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Client

The Client tab gathers the contracting and billing settings of the workspace: the styling of the commercial documents generated from contracts, and the value lists offered when filling in a contract.

Settings → Workspace → Client

The tab is restricted to workspace administrators — it does not appear on a read-only workspace.

Pre-invoice

Customisation of the pre-invoice document generated from contracts.

FieldPurpose
Document titleThe title printed at the top of the document (default "Pre-invoice")
HeaderText block shown under the title — typically your company details and legal mentions
FooterBottom-of-page text block
A pre-invoice is not an invoice

The default footer says so explicitly: it is an indicative document generated by FoxPlan. Legal invoicing remains the responsibility of your accounting tool.

Quote / Pre-contract

The summary of a contract's products is titled "Quote" or "Pre-contract" depending on the commercial state of the contract. Since the two documents do not address the same audience, each has its own styling:

  • Quote title, Quote header, Quote footer
  • Pre-contract title, Pre-contract header, Pre-contract footer

These six fields follow the same logic as the pre-invoice ones.

Payment terms

The list of terms offered in the contract description (30 days, 45 days end of month, on receipt…).

Each row has:

  • a free label,
  • an Active checkbox,
  • a bin to delete it.

Billing terms

The list of terms offered on contracts, to be chosen according to the contract type:

TermWhenTypical contract type
In arrearsAfter deliveryTime and materials
In advanceUpfrontSubscriptions, recurring
Milestone billingAlong milestonesFixed price

Same entry structure as the payment terms: label, Active checkbox, bin.

The rule to know: deactivate rather than delete

For both lists, an item used by a contract cannot be deleted. The server refuses the deletion and returns an explicit message.

This is intentional: erasing a term would make the contracts referring to it unreadable. To remove a value from future choices without touching the existing ones, untick its Active checkbox — it disappears from the dropdowns and current contracts keep their value.

Saving

Careful, the tab has two separate saves:

  • the Pre-invoice and Quote / Pre-contract blocks follow the Save button of the workspace action bar;
  • both lists have their own Save lists button, at the bottom of the tab.

Remember to use both if you changed the documents and the lists.

See also

  • Workspace — the overview of configuration tabs
  • Budget — currency, daily rates and budget rules