1. Learning Table Series: We designed this series to provide users with valuable insights and knowledge about Creator's capabilities in various business use cases and applications. In 2023, we adopted the 12 Months 12 Industries concept. We received an overwhelming response from the attendees of the session and we are planning to continue the same in 2024 as well.  Every month, we will focus on a specific industry, illustrating its unique processes with real-time business scenarios and how to make best use of Creator for that industry.
   
   Title: Creator For Retail Industry
   Date: January 11, 2023
   APAC & ANZ: 11 AM to 12 PM IST - Registration Link
   Americas & EMEA: 9 PM to 10 PM IST - Registration Link
   
   
2. Creator Tech Connect: Creator's tech connect series would comprise of technical sessions that provide immersive training on the key essentials and technical nuances of building a solution in Zoho Creator. This is a great opportunity for our developer community to stay informed about Creator's new feature releases, product roadmap, best practices to follow while scripting in deluge, new deluge concepts, and cloud functions. We are planning to conduct a three-month series on Custom widgets: Extension in Zoho Creator and its development process. The first session will be on the concept of creating a widget along with the JS API in Creator.
   
   Title: Developing Widgets in Zoho Creator
   Date: January 18, 2023
   APAC & ANZ: 11 AM to 12 PM IST - Registration Link
   Americas & EMEA: 9 PM to 10 PM IST - Registration Link
   
   
3. Zoho Writer Webinar: Join this webinar to learn how to use custom functions to extend Zoho Writer's document automation capabilities. Registration and more details here.
   

Community Discussions

Zoho Developer Forum

• @Haiku Technical Support is back with killer suggestions to access CRM data using API from external applications without the mandatory OAuth authentication. 
  
• Learn how to update CRM Variables in Zoho CRM with this comprehensive guide! It features step-by-step walkthrough to set up a Standalone Function with Deluge code by @Daniel L and an alternative method using invokeConnector, shared by @Haiku Technical Support.
  
• This discussion involves a scenario in Zoho CRM where a field is automatically calculated using a client script triggered by an onChange event. @Taha wanted to disable user input for this field without disrupting the auto-calculation. Check ou the solution suggested by @Andres to maintain the auto-calculation while preventing user edits.

Developers ZUG Cliq Channel

Note: These conversations are confined to the Developers ZUG Cliq channel members. If you're keen on becoming a part of this space, please fill in this onboarding form to receive your invitation to join the channel.

• After our Extensions 101 series, we are seeing increased interest in building extensions amongst the Zoho Developer Community members. One of the commonly asked questions is about listing the extensions with two or multi-pricing. Mike Simpson from Caret Growth Strategies shares the solution which was backed by Jeff Osness, the owner of Phoneburner extension. 
  
• As Zoho Form doesn't have an API, Michel and Jordan suggested a few workarounds for fetching records from the Zoho Forms using Sheet, Analytics, CRM or Webhooks and Flow as well.
  
• Check out the script shared by Piyush Goyal for clearing the DateTime field using Client Script in CRM..
  
• Here's another code snippet from Mike! It shows how to export an estimate from Zoho Books and then upload it as a PDF within a Zoho CRM deal. Check it out if you need this functionality.
  
• If you are working on Zoho Analytics and trying to create a comprehensive report by consolidating data from multiple modules linked to a Customer Module via lookup fields, please don't miss the suggestion given by Janani from raysandreach.com

Resource Spotlight

We've consolidated all the resources from the developer community learning series into a centralized hub for your convenient access. Consider bookmarking the Zoho Developer Community website to stay informed about the latest updates in the developer community.

We've taken a leap into transforming the digest into a video to simplify things for you. We kicked things off with the November edition. Check it out and share your thoughts and feedback with us!

• Building Extensions for Zoho CRM: Want to establish a connection with another Zoho service? Check out our posts that go over the detailed steps with an example use case.
  
  
• Building Extensions for Zoho Projects #4: Explore the core functionalities to customize Zoho Projects extensions using the Sigma cloud editor approach in this post.
  
  
• Zoho Creator Webinar: Get access to the previous Zoho Creator Session recordings below
  
• Previous Session Links (Youtube):
• Learning Table Series: Creator for Media
• Creator Tech Connect: Zoho Creator Release Updates - Part 3
• Playlist Links (Youtube):
• Learning Table Series
• Creator Tech Connect
• Previous Session Links (Zoho Creator Studio):
• Learning Table Series: Creator for Media
• Creator Tech Connect: Zoho Creator Release Updates - Part 3
• Playlist Links (Zoho Creator Studio):
• Learning Table Series
• Creator Tech Connect
  
  
• Zoho CRM Developer
• CRM’s version 6 APIs are here! This version packs with it a wide range of exciting and powerful new APIs and some important updates to the existing ones. Our What’s New and Changelogs pages have all the details!
• The following SDKs are released for version 6 of Zoho CRM APIs- Java, Python, PHP, Typescript, NodeJs, C# and Ruby.
• Java SDK using V5 APIs is updated to version 6.0.0
• Our Kaizen post on Geocoding Leads' Addresses in Zoho CRM discusses how to create a Related List Widget map in Zoho CRM's Lead detail page.
  
• Learn how to customize standard and custom buttons using Client Script in this Kaizen post.
• Our 116th Kaizen post discusses the different client types in the Zoho Developer Console and when to use each.
• Follow this Kaizen post and learn how to configure Mass Delete action for records across different modules in your Zoho CRM org.
• You can mass delete records across different modules in a single click using loops in Deluge script as discussed in our 118th Kaizen post.
  
  
• Zoho Writer: Explore the new features such as payment field support, dynamic signer assignment, conditional attachments etc. to power up your Zoho Writer's merge templates in this blog post.

Community Spotlight

ZDH Speakers

The contributions of our ZDH presenters have been instrumental in the success of the this segment. We extend our heartfelt appreciation for their efforts.

As a continuation of featuring a ZDH presenter each month, this time, we would like to introduce our fifth ZDH presenter, Mike Simpson. Explore this post to discover the knowledge and insights he shared with the community.

Cliq Channel Contributors

The Developers ZUG Cliq channel has consistently served as the primary hub for community members seeking technical assistance and engaging in savvy discussions. Here are our top contributors who have gone the extra mile to support and assist the Zoho Developer Community:

We want to express our sincere appreciation to all our community contributors. Your commitment, expertise, and the time you invest are invaluable to the community. 

For those who are new to the Zoho Developer Community, check out this post to get started. 

We appreciate you dedicating your time to peruse this month's digest. Make sure to follow the digest every month for the most recent updates and conversations. Stay connected and participate in the forums to be featured in the upcoming month's digest. Wishing you an amazing month ahead!

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