Ask the Experts - Zoho Inventory #20: 6 hours of live discussion about Automation in Zoho Inventory

Ask the Experts - Zoho Inventory #20: 6 hours of live discussion about Automation in Zoho Inventory







Hello all!

Hope you are all staying safe, sound, and active. In this week's episode of 'Ask The Experts - Zoho Inventory'  we are discussing everything about the 'automation' feature for Zoho Inventory.

We've designed all of the features in Zoho Inventory to be helpful for businesses, such as the different customised data fields in your modules, emails, and transactional document templates. But with Zoho Inventory's automation feature, you have the freedom to create and automate numerous functions based on triggers so you can manage data flow between multiple modules, fields, and applications. This feature also helps you to push data to other apps using webhooks to update the required information. For example, you can trigger text messages from an online message sender service integration by creating a webhook. Here are some of the points that we will be covering during this session:
 
  • Setting up the right triggers for your custom functions
  • Creating a workflow rule
  • Updating fields within Zoho Inventory or a different application using webhooks
  • Easily writing scripts for custom functions
  • Configuring email alerts
  • Managing customized in-app notifications  
 
Post your questions, use cases, and suggestions on this topic below, and our experts will weigh in during the live session on August 13, 2020 from 11am to 6pm EDT, 5pm to 11pm IST, and 1pm to 7pm BST.

Don't forget to check out the previous episode of 'Ask the Experts'  session to learn about integrating Zoho Inventory with Canada Post for easy shipping in Canada.

Cheers,
The Zoho Inventory Team


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