We’re excited to introduce a powerful set of updates across Web, Android and iOS/iPad apps. From AI-assisted base creation to advanced automations and mobile enhancements, this release is packed with features to help you build faster, automate better, and work smarter.
Here’s what’s new:
1. AI-Assisted Base Creation
Available on: Web & Mobile
Description: Describe what you want to build and Zia will create a base structure, including related tables and fields. You can generate and review up to 10 use case suggestions before creating the base.
Use Case: A marketing team enters: “Track content creation, reviews, and approvals.” Zia creates a ready-to-use base with linked tables for Posts, Review Cycles, and Approvals.
Learn more
2. Reports (Beta)
Available on: Web
Description: Visualize your data across tables with KPIs, charts (column, bar, line, pie), grids, and text blocks. Create custom dashboards to track performance and trends.
Use Case: A project manager builds a dashboard that displays project progress as a line chart, a KPI for tasks completed, and a grid listing overdue items.
Learn more
3. Scheduled Automations
Available on: Web
Description: Trigger automations on a defined schedule—hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or once. You can also set a start and end date to limit the automation period.
Use Case: A sales team sets up a weekly automation to notify teams on the weekly progress towards the target.
Learn more
4. Send Messages on Zoho Cliq
Available on: Web
Description: Automations can now send messages to users, groups, or channels on Zoho Cliq. This action can be triggered by all events.
Use Case: When a high-priority ticket is updated, a message is automatically posted to the #support-leads channel in Zoho Cliq.
Learn more
5. Include Records or Summaries in Send Email & Zoho Cliq Automation Actions
Available on: Web
Description: Add summaries or a list of matching records directly into the content of your notification emails or Zoho Cliq messages.
Use Case: A daily email lists all pending tasks and includes a summary of how many are overdue, giving the manager an instant context.
Learn more
6. More Colors for Bases and Select Fields
Available on: Web & Mobile
Description: Choose from 30 new base color themes and 20 additional color options for single and multi-select fields.
Use Case: A creative team assigns different colors to each project stage in a multi-select field, making it easier to scan views at a glance.
7. New Formula Functions
Available on: Web & Mobile
Description: New formulas including IF, IF-ERROR, EOM (End of Month), NOW, and ARRAYCOUNT offer more flexibility in defining logic and calculations.
Use Case: A finance team uses EOM to calculate billing cycle end dates and ARRAYCOUNT to count the number of active invoices per client.
Learn more
8. Guest Mode
Available on: Android, iOS, and iPadOS
Description: You can now create and work with a base even without logging in or having internet access. Once you’re online and signed in, the base syncs to your account.
Use Case: A field surveyor collects observations offline in a rural area and syncs the data to their account once they’re back online.
Learn more
9. Siri Support
Available on: iOS & iPad
Description: Use Siri to create a new base with your voice. Just say: “Create a base in Zoho Tables.”
Use Case: A consultant quickly captures an idea while driving by using Siri to launch a base without opening the app.
Learn more
10. Apple Pencil Support
Available on: iPad
Description: Use your Apple Pencil to write directly into cells, tap on rating fields, and tick checkboxes—giving you a tactile, notebook-like experience.
Use Case: A teacher takes classroom poll and rates student participation using just their Apple Pencil on an iPad.
Learn more
11. We are available on Zapier
Description: All triggers and actions of Zoho Tables is now available on Zapier. You can write zaps to extend your workflows in Zapier now.
We hope these updates help you streamline your workflows and improve how you manage your data.
To stay updated on what's coming next, checkout our Roadmap page and explore all recent updates on our What's New page.
We have been continuously working on improving performance under the hood, and we will be sharing a detailed post on performance optimizations next week - stay tuned!
Keep organizing,
Team Zoho Tables.
Recent Topics
Multi-upload field
Hi I need to include a file upload field that allows the user to select multiple files and upload all at once. I hope I can do this with HTML, I'm new to merging HTML and deluge... Can I trigger a hidden file upload window to appear On User Input of a field in an embedded form? Thanks! Levi
is it possible to add multiple attachments to a record?
