Zoho Inventory - Profit Margin Feature - Allow Users to Set Default Cost Price Calculation Method
Hi Zoho Inventory Team, I'm working with an automotive parts distributor using Zoho Inventory. They have expressed frustration about having to change the Cost Price Method on every line item they add from the defult "Inventory Valuation Method" to "ItemAPI - Available Stock Definitions
Okay, Zoho team... your copywriters fell down on the job for this one :) I think these warrant a bit more explanation as to what they include and what they don't.Assembly Reporting in Composite Item View - Add 'Per-Unit Cost' Column
When a user in the UI goes to a Composite Item, looks under Transactions, and selects Assemblies, the screen below is shown. This is all good information, but one piece of very important data is missing... the per-unit cost. I realize that for those onEstimates or quotes in Inventory
Our pottery wholesale business is heavily inventory based. We are planning to switch from Quickbooks to Zoho Inventory which will be a great improvement on the "sales" side for in-house sales and salesreps. The only thing we are missing in Zoho InventoryCLIENT PORTAL (If clients can place orders directly on the portal)
Zoho client portal is excellent. Everything is there except one thing. Client should be able to place orders directly on the portal. This would enhance the portal and end users will be extremely happy. This suggestion infact came from one of our client.Zoho Inventory - Imporoved Order Fulfillment Reporting
Hi Inventory Team, i've tried to contact you through support@eu.zohoinventory.com but haven't received a response. I am contacting you on behalf of a client. Our client is a car parts wholesale business and we set them up on Zoho Inventory earlier thisBest way to setup Inventory bin tracking for products with multiple boxes/crates
Hi - we need some advice from the community on setting up Items in the Inventory for products with multiple crates. We have large products in our warehouse where the product is delivered as two large (double pallet) crates. We've setup the Items for theseWhat's New in Zoho Inventory | June 2026
Hello users, June 2026 introduces a range of exciting enhancements to Zoho Inventory. With the full rollout of the Zoho Inventory Windows application, the launch of Terminal Payments, and new tracking combinations in Advanced Inventory Tracking, you canItems (products) Export to PDF Feature as a Catalog Generator
Would like to request a product catalog feature where the admin can export "items" along with selected attributes (e.g.: product name, size, price, etc) in a professional template as a PDF document. Since product pictures and the product attributes are already saved in our system DB, it would be a natural extension to just export it out as a catalog for customers. I've been duplicating this feature in other apps to make a product catalog. Having a central repository of "items" makes good sense,Add Support to Upload Inventory Items with Categories or Enable Separate Upload for Inventory Categories
Currently, Zoho Inventory does not support uploading new items along with their parent and sub inventory categories using the item import feature. This creates challenges for businesses with structured inventory hierarchies when trying to upload itemsThe following place holders were not replaced in this message: %PurchaseOrderURL%
Good day our whole company is facing the same error code of %PurchaseOrderURL% - can you please assist with this issue on how to fix this.Enable Credit Note creation for Sales Returns BEFORE receiving goods
Currently, it is not possible to issue a Credit Note linked to a Sales Return until the goods have been officially marked as "received" in the system. In our business, we often need to issue a credit note to our clients immediately upon the initiationBackorder process review - Automating Removal of Sales Order from "On Hold" When PO is Received
Hello Zoho Inventory Team, Currently, sales orders in On Hold status are released only when the bill for the purchase order is created. In our workflow, it would be much more efficient if the sales order could automatically move out of On Hold as soonConverting universal measurements
I don’t understand why the system does not offer the conversion automatically of a unit into a sub unit or other fixed equivalent like feet, inches, meter and centimeter. Eg. if I produce 12 meter long cables, I can sell them as a unit or I can sell themUnbundle feature for composite items
We receive composite items from our vendors and sell them either individually or create other composite items out of them. So, there is a lot of bundling and unbundling involved with our composite items. Previously, this feature was supported in formShow backordered items on packing slip
