How to select alternate invoice email notification template
When we reissue an invoice, we want to send a different notification email. I am able to set up the alternate email body using Email Notifications/Invoice Notification settings, but I can't figure out how to attach that template to a specific invoice.
Sales without an invoice
Sales without an invoice is not included on the “payments received” report. Also, sales without an invoice is not listed in the transactions under the customer’s profile, also making it easy to do a double entry. Is there a way for me to see my sales
Custom function inside a CUSTOM BUTTON - BOOKS CUSTOM MODULE
I am trying to upload the attachment in a custom module(Books) to a work drive. One module is working, but another module(New) is not giving me the desired result as it is also giving an error. Of course, I changed the module name etc. Attaching the script
Customers would like to add tips when paying in Client Portal
I am happy with the clean interface of the Client Portal. However, I am running into a challenge: my customers would like to be able to add tips/gratuities when making payments. Currently, this is very clunky because they have to 1) manually over-pay,
Transaction Rules & Customer Payments
So I have a situation as follows. We have many clients who are all invoiced on the 1st of each month on a recurring invoice for 1 of 10 plans. This means that almost all payment dates are the same (some people pay late) and that a lot of the amounts are
Error when trying to categorize bank transactions
I am trying to categorize my bank transactions. It was going fine, I categorized 50 or so transaction and suddenly I started getting an error that reads: "Transactions cannot be matched as the account you are trying to match it to, is different.". I select
Function #32: Schedule low stock notifications on a timely basis to specific users of the organization
Hello everyone and welcome back to our series! For a business that heavily relies on inventory, monitoring the stock levels and getting timely notifications of low stock items will ensure a smooth sail. Zoho Books allows you to always keep a check on
Delay in Listing Customer data while creating transaction
After importing customer data into Zoho Books, I attempted to create an invoice but couldn't find the display name in the search results. However, it appeared when using the advanced search. When I manually add a customer name, the display name becomes
Show my cost or profit while creating estimate
Hi, While creating estimate it becomes very important to know exact profit or purchased price of the products at one side just for our reference so we can decide whether we can offer better disc or not .
Restrict Payment Methods
Allow us to restrict certain payment methods specific for each customer.
Zoho Books Invoices Templates
It would be really helpful to have more advanced features to customise the invoice templates in Zoho Books. Especially I´m thinking of the spacing of the different parts of the invoice (Address line etc.). If you have a sender and receiver address in
Zoho Books | Product Updates | January 2025
Hello users, Now that January is over, here are some exciting updates to make this new year even better. We’re back with new features and enhancements in Zoho Books, including comparing fields as criteria in workflow rules and a custom SMTP integration.
Itemising receipts from online sales
I operate a very small not-for-profit that sells a small number of things (mainly backing tracks) online. They are sold via PayPal and I use the PayPal activity report to feed my account software. I am looking for an alternative to Reckon One, and assessing
importing invoices from woocommerce to Zoho Books
Hi, I am using Zoho Books as part of Zoho One and am struggling enormously. I have been trying for months to migrate/add all my WooCommerce invoices to Zoho Books without success. I tried the CRMPerks plugin, but it never worked, and the customer service
Write off bad debt
Anyone know how to write-off bad debt in Zoho Books? I keep reading that there's a write-off option, but I don't see that option. Is there any other way to do this?
Function #34: Automatically add a free item to the invoice based on the purchase amount
Hello, everyone! Welcome back to our series. It's the holiday season, marking a time when businesses witness increased demand for products and services, leading to a significant boost in sales. This also presents an opportunity for businesses to engage
Zoho Books API Documentation shows the returned Expense ID as numeric, but the API actually returns a string.
Screenshot of ZB API Documentation. Expense ID (marked in red) is numeric. Screenshot of Zoho Creator execution result of making a request to ZB API POST /expenses endpoint. Expense ID (marked in red) is a string.
Matching ZOHO Payments in Banking
Our company has recently integrated ZOHO Payments into our system. This seemed really convenient at first because our customers could pay their account balance by clicking on a link imbedded in the emailed invoice. Unfortunately, we can't figure out how
Issue: Sales Order Not Closing After Converting to Invoice
I am facing an issue while converting a Sales Order into an Invoice. Instead of using the original item from the Sales Order, I am removing it and adding it again from "Include Unbilled Items." However, after generating the invoice, the Sales Order status
GSTIN Public Search API
Does zohobooks have an api using which i can search GST numbers and get their details?
GST composition scheme dealer - treatment for client expenses reimbursement
Hello, I am new to GST and need your help. I am registered as a composition dealer and attract 6% gst charges. In bill of supply, there are also expenses done on behalf of client for which I seek reimbursement AT ACTUAL with NO MARKUP. As I understand,
Cash based businesses cannot use the new fixed asset module
Hello all, If your bookkeeping is reporting in cash, you cannot use the new fixed acid module, as it does all the depreciation bookings accrual and not cash. This is definitive and you can't turn them into a cash booking. They will never appear in your
Detail Profit & Loss, how to do in Zoho Books?