Hello, I'm trying to add functionality so that a record can have several associated attachments. I obviously added a File Upload field to my form, but that appears to only allow one total. Is there a way around this? Thanks, - Kevin
multiple upload files in zoho form
Hi, I need upload multiple files in a single upload field thkns
Keeping Track of Email Threads
Hi, Z CRM is great for tracking all the activities one would want to track whilst qualifying leads, converting to customers, closing deals etc etc, however.... ....although I can use Z CRM to send an email to a lead/contact and have that recorded as an activity for other team members to see, there is no way of capturing an inbound email from that lead. Assume my lead replies to my email sent from ZCRM, in my case, the response arrives in my ZMail account. However I can't get it back into ZCRM to
Zoho Creator invokeUrl to retreive PDF
I'm trying to retreive a record PDF to send to Print Node. Tried with and without the zoho_creator_connection. pdf_content = invokeurl [ url :"https://creatorapp.zoho.com.au/<org_namespace>/<app_link_name>/record-pdf/<report_link_name>/" + input.ID type
Bulk upload image option in Zoho Commerce
I dont know if I am not looking into it properly but is there no option to bulk upload images along with the products? Like after you upload the products, I will have to upload images one by one again? Can someone help me out here? And what should I enter
Zoho App Builder
I’m looking for a Zoho Creator developer to build a simple app for tracking site expenses for a construction company. Key features: mobile form, dropdowns for projects and expense types, photo attachment for invoices, auto-calculated totals, and Excel
Captcha can't be enabled conditionally
Hi Problem: captcha on a form can't be enabled conditionally. Why is this a problem: Because I use the same form on our website (public) in the portal and mobile app. In the portal it works but in the mobile app it doesn't. So there should be a way to
ACH Returns Don’t Trigger Dunning or Reverse Payment in Zoho Subscriptions
Zoho Billing marked an ACH payment as successful and kept the subscription active — even though the payment was later returned by the bank (NSF). There was no update to the invoice or subscription status, and I had to manually clean it all up. For credit
Zoho Sheet - Split cell diagonally fill half color
is it possible to split a cell diagonally, fill different text in each half and ideally color them differently as well?
Calling Token API in Postman returning "error: invalid_client"
Hello, I've been working on setting up an API to get data from zoho crm into a third-party application. I'm currently testing the setup in Postman, but I'm getting an error from the API to retrieve the access token. It keeps returning "error: invalid_client".
How to handle this process need using a Blueprint?
See one minute screen recording: https://workdrive.zohoexternal.com/external/eb743d2f4cde414c715224fc557aaefeb84f12268f7f3859a7de821bcc4fbe15
bulk scheduling youtube shorts and facebook reels
how do i flag the video as facebook reel rather than normal video, it's vertical, 20 seconds, yet still being posted as video on facebook for youtube, it's being rejected out right both videos are to standard, can be posted normally with normal scheduler
Invitation-Based User Access in Zoho Analytics
Hello everyone, We’re rolling out an important update on how users are added to your Zoho Analytics Organization and Workspaces. Previously, when admins added users, they were automatically added to the organization. Moving forward, to improve security
Filtert products by multi select custom field
Hello, this is seems like a must addition, why it can not be done now?
Multiple images
Hi Is there a way to insert multiple images in one image record or any way that instead of one image, I could upload 5 to 10 images together. Looking forward for a solution. Regards
Zoho Projects - Custom Objects
Hello, is there the ability now, or in the near future, to add custom objects to Zoho Projects? The requirement here would be to have the ability to track change requests to a project's budget. The idea here is to have the ability to create a custom Object
Access CRM Variables from Formula field
Is it possible to use a CRM variable (defined in Developer Space -> CRM Variables) in a formula field for calculations ?
Announcing Bigin India Meetups Across 8 Cities: July 29 - Aug 07
Hello Biginners, We've got some exciting news to share! We're hosting our first round of Customer Meetups for 2025 in India, from 29th July - 9th August. Whether you're a Bigin newbie or a seasoned pro, this is your chance to meet customers from your
Why isn't there an Expense description field / column?
Hello! I'm new to Zoho Books and accounting. I'm surprised there isn't a proper expense description field (and column in the overview "all expenses" page)? I thought this was a given in accounting, as visualizing expenses facilitates tracking them down?
New in Zoho PDF Editor: Watermarks, password protection, signature collection, and more.
Hi Zoho Sign users! We are delighted to introduce the latest enhancements to Zoho PDF Editor, designed based on user feedback and feature requests. This update enables you to reorder, extract, and rotate PDF pages, add watermarks, and collect signatures.