We send out a lot of large orders, and often there are one or two things backordered. How can I fix the packing slips to show quantity ordered & quantity packed There should also be the ability to "ship" 0 of an item so the receiver knows that thingsZoho Inventory - Allow Filtering and Multi-Select Actions in Related Lists
Hi Zoho Inventory Team, I would like to suggest an enhancement to the way Related Lists work in Zoho Inventory, particularly on Vendor records. We have a client who purchases the same products from multiple vendors. To manage this, we have added a customKit Items Breaking Automations - "Provide mapped components for all kit items"
This has been brought up in other threads, but I believe this issue warrants its own topic. Whenever a sales document (Estimate, Sales Order, Invoice) is created or manipulated programmatically, trying to include a Kit as an Item throws this error: "ProvideDrop shipment cancellation
Hello! I have a problem and need a piece of advice. Me and my customer had a deal. I have created all the documents ( SO, PO, Invoice, Bill), however, unfortunatelly, we have to cancell it. Now, I would like to mark all these documents as void. At theInventory Barcode Creation - Add Picture of Item
Hi I am trying to set up bar code labels and include a picture of the item on the label - any idea on how to add that field to the barcode generator?What's New in Zoho Inventory | April & May 2026
Hello users, We're excited to roll out the latest Zoho Inventory updates for April and May 2026. These enhancements are designed to make your daily operations smoother and more efficient, from advanced inventory management and flexible pricing to automatedInventory API - Retrieve all uploaded product / item images
I know that I can get the primary image for each product / item or composite item, by using the /image endpoint. https://inventory.zoho.com/api/v1/compositeitems/<item-id>/image?authtoken=<TOKEN> This will return only one photo, even if the item has multiple images uploaded. Is there a way to retrieve all images stored for an item via the Zoho Inventory API?Custom Statuses - Can You Do Anything With Them?
As far as I can tell, one really cannot do much with custom statuses. I created a new custom status for sales orders called "Customizing / Hold". This is for sales orders that have the Confirmed status. The use case here is that, as an e-commerce company,Displayed sample tracking for multi branch setup.
We have multiple branches and one of the biggest challenges for us to be able to track if a particular item is in display or not. I am shooting in the dark but I am wondering if there is a solution for the following : Each product used for display isAdd "Product Code" as available column and search criteria for Assemblies
Hi Zoho Community. For product (item) assemblies, it would be helpful to be able to create a custom view search criteria that limits the view by product code or perhaps product category. Currently, Product Code is not an available option to display asCategorize Items with Item Headers
Hello customers, Did you ever want to classify items based on specific categories to help your customers understand your invoice better? With the new Item Header feature, you can easily categorize items in your invoices and estimates and give them a common title. Item Headers are available in the Invoices, the Recurring Invoices and the Estimates module. It can be carried forward from estimates to invoices at the time of converting the estimates. To add an item header: Go to the Estimates, InvoicesError in Batch Details Stock Reportt
I am a new user of zoho inventory. When extracting batch details stock report as of dec 2025, the report takes into account transactions that happen this year. Thus causing discrepancies when comparing with Stock Report. Is this a global error? Can zohoManually Backorder Sales Order and/or Change Sales Order Status
Is there an option to manually 'backorder' a sales order, or otherwise change it's status? In some cases, we receive orders for products that are out of stock, but we already have issued POs to our suppliers for replenishment. Ex- we created a PO onWhatsApp Vendors Module
Hello, so WhatsApp works with the below, mainly with the customer side modules. Can we get functionality on the vendor side modules, i.e., PO, Bills, Vendor Credits, Payments Made, Purchase Received? WhatsApp is often the preferred method of communicationRFID Scanner/Adapter Solution for barcode scanning
Hello, We will be trialing using barcode scanning for item verification during our picking process. Using a phone or a tablet is awkward and uncomfortable. Are there any Zoho compatible RFID scanners, or an RFID device/adapter that will connect with aUpdating Sales orders on hold
