Feature Request: Map a specific Zoho WorkDrive folder into Zoho Inventory "Documents" for easy attachment to Purchase Receives
Dear Zoho Product Management Team, I am writing to formally request a native functionality that allows mapping or syncing a specific Zoho WorkDrive folder directly inside the "Documents" module of Zoho Inventory. Our goal is simple and critical for our
What’s the Correct Integration Flow Between Zoho Inventory, ShipStation, and Multi-Channel Sales Platforms?
Hi Zoho Community, I’m currently implementing Zoho One to manage all of my business processes, and I’d appreciate some guidance on the correct integration flow for the tools I’m using. Here’s my current setup: Zoho Inventory is my central system for managing
API - 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.
Inventory <--> Workdrive Integration
Proposal - Zoho should implement some sort of official integration between Inventory and Workdrive for easy uploading, storing, and accessing of files associated with products from the Inventory UI. Use Cases - Product manuals, technical drawings, vendor
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 important
Sales orders with back ordered PO
Hmmmmmm !!!! OK - please tell me how to overcome this ..... Sales order | create back order PO ... Sales order is auto marked "On hold" ... Try edit sales order to change shipping date... Almost there, but... Sales orders that have been shipped or on hold cannot be updated.So is NOT shipped ... back ordered PO Received... Try edit sales order to change shipping date... Almost there, but... Sales orders that have been shipped or on hold cannot be updated.SO is NOT shipped ... PO is received ... Enter
Add a proper “Split Sales Order” function
Currently the only workaround is to clone an order and manually delete items from each order. A simple split function would allow users to choose lines or quantities and move them into a new sales order. Examples: Customer wants available stock shipped
Save hours daily this peak season: Better Inventory & Shipping with Zoho on Easyship
Peak season shouldn't mean losing control of your inventory just to keep up with demand. When the holiday rush hits, everything in your business gets tested at once. Orders surge, stock runs low, and shipping costs climb as customers expect faster delivery
How can Zoho Inventory help a small ecommerce store manage stock better?
I’m looking into better ways to manage inventory for a laptop store, especially when it comes to keeping track of different laptop models, quantities, alternates and orders. Does Zoho Inventory work well for this kind of business, and are there any features
Categorize 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, Invoices
View Cannot Use UPC as Criteria
When creating a new custom view, the UPC field is not available as a criterion for the view. This seems strange, because both ISBN and EAN are available in the dropdown. Because of this, I feel like the situation is possibly an oversight rather than by
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 "Item
Creating packages according to actual shipping processes
Hi community. I would like to ask a question to see if there's a better method or workflow for the creation of packages in Zoho Inventory. There is a little confusion in some of Zoho's language relating to the use of term Packing Slip when connected to
Manually 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 on
Updating 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."}
Estimates 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 Inventory
Allow Multiple usage units to items while adding them to sales/purchase transactions
The usage unit of items added in zoho books are static right now and can not be changed. But certain items are received or sold in multiple usage units. One example is fabric. It can be bought in Meters, inches, kgs or other units. Another example would
Shopify Integration: How do I change the default Unit of Measure from KG to PCS
For those using Shopify with Zoho Inventory, has anyone managed to have imported items default to PCS/EA instead of KG? If so, where is this configured? I can only find weight units in Shopify, not a sales unit of measure.
How to Allocate Incoming Purchase Stock to Specific Sales Orders in Zoho Inventory?
Hi all, We are using Zoho One Enterprise and need guidance on managing sales order–wise allocation of incoming stock in Zoho Inventory. Our workflow is: A customer order is received, and the Sales Order is confirmed. The sales team immediately creates
Sales Returns - Repairand Return
Hi Inventory Team, I'm working with a client on an Inventory implementation project and they have shared this use case with me. Some items may be returned by the customer, then returned to the vendor for repairs, received from the vendor and shipped back
Invoice Only Shipped Items
Dear Zoho, We are a company that deals with sales orders with 600-1000 lines We need to be able to do partial invoicing based on shipped items Right now when we click convert to invoice we can not only select items that have een shipped It takes hours
Show 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 things
Zoho equipment rental - just like Booqable
Hi Zoho Team, is it possible to create a module or a system like booqable? our business starts renting our IT equipment assets that have been recently used for Events and Projects, we are having ZOHO books so its easy to integrate if you create one. Booqable
How can I add a Custom Field (or Customer_name) to a picklist?
