# Order field on sales invoice form

**URL:** <https://forum.manager.io/t/order-field-on-sales-invoice-form/41416>\
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**Created:** [June 9, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/order-field-on-sales-invoice-form/41416 "2022-06-09T21:21:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/order-field-on-sales-invoice-form/41416/24 "2022-06-10T14:23:31Z")

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> [@chris.chai](#):
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> I believe all others will agree with my suggestion.

No, I definitely do not agree with your suggestion. In addition to the comments made by @Ealfardan, which I do agree with, the term _Reference_ has a specific meaning within Manager and the Liquid templating language used for display of transactions. It refers to the identification of the current transaction, whether that is a sales invoice, order, payslip, journal entry, etc.

> [@chris.chai](#):
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> for those who use ‘sales order’ tab, they can keep using it and link the order number they created in the ‘sales order’ tab and if they need something else, they can use ‘reference’ as something else or just don’t use it and won’t appear in the printed page.

You have exactly described @lubos’ Option 2, except that you want the custom field to be defined for you. In that case, you would lose the ability to name the field according to your usage.

> [@mauroskov](#):
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> doing a batch update on thousands of invoices (and delivery notes and I do not know what more) is not exactly something I feel comfortable doing!

@mauroskov, you actually do not need to do any update. Any content entered in the former free-text `Order number` field is preserved and displayed on completed forms. This was explained in the thread where this subject was originally introduced: [Order number has disappeared from Sales Invoice - Edit screen - #2 by lubos](https://forum.manager.io/t/order-number-has-disappeared-from-sales-invoice-edit-screen/41398/2).

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