#tim_invoice-template
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sand oracle
I essentially don't want this to show up when we add to the subscription using proration, i want the net number not both:
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void path
Hi 👋 I'm not aware of a way to do that offhand, but will take a closer look at Invoice templates to see if they could be leveraged here.
Right now it looks like setting an Invoice Template for a Subscription is only available via the Stripe dashboard, and can't be done with our API.
If the template allows you to group items as you're hoping, I'd suggest trying to set that template on the Customer object level, which should impact subscription-related invoices as well as one-off invoices:
https://docs.stripe.com/api/customers/update#update_customer-invoice_settings-rendering_options-template
sand oracle
Right now it looks like setting an Invoice Template for a Subscription is only a...
Thanks Toby! There is no programatical way to do this, though, correct?
and if we did at the customer level, would it impact existing subscriptions for any new invoices?
void path
There isn't a programmatic way to do it for specific Subscriptions, no. But you can make requests to update the Customer object's invoice_settings.rendering_options.template field from code.
And yes, that should impact all Invoices for the Customer once you update that value.
sand oracle
ah sweet! thank you! I'll go test it now
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tim_invoice-template
sand oracle
Hey Toby - doesn't seem to work
I aded the invoice template, then charged on a subcription again, and still showed up
void path
Pulling those things up. Can you help me understand what isn't working here, so I know what to focus on looking at? Is it the grouping of proration items?
Oh, I do see this limitation listed when taking a closer look at how to group invoice line items:
You can only apply CEL expressions to invoices created from the Dashboard.
https://docs.stripe.com/invoicing/group-line-items#:~:text=You can only apply CEL expressions to invoices created from the Dashboard
So I'm not certain the grouping behavior will work for Subscription-based invoices.
sand oracle
hmmm - i def need it on subscriptions.
any other ideas or approaches to get the effect? customers are just confused as this proration doesn't make sense for our business, the net does tho
void path
No, not that comes to mind, unless you take the Subscription and proration logic to your side of the flow and create Invoice Items/Invoices directly with your desired details.
sand oracle
bummer - sounds good, thanks Toby!