New Invoicing - Select default for 'Approve' Button e.g not 'Approve & Email
Can there be a system setting which controls the default option on Invoices for the Approve button.
It is currently Approve & Email and we would like to have the default as just Approve.
If it was a system setting companies could chose best option for them.
Hi everyone, thank you for your feedback on this here. Through testing we found that majority of our customers would Approve and email an invoice at once, which is why this was developed as the default in new invoicing. That said we appreciate others would like a different action as their primary option.
While we don't have direct plans for adding the ability to set a default for this action, we're listening to your feedback and looking into how we can improve efficiency and speed things up for you when using new invoicing through the use of keyboard shortcuts. We'll share more news when we've confirmed what this shortcut looks like and are closer to providing this to you all.
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Elizabeth Mpilias commented
We would choose Approve & Print PDF as our default.
Currently the popup asking me to mark as sent also overlaps with the file download pop up.
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Claire Parker commented
All our invoices are RCTIs - we never send them out. Need to remove this default option for me, please.
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Michelle Spradley commented
Hi Kelly, It's mainly keying in invoices and bills. I can see on the new version of invoicing you don't need to do this as much but then you have to change the approve and email drop down just to approve every time. Which is why I am still using the old version. Is there anything in the settings so you can change the dropdown to default to approve only on the new invoicing screen ?
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Michelle Spradley commented
To be able to fit Xero to your screen without scrolling up and down all the time
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Wendy Nathan commented
Yes, it's very important for us to be able to change the default, and we would choose just "Approve"
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Ross Bladin commented
This is essential.
Forcing us to have to make more mouse clicks than necessary, we should have the option to choose what we want to have as a default, not you choose it for us.
I will be staying on Classic until this is fixed or I am forced to the New Invoicing System begrudgingly. This is a ridiculous unnecessary move on your part. -
Tracy Morsbach commented
Adding this to the top of the screen disrupts some of the natural flow of reviewing the invoice having to scroll down to see the full information then up to complete approval.
A critical aspect for us would be being able to select "Approve" as the default aspect rather than "Approve & Email"
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Chris Kabacznik commented
100% we need to be able to just have an approve button or allow what the default button does. Also should be at the bottom of the screen as you are currently clicking all over the place, its no longer a natural flow.
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Rose Grosser commented
Give users the option to continue using the classic version please. At the very least allow us to customise how we want the new version to support us.
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Cheryl King commented
I agree with all the others on here. Please let the company choose - approve or approve and email, we don't want the approve and email to be the only option.
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Sarah Coates commented
I would like to have the option approve and add another as my default. Why can't we select our own default, not everyone wants to approve and email!
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Larina Chester commented
Approve - If we don’t want to email the invoice at the time of approval, I now have an extra click to select the Approve only button (add another button?)
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Christine Holt commented
I second all the previous posts - please allow us to set our own default and then have other options in a drop down box.
We don't email invoices so just want to approve invoices.
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Rachel Bothwell commented
Agreed! We need this to be customisable!
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Marie Clare commented
The default approve feature in new invoicing is 'Save and email' but if Xero is purely a record of a company, not their main source of operation then this feature is inconvenient.
Can there be a setting to change this button to one of the options available e.g. 'Approve & add another' be the button that shows, not by clicking the drop down menu first.
If it is setting then it is completely customisable depending which of the current drop down items the user wants to show as the main button.This would save a couple of seconds per invoice which would save hours when entering a lot of invoices.
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Kirsten Hensel commented
Please make this work for everyone Xero! As suggested again and again, simply allow the user to set their invoice approval function to what best suits their business - Approve / Approve and PDF / Approve and Email. Please action this urgently :)
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Holly Spence commented
Can we have the option to set to default buttons/selections when completing an invoice please?
I do not need to email all of my invoices yet have to click through to select just approve.
This is a small thing in the grand scheme but when processing lots of invoices it is another thing that slows the process down, along with the 'too many clicks/tabs' issue.
Hopefully the new invoicing can be updated so it is a smooth process like the old style for tabbing and clicking through.
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Russell Little commented
In old invoicing it was one step. Maybe add buttons for other options and ditch the drop down menu.
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Nathan Walker commented
We want the same please. The default should be Approve. Not Approve and Email.
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Lisa Hunt commented
I have two clients who enter their sales invoices manually and don't need to send them to clients. They both HATE the new invoicing and although I am trying to encourage them to get used to it, it is a hard sell. The extra time to add the contact and approve and email is of no benefit to anyone. We need the option to unselect these options.