Hi Laura,
I'm still not entirely sure exactly what you're looking for, but I hope this helps.
Unfortunately, we do not support automatic payments when invoices are imported. I can put this forward as a suggestion for consideration, however.
In the GoCardless area (Tools> Integrations> GoCardless> Settings), one can select the box to automate payments. However, this will only work when the customer has an existing pre-authorisation with the proper amount when a new invoice is created manually.
In addition, when auto payment is enabled and a new pre-authorisation is added, existing unpaid invoices will be charged, which one may or may not want.
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