Cant't update custom field when custom field is external lookup in Zoho Books
Hello I use that : po = zoho.books.updateRecord("purchaseorders",XXXX,purchaseorder_id,updateCustomFieldseMap,"el_books_connection"); c_f_Map2 = Map(); c_f_Map2.put("label","EL ORDER ID"); c_f_Map2.put("value",el_order_id); c_f_List.add(c_f_Map2); updateCustomFieldseMap
Printed Reports, Increase Font SIZE
I need to send some printed copies of financial reports to my attorney. The reports print out with microscopic fonts. How do I increase the font size so that a normal human can read the text? Every other accounting app can do this so I imagine I have
Avoid email sending!
Hello, Thanks you Zoho for the wonderful apps you provide. Question: Is there a way to disable sending emails when: - creating an estimate or billing. Thanks Tommy
Need to show discount before total after subtotal
Need to show discount before total after subtotal on my estimate template (see attachment)
Email a "thank you" note for this payment is NOW checked by default
Hello Team, Just noticed that Email a "thank you" note for this payment is now checked by default. I tried searching in Preferences and there is no way to turn this off. I do not want this to be the default. Is there a way to turn this off?
End-to-end services hours
We are trying to determine the best method of quoting service hours on quotes but only present the sum amount to a customer, without losing the tracking of quantity of hours for invoicing purposes. Does anyone have a good method they have determined?
Specific Approval Question
Hi everyone, Just a quick question here. I have located the "Approval Type" in the preferences, which is great, and I am sure we could make use of it. However, I am trying to understand how I can implement an approval "workflow". The business call it
Zoho Books - Show Discount Totals When Greater Than Zero
Hi Books Team, I understand that to show or hide discount amount on a Quote or Invoice, I need to use different templates. It would be a great quality of life improvement for users if we had an option to show or hide the discount amount at line item and
Specifying a filename for Schedule Reports
Is it possible to specify a filename to use with scheduled reports? For example: With a general ledger report, instead of general_ledger.pdf I would like to include the date the report was generated in the filename so it is called general_ledger_202
Need to upsert "Created Time" field in Leads Module
I am in the process of implementing Zoho CRM for my business. I need to modify the "Created By' field to reflect the actual date/time the lead was captured in my original Excel file. Otherwise, my conversion velocity data will always be inaccurate, which
HTML for confirmation email
Hi, After a prospect submitted the Zoho form, we want to send a confirmation mail. In this mail we want to add our email signature. However, while this is possible in Zoho CRM this doesn't seem to be an option in Zoho Forms. Also an html editor is not
Fire a webhook when the user gets access to portal
Hello, We would like to know if there is any way in which we can automate a webhook call if the user accepts the portal invitation that Zoho sends by email. The customer module does have the option to trigger webhooks when a customer is created, updated,
Enable History Tracking for Picklist Values Not Available
When I create a custom picklist field in Deals, the "Enable History Tracking for Picklist Values" option is not available in the Edit Properties area of the picklist. When I create a picklist in any other Module, that option is available. Is there a specific reason why this isn't available for fields in the Deals Module?
Creating Payrun summary by fetching values from the employee payruns and adding them
I am trying to make a processing payrun module. I want on Form load to autofill payrun summary eg Total Deductions, Total employer contributions etc by fetching one value after the other in the employee payrun information. So it should loop through the
Feature Request - Zoho Books - Add Retainer Invoices to CRM/Books integration
Hi Books Team, My feature request is to include Retainer Invoices in the finance suite integration with Zoho CRM. This way we will be able to see if retainer invoices have been issued and paid. I have also noticed that when the generate retainer invoice
Books <-> CRM synchronisation with custom Fields
Hello, We are synchronising Books Customers with CRM Accounts. In CRM Accounts I set up last year a "segments" multiselect field shown below In Books, I set up a custom multi-select field with the same value as in the CRM And set up the synchronisation inside Books. Want to synchronise the Books Segments with the CRM Segments, but the later doesn't exist, and another non-existing is there ?! First, I don't understand where the field Segmentation is coming from. Second, I set CRM Segmentation to sync
Edit Reconciled Transactions
I realize transaction amounts and certain accounts cannot be edited easily once reconciled, but when I audit my operational transactions quarterly and at the end of the year sometimes I need to change the expense account for a few transactions. To do
Request to Customize Module Bar Placement in New Zoho CRM UI
Hello Support and Zoho Community, I've been exploring the new UI of Zoho CRM "For Everyone" and have noticed a potential concern for my users. We are accustomed to having the module names displayed across the top, which made navigation more intuitive
Sending campaigns from other server
Hi, Is it possible to send campaigns from another server so customers can see mail direct from our company (Corrata) and not from ZCSend.net? Thanks, Tim
Next Page