Select the order that items are merged in
It would be really key for us if we could select the order in which item images are displayed after merging them. This would ensure we can have page 1 before page 2 before page 3, or a receipt following an invoice etc

Improved Merge Order Based on Your Selection!
Thank you for voting on this suggestion — we’re excited to let you know it’s now live!
The order in which you select items to merge is now the exact order they’ll be combined. This means you can now ensure the most relevant or important documents appear at the top — just the way you want.
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Accounts PSSA commented
Without this it is very frustrating when you have multiple pages you want to merge and cannot pick the order of the pages as it doesn't always put page 1 first.
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Becky Dwyer commented
Yay! Exact response from team to this announcement:
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Chris Stokes commented
This has been under review since Sept 2023, is it being actively worked on?
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VERONICA BOATTO commented
Ability to choose which document comes first when merging two. And the first document will be the one where the data are extracted from.
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Ionela Suiu commented
Hi,
Could you please advise the status of the possibility of selecting the order that items are merged in?
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Ionela Suiu commented
Hi,
I've been using your Merge function for the past few days and it works fine, except that there is an issue with the order the documents are merged in.For example, if i have a packing slip and and invoice, but the packing slip was put in Dext before the invoice (therefore receiving an earlier Dext ID than the invoice), when using the Merge function, the packing slip will come as first page.
This creates further problems, because Dext is not going to read accurately information with regards to amounts, invoice number and so on, if the invoice is not on the first page.
I wonder if there is any way to mitigate that, essentially for the user to choose the order the documents are merged in.
Please let me know.
Thank you,
Ionela -
Barbara Gajewska commented
When merge documents to be able to move pages.
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Amber Wilson commented
When documents are merged users should be able to determine which page appears 1st, second, 3rd etc. Quite often when we merge our tax invoices end up being the LAST page and there is no logic to it. Users should be able to hit Merge and have the option to deteremibe which order the documents appear
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Laura Rayner commented
When merging multiple documents there is no way to advise Dext which one you want to be the first page. You should be able to Organise pages so the best document is first ie the Tax invoice then an eft receipt. and also choose which category/description stays.
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Amber Wilson commented
When Merging 2 documents, the user should be able to select which image appears on top etc (i.e. the order the images are shown in)
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Melissa Kaestner commented
Really disappointed that this was not included in the new design. This may not seem like a big deal to the Dext team, but this is so incredibly frustrating. I now just push over the first page, download and archive the rest, and add the additional individual pages to the QBO transaction after I have published. I'm spending at least three times the amount of time that I should take.
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Melissa Kaestner commented
When merging an invoice and an receipt, sometimes Dext will put the invoice first and sometimes the receipt will be first. I spend so much time downloading and reordering documents and then saving the new document to the transaction I have published. Please please please for the love of whatever you hold dear, it would save soooo much time if we could order the documents during the merge.
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Sally Brock commented
Be able to change the order of documents when merging. i.e. I would like the invoice to be the first page and any supporting documents to come after.
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Qusay Salman commented
Hi
Im trying to merge two documents, one is an invoice which got the total amount plus VAT and the other one is the backing sheet which has the amount without VAT
Because of that I need to have the invoice as the main document and to show the total amount, VAT and net amount
Unfortunately when I’m merging is make the backing sheet as the main document and that not good as only showing the net amount
How can I make the invoice as the main page when I’m merging these two documents together ?
Thanks
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Teresa Schwab commented
Order merged documents
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Mandy Bagot commented
Sort the order of the documents when merged
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Stephanie Cooper commented
When merging documents together, we should be able to rearrange the order of them. Often times additional back up will get submitted and when you merge, the new doc goes to the front.
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Jeffrey Morahan commented
When merging documents, a feature to allow the re-ordering of pages based, not simply based on the intake assigned number. Example: After the merge, my invoice was at the bottom and all the supporting documentation at the top. I wanted to see the invoice first followed by the back up.
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Jennifer Winter commented
Being able to change the order of pages in a merged document. Sometimes the client doesn't upload in the order the system thinks they should!
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Julie Durrant commented
Hi, it would be nice to add a feature of being able to merge documents in an order that we prefer. As currently when merging some files these appear in an order that does not sort the pages on a document..
Being able to select the order of merged documents would be great thanks