Is there any way to generate a detail profit & loss (Income Statement) from Zoho Books like the one in QuickBooks? I have 2 clients looking to jump from QB but this 1 report is the deal breaker if not available. They both audit their books from the detailed
Assign Templates to a Branch
Hi, In Zoho Books you can assign templates of invoices,estimates... to customers and vendors and you can also assign transaction numbers to an specific Branch but Is possible to assign a template to branch? We need to use different templates in the same
Assign default Location + warehouse to Customer / Vendor
Hello there. With the introduction of Locations I'm having to enter the warehouse for every single transaction which is getting really tiring and causes errors (easy to fix, but still). Does anybody know if there's a way to assign a default Location and
Progressive Discounts
We need to be able to apply more than one discount after the sub total. How would we go about doing that in zoho books and zoho inventory?
Why does only the first itemized description appear in reports?
I've noticed when I itemize an expense and there are several lines, only the first itemized line description appears in reporting. So for example, let's say I have a $525 expense that comes in on my bank account where I bought a $25 keyboard and a $500
Mass Change Start Date in Recurring Invoice
Need a way to update start date for large number of recurring invoices. Either bulk update option for that field or an import function with the ability to set "duplicate handling logic" (like when importing customers) so that one (or more) field can be
VENDORS ARE NOT SYNCHED WITH CONTACTS IN CRM
Hello, While the ACCOUNTS and CONTACTS (Including the primary contact) are synced with the CONTACTS module in CRM, the vendor's CONTACTS are not synced with CRM - which basically forces the users to re-enter all vendor's contacts twice and then update
Zoho Books -> CRM Custom field sync for contacts
I use a custom field for my three different brands. Since I wanted to start a newsletter I recogniced there is no option to import from Zoho books to Zoho campaign. Only through CRM. I can't sort my customers because the custom field is not synced to
South Africa VAT
Hi When will you add South African VAT and VAT Reporting to ZoHo Books? The UAE version looks very close, except obviously we would love to directly interact with the South African Revenue Service - but that can come later. Kind Regards Ben
Email a "thank you" note for this payment is NOW checked by default
Hello Team, Just noticed that Email a "thank you" note for this payment is now checked by default. I tried searching in Preferences and there is no way to turn this off. I do not want this to be the default. Is there a way to turn this off?
Banking / Matching Bill in different currency
Scenario We've received a bill in CHF. The payment was made via our USD banking account. What we tried Matching the bank transaction to a bill - no matter which search criteria we use, no bill can be found. Trying to match the bank transaction to the
For security reasons your account has been blocked as you have exceeded the maximum number of requests per minute that can originate from one account.
Hello Zoho Even if we open 10-15 windows in still we are getting our accounts locked with error " For security reasons your account has been blocked as you have exceeded the maximum number of requests per minute that can originate from one account. "
Books <-> CRM synchronisation with custom Fields
Hello, We are synchronising Books Customers with CRM Accounts. In CRM Accounts I set up last year a "segments" multiselect field shown below In Books, I set up a custom multi-select field with the same value as in the CRM And set up the synchronisation inside Books. Want to synchronise the Books Segments with the CRM Segments, but the later doesn't exist, and another non-existing is there ?! First, I don't understand where the field Segmentation is coming from. Second, I set CRM Segmentation to sync
Set Default Payment Method & Default account
Hi, I would like to know how to set the default payment method and default bank account when recording payments in zoho books. At present we have to change these fields everytime we record a payment, which leads to potential error and as we have a very
Cant't update custom field when custom field is external lookup in Zoho Books
Hello I use that : po = zoho.books.updateRecord("purchaseorders",XXXX,purchaseorder_id,updateCustomFieldseMap,"el_books_connection"); c_f_Map2 = Map(); c_f_Map2.put("label","EL ORDER ID"); c_f_Map2.put("value",el_order_id); c_f_List.add(c_f_Map2); updateCustomFieldseMap
Timesheet Tasks in Zoho Books: associate to service item
How do we associate a service item to timesheet tasks in Zoho Books? For example: Joe spent 5 hours on project:task1 which is Service Item#1 (Income:Service1). When the invoice is issued thru the Project Invoice section, this is not available. When the
INVOICE DONT HAVE AN INCOME ACCOUNT FIELD TO POST TRANSACTIONS
INVOICE DON'T HAVE AN INCOME ACCOUNT LIKE THE EXPENSE ACCOUNT FIELD IN THE EXPENSE MODULE. PLEASE CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT TO DO TO ADD THIS FIELD AND FUNCTION TO POST IT TO THE RIGHT INCOME ACCOUNT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
zoho feedback
I hope you are doing well. I wanted to take a moment to express my appreciation for the Zoho ecosystem and how it has positively impacted my business. Since I started using Zoho Books in 2019, I have found it incredibly efficient in managing my operations.
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