Surely updating irrelevant fields such as shipping date should be allowed when sales orders are awaiting back orders? Maybe the PO is going to be late arriving so we have to change the shipment date of the Sales order ! Not even allowed through the api - {"code":36014,"message":"Sales orders that have been shipped or on hold cannot be updated."}Item with name in different languate
Hello, is there a way to have an item with its name in different languages? For example: I sell an item in different markets and I'd like to have a Proposal and the Invoice with the Item Name in a specific language. Rino Bertolotto Zoho Specialist, STESA srlZoho - shopify sales order - invoicing
we have integrated zoho with shopify. so now , when an order comes through shopify-it raises a sales order in zoho. And at this time- the inventory goes down in shopify, according to the sale. Then we manually convert the sales order to an invoice, andEnable Replenishments Option not Available
I'm looking to turn on the replenishment option in Zoho Inventory and I'm not finding settings for it in Zoho Books or Zoho Inventory. This is the tutorial I was following from Zoho. Is there a step I'm missing to have Replenishments be available in ZohoTax/Vat Number Field As Standard - Customer & Vendor
Hello, when are you'll going to have the customer & vendor tax/vat number as a standard field under the relevant profile pages? I find it strange that after 6 years of using Zoho Inventory that I still have to use a custom field for a tax/vat number,Show Available Stock as a Column in Item Views (Including by Warehouse)
It would be very useful to have Available Stock as a standard column in the Items list view. Currently Stock On Hand does not show the real picture for businesses managing orders and inventory. Example: Stock on Hand: 100 Committed to Sales Orders: 80Allow Shopify / marketplace orders to be cloned
Many businesses now use Shopify as a B2B ordering portal, not just a D2C ecommerce website. For B2B businesses, once these orders are imported into Zoho Inventory, Zoho often becomes the main system used to manage purchasing, stock, fulfilment and customerBasic report- open sales order by item, with filter for customer ..
HI, we really need a basic report that sorts all open sales orders by Item, so you can see which items in your inventory are awaiting invoicing. Then you need a filter by customer, so you can see all the items a particular customer is waiting for. daily,Stock Count
The stock count is a nice new feature, but we cannot figure out how to: 1. Use it without assigning to a person, we have a team or one of multiple do stock counts as do most any company. 2. Add any extra fields to what the "counter" sees. The most importantPhysical Batch Stock by Warehouse
We have activated batch tracking in Zoho Inventory. To reconcile our inventory with the physical stock reported by our 3PL, we need a report showing the total physical quantity still present in each warehouse, broken down by batch. This quantity is theNext Page
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Hello users, June 2026 introduces a range of exciting enhancements to Zoho Inventory. With the full rollout of the Zoho Inventory Windows application, the launch of Terminal Payments, and new tracking combinations in Advanced Inventory Tracking, you canWhat's New in Zoho Inventory | April & May 2026
Hello users, We're excited to roll out the latest Zoho Inventory updates for April and May 2026. These enhancements are designed to make your daily operations smoother and more efficient, from advanced inventory management and flexible pricing to automatedCategorize Items with Item Headers
Hello customers, Did you ever want to classify items based on specific categories to help your customers understand your invoice better? With the new Item Header feature, you can easily categorize items in your invoices and estimates and give them a common title. Item Headers are available in the Invoices, the Recurring Invoices and the Estimates module. It can be carried forward from estimates to invoices at the time of converting the estimates. To add an item header: Go to the Estimates, InvoicesGear up for the Zoho Finance & Operations Workshop 2026!
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Hello all! Customer experience lies at the heart of business success. In this week's 'Ask the Experts - Zoho Inventory', let's discuss integrating Zoho Inventory and Zoho Desk for better customer experience. Zoho Inventory integrates with Zoho Desk to bring you the speediest communication with your customers. This integration helps you make sure that your customer service representatives and your sales team are always connected to your back office so they can immediately respond to order-related
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