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Learn how to create, capture and customise line items in Apron – including setting rules for specific contacts and editing line item details

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Written by Marianna
Updated over a week ago

Line items let you split a document's total cost into individual parts, so you can track spending more accurately. Whether you want full control or prefer to automate it, Apron makes it easy.

Automatically capture line items for all documents

To automatically capture line items every time you upload a document:

  • Go to Settings > Advanced bookkeeping > Automation

  • Toggle on the Capture line items option

Once it's on, we'll automatically create line items for all new documents you upload. If anything's not quite right, you can go back and update the details manually.

Manually create or edit line items

Want to manage line items for a specific document? Here's how:

  1. Go to the Bookkeeping section and open the document.

  2. Scroll to the Line items section.

  3. Click on Create line items to enter them manually, or click on Capture line items to let Apron fill them in for you.

If the line items don't look right, or you'd like to make changes, click on Edit next to the Line items section. You can adjust any of the fields –you're always in control.

Set line item rules by contact

You can customise how line items are handled for documents from a specific contact. That way, Apron knows how you want to treat those documents every time.

To set this up:

  1. Go to the Contacts section and select the contact.

  2. Open the Customer/Supplier Rules tab.

  3. Click on Set supplier/customer rules

  4. Under Line items rules, choose one of the following options:

  • Default – Adhere to your company-level line item settings.

  • Capture line items – Line items will be automatically captured when possible.

  • Auto-split line items – Line items will be automatically split based on the rules you set up.

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