Excel: AR Invoices
Accounts receivable invoices as a refreshable Excel and Power BI table
Overview
Accounts receivable invoices as a refreshable Excel and Power BI table
One row per AR invoice: the invoice and its customer, invoice and due dates, amounts, balance and the paid flag, plus the reference fields that tie it back to the order it came from.
?only_open=true drops paid invoices, which is the view an aging workbook wants.
How to connect it
Open the script, click Connect to Excel and copy the link. In Excel, Data → From Web, paste, choose Anonymous, and Load. From then on Refresh All re-runs the query — there is no exported file to hunt down, nothing is scheduled and nothing is emailed around.
How current is it?
This table reads Plex over its ODBC reporting connection, not the live transactional system. That copy can trail production by up to about four hours, so treat the numbers as recent rather than real-time. Refreshing re-runs the query, but it re-runs it against the same reporting copy — it does not reach past it.
That is the right trade for reporting, review meetings and models. Anything that has to be accurate to the minute — shipping a container, releasing a job — belongs in Plex itself, not in a workbook.
Filters
Every input is an optional URL query parameter on the link, so one script serves a whole team: two sheets can be the same feed with different values. For example ?customer=VALUE&only_open=VALUE.
| Input | What it does |
|---|---|
customer | substring match on Customer Code or Customer Name |
only_open | true = drop paid invoices |
max_rows | keep only the first N rows |
What this installs
The Excel Data - AR Invoices script and one saved SQL query it runs on. The SQL lives in the SQL editor, so a column you want added is an edit in one place that every workbook picks up on its next refresh. The table has 17 columns as shipped, and no row cap — a cap would truncate silently and the workbook would look complete.
What you need
One ODBC credential pointed at your Plex reporting connection. The install wizard asks for it once and applies it to the query. If you do not have one yet, create it first in Script Engine → Credentials with type odbc.
What's Included
Use Cases
- Refresh an AR aging workbook without re-running an export
- Pull one customer's open items before a collections call
- Reconcile AR against the GL account activity table
- Feed a cash-forecast model in Power BI
Benefits
- Re-queries the source on refresh instead of holding an emailed copy
- Open-item filter is a URL parameter, not a second script
- Pairs with the GL Account Activity table on the account
- Cached briefly, so a team-wide Refresh All costs one query
Configuration Steps
After installation, you'll configure:
- Plex ODBC connection