Our workflow is Shopify-->SO -->Picklist-->Package-->Shipment. We would like to have the Picklist template to include a custom field "Customer_Notes" (we have created this field already). This way we get alerted when a customer has notes on their account.
What's New in Zoho Inventory | July & August 2026
Hello users, The July and August 2026 releases bring a range of new features and improvements across the product. From the Nigeria Edition and Super Admin enhancements to Sri Lanka IRD-compliant invoicing, Loyalty Program Management, and improvements
How to Manage Two GST Numbers / Two Companies in a Single Zoho Inventory Organization?
Hi Team, We currently have two separate legal entities: A Proprietorship Firm with its own GSTIN A Private Limited Company with a different GSTIN However, operationally, both companies deal with the same products, and we would like to manage the physical
Convert an Existing Single Item into an Item with Variants
Hello Zoho Team, Introducing variants is a great addition to Zoho Inventory. However, we would like to request an option to convert an existing single item into an item with variants. For example, Item A initially comes in only one colour, so we create
What's New in Zoho Inventory | September 2026
Hello users, September brings a range of new features and enhancements across Zoho Inventory. From improved inventory operations and reporting capabilities to greater customization, automation, and enhancements to Delivery Challans, there’s plenty to
Lookups and Custom Modules
I created a Custom Module that I'm calling "Item Purchasing Group". This module will store information for groups of Items that must be purchased together (including minimum overall quantities and/or values, etc.). This will have a one-to-many relationship
inventory removal at packing list or shipment.
currently our system is set to remove inventory at invoice. This is creating an inventory nightmare? Is it possible to change the settings to remove the item from inventory at either the packing slip stage or shipping the item.
Item description is not displayed
I added the item description while importing the new item through the bulk item Excel sheet, and the import was completed successfully. However, I cannot see the description in the item details under Inventory. Could anyone please advise how to make the
Sync of products and orders between Zoho Inventory, Zoho Books and Shopify
Good Day I migrated from QuickBooks to Zoho Books and Zoho Inventory at the beginning of this year. The migration team assisted with importing my data, but I am currently experiencing multiple issues affecting syncing between Shopify and Zoho. 1. SKU
Shopify B2B Integration: Option to Match Customers by Company Name
It would be great if the Shopify integration could include Company Name as a customer matching option. At the moment customers can only be matched by: Email Name Email and Name Phone For businesses using Shopify B2B, the company is often the customer
Allocating inventory to specific SO's
Is there a way that allocate inventory to a specific sales order? For example, let's say we have 90 items in stock. Customer 1 orders 100 items. This allocates all 90 items to their order, and they have a back order for the remaining 10 items which could
Item/service subtotal
Just discovered & really pleased that we can drag to re-order the line items in Sales orders & Invoices, a very nice feature which doesn't seem to be documented? It would be nice to be able to insert a subtotal as a line item to complete this great feature
Create Package From A Picklist
Dear Zoho, Can it be made possible to create a package from a picklist? The reason our company makes a picklist is for that to become a package Our sales orders have 600-1000 items I hope that makes it clear that it's hard to delete 990 items when we
Zoho Inventory – Stock Allocation and Warehouse ManagementAs we implement Zoho One in our organization, we are currently facing a challenge with stock allocation and warehouse management. While the wa
As we implement Zoho One in our organization, we are currently facing a challenge with stock allocation and warehouse management. While the warehouse management part can be handled in Zoho Inventory, our main requirement is the customer-wise stock allocation
Multiple barcodes and sku aliases
Hi, It would be great if you could add the following features: Allocating multiple barcodes to a product as sometimes different barcodes are in circulation in a particular market. As well as different barcodes, sometimes, different SKUs are used by different
No Sales Returns on SO's with Dropped Shipped items + Inventory Items
We have encountered an issue in Zoho related to sales orders that include both dropshipped items and inventory items. Specifically, it is currently not possible to create sales returns for the company’s own inventory items from these sales orders. This
Adding VENDOR SKU to PURCHASE ORDERS
how can we add the Vendor SKU when issuing a Purchase Order , so the PO shows the Supplier SKU and our own Internal SKU , which is what we want to receive into the system .
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