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Further to this, the Xero support person says "As you've found, right now there's no functionality in Xero to find transactions by description using search.".

Can I suggest that the essential two elements of a transaction are "description", and "amount"?

Can Xero please explain why I pay them $1300 a year, but I can't search by description.

Xero has comparison tables listing their functionality against their competitors. I've contacted these competitors and asked that they create a new column for Xero in their competitor analysis for prospective customers showing that all products except Xero allow searching by description, in find and recode

We have many repeat, "priced" orders from customers which are linked to a historic quote. The part number search in "Goods and services" only brings up invoice numbers relating to the particular part number. I need to then open up each and every invoice until I find the customer and prices we last supplied. What I need is to quickly find the specific quote and invoice from when we last supplied the customer. I would think this would be a basic function of any accounting program. I currently use another program I have set up outside of Xero to achieve this absolutely necessary function.
Happy to show you guys (Xero) how my system works if you are interested?
Come on guys, you need to be better! - it costs us time and money the way it is currently.

This is important, I save job numbers into the description field as this is the only field you can enter on the mobile app.
However, Xero does not search for data in the description field. Can this be achieved or added.

Same would apply to Bills, please add this functionality

Search feature to include 'NEXT' option when viewing searched invoices!
Or more simply, to include 'Description' in the search, for more specific results.

Seems like a no brainer that shouldn't be technically difficult.

not searching description is poor form as Reckon allows for the extra columns in the invoice and searches products.

Being able to add additional columns would save so much time! Description and GL should be simple to add, and would save Huge amounts of search and rec time!

Another option that should be basic, probably because Xero is aimed at the small business owner who doesnt know much about proper accounting but for anyone who knows about accounts this is very beneficial.

Description would be useful within the invoice list views when clicking into a contact too and also on debtors and creditors reports. It is a basic field and without it, an invoice number can be meaningless.

There is so much more that needs to be improved in the search results. Showing a description could start to ease the unhelpful results. You use a search function to find an invoice, bill or other transaction. It's hopeless if you need to interrogate each one, especially when doing so closes the search results if you forget to open in a new tab. This function also needs to return results in some logical order - by date could be an idea. Results need to be exportable - just excel (no fancy formatting, no merged cells)and if they could be sorted in the results window by contact, date etc. this would be a useful function. As it is it's basic, barely functional.

you need to sort the out its a big problem for me I am very dissapointed, you seem very sheepish about this i have asked before

SORT THIS OUT PLEASE NOW !

I agree this would save me lots of time and money.

Definitely needed as this is the only place to enter invoice numbers. Not being able to search an invoice number is time consuming.

I find it hard to believe Xero cannot impliment a simple search feature or description column

this is more usefull if can search by description

I agree this would make Xero search more efficient!

Having to search through each and every invoice looking for an item is taking up too much time

This is a must; it is taking too long to find information. Thankyou

This is needed please