When applying a prepayment (to revenue) to an invoice on the Receive money screen, why does the Description field not display the text entered when the prepayment was initially receipted?

Question

Often times customers have numerous Prepayments, and certain prepayments are used for certain types of fees. I anticipated to see the text entered in the Description field for the Prepayment when entered on the Receive money screen. This text would help identify which prepayment to select to apply to an invoice. Is this a bug? Or, why does Sage50 not display it here? 
 Sage50 2017 Premium version

John Parr · Accepted Answer

It's not a bug. It is true that you can only enter a single description line for prepayments, but the same is not true of invoices which could have multiple lines of description. It was just a design decision made decades ago not to pull the information into the receipt window. In the case of the prepayment, I agree that pulling the description line could be useful, but I'm not sure I feel the same way about invoices. If you're not already part of the Ideas group, I would suggest joining and submitting an enhancement request. The article with the steps is How do I submit enhancement requests for Sage 50&mdash;U.S. Edition?

cfladager · Answer

This answered my question and more. I appreciate the history and extra information - helpful. I did submit an enhancement as you suggested! Thank you.

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When applying a prepayment (to revenue) to an invoice on the Receive money screen, why does the Description field not display the text entered when the prepayment was initially receipted?

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