Layouts in Rackbeat

Layouts makes it possible to customize and adapt the templates for PDF files and mails that are sent out from Rackbeat. Below is a guide that goes through the different options considering layouts.

Rackbeat offers many options to set up your layouts, to fit your company's needs. Customizing your layouts ensures that your customers and suppliers receives exactly the information that is relevant to them. 

This article will introduce you to the key ways to create and edit layouts, and how to associate them with specific customers and suppliers. 

Follow our guide below, and get started.

First step | Create a new layout

You might have the need for different languages or company profiles because of different customers. Having several layouts fills this need. Under Company Settings > Layouts you can layouts relevant for you and your company.

1. Press "Create new"

2. Give your layout a name.

3. Choose your preferred language for this exact layout. The language controls different heading and titles for PDF-files. For instance -  Danish uses terms as "Faktura", "Leveringsadresse" instead of "Invoice"  and "Delivery address", etc. 

4. Choose which bank account that should be connected to the Layout.(A new bank account can be created under Company Settings > General settings > Banking > Create new)

5. Choose the font size that should be used in PDF-files (Invoices, Orders, Order confirmations, etc.)

6. Add logo and decide where on the PDF page it should be placed, and what size it should have.  

7. You have the option to add a picture of a signature to the layout.

8. At last, press "Create and edit"

Each layout contains templates for the 9 different PDF - files that can be generated in Rackbeat. Once the templates are created, you have the option to edit each template´s content - we will go through this below.

Second Step | Edit a layout

Each layout contains templates for nine different functions/PDF-files:

• Credit Note
• Customer Invoice
• Supplier Invoice
• Picking list
• Delivery note
• Sales Order
• Purchase Order
• Offer
• Production Order

For each PDF template, you can decide which information should be included. Let´s use the template for "Customer Invoice" as an example. You can edit this PDF, by pressing "Edit".

1. Select which information should be included on the customer invoice created with this layout. For example - you can check whether "Signature" or "Payment terms description" should be included.

2. Customize the mail template - here you can edit the email that is sent to de customer (with the PDF file attached)

3. Customize the PDF template - here you can change the layout of the payment terms and the footer of the PDF file. The following options can be used to format the text on the PDF.

a. *italics*

b.  **bold**

c. ***bold and italics***

4. Select which columns should be displayed on the PDF - for example, "Number", "Text", ""Unit Price" and so on. You can easily change the columns order using the small arrows on the right side. 

5. At the bottom of the edit site, there is a percentage, which represents the width of an A4 page (pdf). Therefore, the percent has to be exactly 100% before the system allows to save the layout. Therefore, you have to edit the width of the different so that their sum is 100% 

6. Press "Save Changes."

7. In the overview of the templates you can create an example file with demo data to see how the customer invoice will look as a PDF file based on your settings.

Third step | Connect layouts to specific customers

Once you are happy with your layout, you can connect it to your customers and suppliers - this is done within the specific cutomer/supplier profile. This way, the layout will already be selected when you create a new order/purchase/invoice. Genius!

Layout can also be edited/selected within the offer/order/purchase/invoice itself.