Zoho CRM Community Digest - August 2025 | Part 2

Hello Everyone! Here's a quick round-up of handy tips, clever workarounds, and product updates from late August.

Product Updates:

Meeting Enhancements in Zoho CRM! 

Track whether a meeting is online, in-office, or at the client’s location using the new Meeting Venue option. This enhancement lets you categorize meetings for easier organization, filtering, and reporting. You can also mark meetings as all-day, set them to repeat, or remove venue options from the picklist that doesn’t fit your business needs. For admins, a new Preferences Tab enables managing online meeting providers directly from CRM without needing to visit the Marketplace. This full post has screenshots and key notes worth checking out.

Quick Wins:

Portals: Account-Level Access Challenge

Your customers, linked as Contact records, can access their information via the CRM portal. @Ivan Staykov brought up an interesting use case where individual Contacts should only access records linked to their emails, while the CEO of their company should access all Contact records linked to their Account. As CRM portals are tied to Contacts, not Accounts, this setup isn’t straightforward. @Max explored options, and @Amy shared a workaround that sparked Ivan’s interest. If you’ve run into the same limitation, this thread is a must-read for practical insights.

Understanding how custom view un-enrollment works in Cadences?

@Matt Warner asked if leads enrolled to a Cadence through a custom view gets automatically un-enrolled when they no longer meet the view criteria. @Sunderjan Siddharth clarified that leads will remain in the Cadence and continue their scheduled steps unless an unenrolled property is specifically linked to the custom view condition. Once that property is set, the system will automatically remove leads that drop out of the criteria. Check out the full post for more on how Cadence un-enrollment works and how to fine-tune your setup!

Tip for targeted marketing campaigns for Contacts with closed Deals!

@Dalton wanted to run a marketing campaign targeting Contact records with closed Deals but faced a challenge: some contacts have multiple deals, with a mix of open and closed statuses. Simply filtering for closed deals would still include contacts who have open deals, which wasn’t desired.@Sunderjan Siddharth suggested using roll-up summary fields in the Contacts module to count total deals as well as open and closed deals per contact. This lets you build reports that accurately excludes contacts with any open deals. Check out the full post for detailed steps, screenshots, and where to set this up!

Developer's Corner: 

Can you fetch 200+ records from a Custom View at once?

@Sam wanted to pull all records from a Custom View exceeding  the 200-record limit without using pagination. @Sunderjan Siddharth clarified that COQL can fetch up to 2,000 records in a single query, and suggested using a loop to retrieve up to 100K records efficiently.Check-out the post for the full solution on  handling large datasets effectively in Zoho CRM.

Make attachments mandatory before closing Deals:

@Jhonata wanted to make it mandatory to add attachments before marking a deal as Closed-Won. @Rakesh Kumar suggested triggering a Client Scripts on the Stage field update across touchpoints like the Details, Edit, and Canvas pages to check for attachments, cancel submission if none exist, and display an alert. @Pheranda Nongpiur followed-up with step-by-step guidance and shared the sample Client Script to check attachments on save. Check the full post for the scripts and detailed setup instructions!

How Marta leveraged AI and assistance from the community to automate Quote stage updates:

@Marta wanted all quotes with stage "Next Year" to automatically update to "Draft" on a specific date. @Bhoomi Joshi suggested creating a scheduled function to fetch quotes from a custom view and update the stage, recommending that Marta test with a few records first before connecting it to a Schedule. Despite being a non-coder, Marta used AI to generate the required code and then collaborated with the Community to refine and get it working.Check this post for the step-by-step setup, code tips, and insights on how Marta made it happen!

Kaizen:

Answering Your Questions!

(Kaizen #204) - Perform Field Updates before Blueprint transition via Client Script

Learn how to enhance your lead follow-up Blueprint by prompting users for input during Blueprint transitions and updating description field with detailed comments in Zoho CRM. Kaizen #204 demonstrates how to use beforeTransition scripts to capture comments, validate input, and maintain a running comment history. In this setup, a popup prompts users to enter a comment before each transition. If the comment is fewer than 25 characters, the transition is stopped; otherwise, the system appends the comment along with the transition name and user’s name to the Description field. This is a practical way to improve transparency and traceability in your Blueprint process. Check the post for the full code and setup!


(Kaizen #205) - Managing Picklists and Enabling History Tracking via Zoho CRM APIs

Kaizen #205 breaks down the difference between Picklist and Multi-select Picklist, shows you how to set up global picklists across modules, and explains how to enable history tracking in Zoho CRM using APIs. It's super detailed and walks you through creating and updating picklist fields, removing options, assigning and updating values in records, and turning on history tracking with step-by-step API examples. The inclusion of sample code and responses for each part makes it easy to follow. Give this post a read if you want to get these features set up smoothly!

And that’s a wrap for this fortnight’s Zoho CRM Community Digest. Caught something cool we missed? Or have a favorite from this edition?

Drop it in the comments! We’d love to hear from you. We’ll be back in two weeks with more updates and community gems.

Until then, stay tuned!

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