Changing an existing item to different accounts & inventory-tracked

Changing an existing item to different accounts & inventory-tracked

Hi everyone,

I have an item in Zoho Books that was originally set up as a non-inventory item. Over time, I associated it with different sales and purchase accounts, and I now have many invoices, bills, and reports that use this item.

My business process has changed, and I’d like to:
  1. Start tracking inventory for this item, and
  2. Change the associated sales and purchase accounts.
If I edit the existing item to enable inventory tracking and update the accounts, will Zoho Books retroactively change my past transactions and reports? Or will those historical records remain as they were at the time they were created?

In other words, is it safe to modify the existing item, or is the best practice to create a new item and use that going forward?

I’d appreciate any guidance or real-world experience with this. Thanks!

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