Post Date in Accounts Payable

When entering an invoice in accounts payable we need the post date to default to the date we enter the invoice. If an invoice is dated in a prior period (as most are) then we constantly need to override the post date each time. This is causing incorrect posting dates when this gets missed.

  • Andrea Chrest
  • Oct 24 2024
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  • Michelle DeFrance commented
    4 May 05:28pm

    It's really hard to believe that the way the system works is being reviewed by actual accountants sometimes. Post dates and invoices dates should not default to the same date!

    If an invoice arrives after a period is closed I want to know what the invoice date is.

    So many grants and funding sources are tied to specific periods, and we just have to document everything in the journal reference and hope that we catch things that could just be a simple query to check for before the auditors ding us.

    Y'all went through the effort of having an invoice date field for invoices and we can't even use it properly without tons of manual intervention.

  • Lauren Hambidge commented
    28 Jan 06:47pm

    This is extremely frustrating and inefficient. We should be able to set the post date in our Business Rules like before.

  • Shana Meadows commented
    14 Jan 08:00pm

    This is an AUDIT ISSUE that needs addressed asap. Invoice date on the invoice should match invoice date. Invoice date does not automatically equal post date.

  • MaryAnn Daneault commented
    20 Aug, 2025 02:51pm

    So if you receive and enter an invoice on the 4th of the September, and it is dated the 27th of August, you want it to post to the invoice to September 4th? I want the invoice to be posted to the month the liability was incurred in.

  • Erika Arzate Sapetto commented
    15 May, 2025 08:51pm

    This one flaw is causing soooo much extra work for my team continuously. I have to keep reminding my team to update the Post Date to avoid so much headache and changes in prior months, but still...it keeps coming up, because the system defaults it that way. So much work and extra time could be saved if they would just fix this.

  • Maria Losoya commented
    24 Apr, 2025 11:46pm

    This should be a priority item for Blackbaud. It is so time consuming to have to manually fix the post date from the defaulted invoice date to today's date.

  • Guest commented
    3 Apr, 2025 05:59pm

    This used to work fine in the Database view. This option should be available in the NXT view as well. The lack of this option is causing unnecessary errors. Please add it!

  • Jing Jin commented
    26 Mar, 2025 05:20pm

    Like in database view, there should be options to set the default Post Date. We have to manually change the post date for every invoice entry and it's not efficient and prone to errors.

  • CISSY WINN commented
    18 Mar, 2025 06:52pm

    This is one thing that needs to be carried over to NXT from database- post date needs to default to current date-NOT INVOICE DATE. This change needs to be a PRIORITY!!!!!!

  • Lucy Cerezo commented
    25 Nov, 2024 09:33pm

    I just got off the phone with a customer service rep to see how I could make the day of entering the invoice the default date and he said that wasn't an option. I honestly could not believe it, I've been working as a Controller/CFO for over 20 years now and never seen this type of flaw. We are spending so much money on a system that's supposed to make our life easier; there should never be this type of flaw in the system that can easily affect prior financial statements that have already been closed. Now I have to manually adjust and explain the off balances in my AP to our auditor because of this flaw.

  • Paula Connolly commented
    15 Nov, 2024 08:51pm

    This is a serious flaw in the Accounts Payable software resulting in invoices being posted to prior periods or else needs to be fixed manually. This needs to be a priority to get fixed.