Hi there FQ_Conrad,
Thank you for being a member of our QuickBooks family and sharing your feedback on the Progress Invoicing feature in QuickBooks Online. I'm happy to hear that you've enjoyed using the Progress Invoicing feature in QuickBooks Desktop, but as you know, QuickBooks Online is different so features do not work in exactly the same way. Progress Invoicing in QBO can be a very helpful feature and I'd be happy to give you some more information on it's intended use.
In QuickBooks Online, Progress Invoicing provides you with a means to split an estimate into multiple invoices, rather than just one. It allows you to request partial payments from your customers at a time. You also have the option to Add project estimate summaries to a progress invoice which will give your customer an overview of how much they've been invoiced so far. For more information on what the Progress Invoicing feature is capable of in QuickBooks Online, the article below is great one to review:
Since I know you'd like more from progress invoices, I encourage you to submit the feedback that you've shared here with our product development team. They work hard to implement new features and upgrade existing features so that they best suit the needs of customers like you. You can share your thoughts with them by navigating to the Gear icon, then selecting Feedback. I'm going to pass the word along on my end as well, because I want to make sure that your voice is heard.
Enjoy the weekend!
