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Excel: AP Invoices

Accounts payable invoices as a refreshable Excel and Power BI table

easy ~5 min setup 2 components

Overview

Accounts payable invoices as a refreshable Excel and Power BI table

One row per AP invoice: the invoice and its supplier, invoice and due dates, amounts, balance and the paid flag, plus the reference fields that tie it back to the purchase it came from.

?only_open=true drops paid invoices, which is the view a payables 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 ?supplier=VALUE&only_open=VALUE.

InputWhat it does
suppliersubstring match on Supplier Code or Supplier Name
only_opentrue = drop paid invoices
max_rowskeep only the first N rows

What this installs

The Excel Data - AP 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

Excel Data - AP Invoices Script Primary
Excel Export - AP Invoices ODBC Query

Use Cases

  • Refresh an AP aging workbook without re-running an export
  • Review what is due to one supplier before a payment run
  • Reconcile AP against the GL account activity table
  • Feed a cash-forecast model in Power BI

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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

Tags

excelpower bipower queryodbcplexreporting