If you need to add up additional fields in QuickBooks, this video shows you how you can create custom field numbers and add them to a transaction. You can also multiply that number times the quantity field to get totals for things like weight or volume of an order.
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Does this only work in single user mode? On my quickbooks when I try to use it in multi user, it initially totals correctly. As soon as I save or try to print ect, it reverts back to the single weight.
Hi Rivka, Im having the same issue. Please let me know if you have found a solution to this. Thank you.