just a simple form and a logo).

    here is an example for you to check out:
    https://github.com/Sheetgo/invoice-generator

    NOTE: at step 3, after authorising the script, you need to again do step 2 which will put the mentioned "Invoice Folder" into your main google drive folder, then continue to step 4 and onwards.
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