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In Odoo, you can generate vendor bills on ordered quantities and delivered quantities according to company policies. You can go to the Settings menu of the Purchase module to set the Bill Control policies.

You will get the Bill Control option under the Invoicing tab. This field will help you to define how to generate bills for purchases. The option you set here will be applied for all products as the default bill control policy. Later, you can change the invoicing policy of a product from its form view. Here, you can generate bills before and after delivery. If you want to generate vendor bills for all ordered quantities, you can select the Ordered Quantities as the Bill Control. By selecting this option, you will be able to generate bill for all the quantities mentioned in the purchase order. But in the case of the Received Quantities, Odoo will only bill the delivered quantities.

It is possible to set the control policy from the form view of each product. Under the Purchase tab, you will get the respective option as shown below.

Now, let’s check how to generate a vendor bill for a purchase order.

You will get the Create Bill option once you confirm the purchase.

Clicking on this button will lead you to a new window where you can observe the draft form of the vendor bill.

The draft bill includes the details of the Vendor, Bill Reference, Accounting Date, Payment Reference, Receipt Bank, Payment Items, and Journal. Don’t forget to mention the Bill Date so that you can confirm the bill. Additional details will be available under the Invoice Lines, Journal Items, and Other Info tabs. Now, click the Confirm button. Your vendor bill is ready for payment.