Zoho ERP integration enables users to manage quotes, invoices, budgets, and expenses from within Zoho Projects. Finance and Expense features are available as separate tabs within a project.
This Feature is only available in IN DC.
Prerequisites
- Zoho Finance Suite integration must be disabled, if integrated.
- Zoho ERP integration must be enabled
- In Zoho ERP:
- Employees module must be enabled
- Travel & Expense module must be enabled
- Users will be synced as Employees only when the required modules are enabled in Zoho ERP.
Supported Modules
- Quotes
- Invoices
- Budgets
- Expense Claims
- Expense Reports
- Click
> Marketplace > Zoho Apps. - Select Zoho ERP and click Enable Integration.
- Navigate to the Configuration tab and select a date under Invoice Time Log From.
- Select profiles under Finance Permission.
- Enable:
- Manage Expense
- Invoice Milestones & Tasks
- Expense Claims & Expense Reports
- Enable Restrict Project Creation (Optional).
- Click Next to go to Sync Preferences tab.
Set Sync Preferences
- Navigate to the Sync Preferences tab.
- Select Customer Duplication Preference:
- Overwrite or Clone
- Select Contact Duplication Preference and review field mapping.
- Click Save.
Manage Finance
Create a Quote
- Navigate to your project.
- Click Finance > Quotes > Create Quote.
- Enter details and recipients.
- Click Save.
Create an Invoice
- Navigate to your project.
- Click Finance > Invoices > Create Invoice.
- Select the Bill up to date and choose required fields.
- Click Save.
Create Invoice from Task or Phase
- Open the required project and click Tasks or Phases tab.
- Select a record > Create Invoice.
- Select the date range.
- Enter the details and click Save.
Create Invoice for Multiple Tasks
- Open the required project and click Tasks tab.
- Select multiple tasks in list view and click Create Invoice.
- Select date range.
- Enter the details and click Save.
Edit or Delete an Invoice
- Navigate to your project and click Finance tab > Invoices.
- Select an invoice and click Edit to update or Delete to remove.
- Confirm your action.
Invoice Conditions
- Only billable time logs are invoiced
- Only approved logs are invoiced (if approval is enabled)
- Primary customer must be set
- Project must be synced
- “Bill up to” date is mandatory
- Maximum of 100 tasks can be invoiced
Record an Expense
- Navigate to your project.
- Click Finance and select Expenses section.
- Click Create Expense and enter the required details.
- Add notes and attach receipts if required.
- Select Billable if applicable.
- Click Save.
Edit Expense
- Navigate to your project.
- Click Finance and select Expenses section.
- Click on the required expense and click Edit.
- Update the required details and click Save.
Delete Expense
- Navigate to your project.
- Click Finance and select Expenses section.
- Click on the required expense and click Delete.
- Confirm your action.
Include Expenses in Invoice
- Navigate to your project and click Finance tab > Invoices.
- Select the required date range.
- Enable Include all unbilled expenses of the selected customer.
- Click Save.
Manage Expenses
The Expense tab is used to manage employee expenses and reimbursements. Unlike expenses under the Finance tab, expense entries created here:
- Support approvals
- Can be grouped into reports
- Are used for reimbursement tracking
Create Expense Claims
- Navigate to your project and select Expense tab.
- Select Expense Claims and click New Expense.
- Enter the Date and the Merchant details.
- Select the Category of the expense from the drop-down and enter the Amount.
- Enter the Description, Customer, and Reference if required.
- Add to Report by selecting an existing report or creating a new report.
- Attach receipts from your computer or cloud.
- Click Save and Close or Save and New.
Edit Expense Claims
Approved expenses cannot be edited.- Navigate to your project and select Expense tab.
- For Unreported Expenses:
- Click More options and select Edit.
- Make the required changes and click Save and Close.
- For All Expenses:
- Open the required expense.
- Click Edit in the top-right corner.
- Make the required changes and click Save and Close.
Merge Expense Claims
- Navigate to your project and select Expense tab.
- Under Expense Claims, select any two expenses.
- Click
and select Merge.
- Select a master expense.
- Click Continue.
Delete Expense Claims
- Navigate to your project and select the Expense tab.
- Under Expense Claims, select an expense.
- Click
and select Delete.
- Confirm your action.
Create Expense Reports
- Navigate to your project and select the Expense tab.
- Select Expense Reports and click New Report.
- Enter the Report Name, Business Purpose, and Duration.
- Click Submit.
Submit Expense Reports
- Navigate to your project and select the Expense tab.
- Select Expense Reports.
- Open the required report.
- Click Submit in the upper-right corner.
- Select the approver and click Submit.
Edit Expense Reports
Approved expense reports cannot be edited.- Navigate to your project and select the Expense tab.
- Select Expense Reports.
- Open the required report.
- Click Edit in the upper-right corner.
- Make the required changes and click Save.
Delete Expense Reports
- Navigate to your project and select the Expense tab.
- Select Expense Reports.
- Open the required report.
- Select the expense/report.
- Click Delete and confirm your action.
View Project Profitability
- Navigate to your project.
- Click Dashboard.
- View the Profitability Summary.
- Switch between Accrual and Cash view.
Delete Integration
- Click
> Marketplace > Zoho Apps.
- Select Zoho ERP.
- Click Disable Integration and then click Delete Integration.