AU Payroll - Sort by Surname
To be able to sort Pay Employees by Surname and it holds them in that order instead of refreshing
Hiya community, thanks for your support in this. Totally get why you may want to set the default view to sort by surname in Payroll. Being open, with many of the teams resource working hard to fine tune payroll for STP phase 2 there are no direct plans for developing the option to set a default for sorting of employees atm.
To confirm, right now from your list of employees you can click on the column header to sort ascending or descending alphabetically - So, once on the screen you can click Last name to sort your employees by this column.
We'll update again if there's any change planned.
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Selwyn Aldred commented
I need surname or employee or Employee Number.
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Rebecca Forster commented
All other systems and current employee records are sorted/filed by surname. Would make sense and be consistent with filing principles to have Xero sort by surname and to hold that setting.
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Liz James commented
Only payroll system I know that sorts by first names - too much time is wasted as a result
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Rebecca McGinty commented
First names can be really inconsistent. Bob/Robert, Becky/Rebecca, Liz/Elizabeth, payroll really should be via surname.
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Aileen Candy commented
How many votes does this have to get before it's actioned... I believe people have been crying out to Xero about this since 2019 or earlier... COME-ON... Xero, listen to those who use the package. Action urgently needed.
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Helen Holley commented
Make life a lot easier if this option was available for all of my client base.
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Aileen Candy commented
Such a PAIN that it keeps sorting on first name - not just in payroll but all over. Hard copies are never sorted on first name and neither are any other programs that I know of... Ridiculously cumbersome when shifting data - every report I export to Excel so I can change the order. PLEASE Xero - LISTEN to your clients and do something about this.
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Michelle Macdonald commented
It seems like such a small fix would make such a difference - it drives my Managing Director crazy & I have to resort everything to match the reports based on christian name. If MYOB can do it surely Xero can do it better.
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Lisa Wegner commented
Xero - it's about time this easy fix is instigated......don't see anyone that thinks it's a bad idea / not important !!
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Leesa Thomas commented
It is a critical issue. Looking forward to the update soon.
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Joanne EGGINS commented
The ability to sort by surname is the best professional way to do business and aligns with all other programs. Is this in Xero planning stages?
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Cate Crichton commented
Come on Xero - please update your system to run by surname. Every other payroll system runs like that
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Cate Crichton commented
please bring this in asap. We have wanted it for years.
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Bruce Meng commented
It is a critical issue. Looking forward to the update soon.
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Crystal Sum commented
Very important please improve.
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Bill Kalis commented
Very important feature to have. Makes no sense that it’s not there !!
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Nicole Cummins commented
It is critical for this to be able to be sorted by surname
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Cathy Blyth commented
Totally agree with all comments below - sorting by surname is standard. Please introduce it as an option.
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Roz Pitt commented
Can this please be addressed? Surname is used first more than not
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Erin Williams commented
Absolutely agree. Current sorting by first name is at odds with every other system used