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Anonymous
December 10, 2018
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Line item limit for invoices

  • December 10, 2018
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This question is for a friend - Is there a limit to the number of line items per invoice? For instance, He has over 150 items to detail out on an invoice - is that possible? 

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    qbteachmt
    qbteachmt
    December 10, 2018

    Sure. That's only maybe three pages.

    MichaelDL
    MichaelDL
    December 10, 2018

    Good afternoon, @378391.

     

    As was mentioned, QuickBooks Online (QBO) is able to support as many line items on a sales form as are needed. However, it's worth noting, at higher numbers like the one mentioned, you may begin experiencing performance issues.

    QBO is only as powerful as the browsers that support it, and they're limited in how much information can be displayed on a single form, regardless of connection speed or hardware specifications. This creates a sort of "soft limit" beyond which you may begin receiving errors or frozen screens. There's an awesome guide on QuickBooks Online's file size and feature limits where you can learn more about this.

     

    Should you begin seeing this performance loss while loading particularly data-heavy pages or forms, these various things will help you keep your QuickBooks running in tip-top shape:

    • Ensure your web browser is up to date.
    • Check to see if there are critical performance updates for your operating system.
    • Run an internet speed test. We recommend using Google Speed Test for checking connection bandwidth.
    • Try the QuickBooks Online Desktop App. It's available for both Mac and PC.
       

    This information is also available from our guide on Why is my QuickBooks Online company slow? With these instructions, you can keep your QBO running smooth even while loading larger invoices. Please let me know if there's anything else I can do for you, I want to ensure your success. Thanks for reaching out, cheers to a productive week ahead.

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    hjk
    February 25, 2022

    Yes this is STILL a big problem and is not a "browser" limitation. It's a failure of quickbooks to code properly. The "soft limit" of line items is about 100 items. beyond that forget about trying to make changes to an invoice unless you're patient enough to wait for 10 seconds after every mouse click. Who ever wrote that code never imagined anyone would need to sell someone more than a dozen different things at once. Ridiculous. It really hurts operations who can't afford enterprise scale software for their mom and pop business that sells complex kit products that contain many many small items that are tracked in inventory. 

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      wren16
      June 22, 2023

      Yes, this is complete BS. This problem has plagued me sporadically and I have not been able to figure out what it was but now I see. I just started a new invoice and only have 17 line items (all grouped with an average of 4 per) and it's already getting sluggish.

       

      I should not have to be dealing with this. We are forced to move away from desktop so Quicken can bill us every month and the service is crap. F you quickbooks for sucking bad.

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