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Estimates and purchase orders

Let a client remove estimate items before approval

When Remove Items is enabled on an eligible estimate or purchase order, the public document can let the recipient remove lines before signing. Every line is removable under that setting; Invoice Crowd does not currently provide a merchant-set “optional” flag for selected lines. At least one line must remain.

  • Remove Items must be enabled
  • At least one line remains
  • Saved only with approval

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What is actually available

The implemented Remove Items workflow

The public document starts from the merchant-saved lines, accepts only permitted removals, recalculates from trusted prices and saves the chosen set in the approval transaction.

Before the document is sent

Merchant-controlled setting

Enable Remove Items

The merchant enables the document-level Remove Items setting for an estimate or purchase order that will be approved publicly.

  • Document-level setting
  • Not a per-line optional flag
  • Not available on payment links

Start from trusted saved lines

The public view receives the saved item identities, rates, taxes and adjustments. A recipient cannot replace those commercial facts.

  • Identity stays fixed
  • Rates stay fixed
  • Taxes and adjustments are recalculated

In the public document

Recipient choice

Remove an unwanted line

The recipient can remove a line when the setting is active. The remaining lines keep their original order and identity.

  • At least one item must remain
  • No new line can be injected
  • No line can be submitted twice

Quantity can be separate

If Customize Quantity is also enabled, the recipient can change a remaining line to a positive quantity no greater than 1,000,000. There is no merchant-defined minimum or maximum range.

  • Positive quantities only
  • System maximum: 1,000,000
  • No custom range setting

At approval

Atomic save and signature

Reprice and sign one version

Invoice Crowd recalculates from server-trusted commercial data, saves the selected lines and then records the approval signature in one transaction.

  • No browser-supplied prices
  • Selected lines become the saved document
  • Approval and content stay together

Use the approved document downstream

The approved estimate can follow the normal conversion workflow. The product does not keep a separate declined-line report or per-line optional history.

  • Approved content is authoritative
  • No separate declined-line ledger
  • Normal conversion rules apply

Current boundary

The limits that keep the choice safe

This is controlled line removal, not a configurable product-option system.

  • Eligible documents

    Estimates and purchase orders awaiting supported public approval.

  • Not payment links

    Payment-link documents are outside this customization service.

  • One item minimum

    A recipient cannot submit an empty document.

  • No added items

    The submitted list cannot contain more lines than the saved document.

  • Identity protected

    Item ID, name and SKU must match the saved line.

  • Order protected

    Remaining lines must preserve their original order.

  • Trusted rates

    The recipient cannot change the unit rate.

  • Server repricing

    Totals are recalculated from the saved document and allowed changes.

  • Separate quantity setting

    Changing quantity requires Customize Quantity to be enabled.

  • Approval challenge

    The public approval must pass the current verification and document-version checks.

  • Saved on approval

    Changes are persisted with the successful approval transaction.

  • No optional flag

    Selected lines cannot be marked optional independently today.

Questions

Client-removable items, answered

Can I mark only selected lines as optional?

No. The current implementation uses a document-level Remove Items setting. It does not provide a per-line optional flag.

Can a client remove every item?

No. At least one item must remain on the document.

Can the client change the price?

No. Item identity, rates and the saved commercial rules remain server-authoritative.

Can the client change quantity too?

Only when Customize Quantity is also enabled. The system accepts a positive quantity up to 1,000,000; there is no merchant-defined min/max range.

When are the changes saved?

The permitted line changes are repriced and saved in the same successful transaction that records the public approval.

Does Invoice Crowd keep a declined-item report?

No separate declined-line report is claimed. The approved document content contains the lines that remain.

Offer a controlled choice on the document

Enable Remove Items only when every line may be removed, keep at least one required line in mind, and use the approved document as the saved scope.

  • No per-line optional claim
  • Trusted server repricing
  • Approval and content saved together