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Former name/s field
Would it be possible to add a field under Client for Former name/s? As ASIC agent there are multiple scenarios of where we need to enter any former names for a client. It would be great to see a field under the client where we could add their maiden name etc.
6 votesThanks for submitting your idea on Xero Product Ideas. We appreciate you taking time to let us know how we could improve Xero for you.
Your feedback will soon be reviewed by our Community team, and in the meantime this can begin to build support with votes from other community members.
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XPH - Add My Jobs widget to the homepage
Having to navigate to the "Job Manager" tab to view a list of all my jobs is not very practical. It would make far more sense to see all your jobs in the homepage. For the people who do not want this feature, there can be an option to hide this widget.
9 votesHi Cherry, thanks for sharing this idea! It’s clear that not having “My Jobs” on the homepage adds extra clicks and makes it harder to keep on top of daily priorities.
As a workaround in the meantime, the Jobs table on the homepage does have filters — you can filter the jobs by Assigned to me as staff, Assigned to me as manager, or Assigned to me as partner to help focus on the tasks relevant to you. Still, we know a dedicated homepage widget would make this even smoother.
I’ve moved this to Gaining Support so we can track interest and see how many in the community would benefit. Your votes and comments help our product team understand the impact, so please keep them coming!
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XPH - Special characters especially on names
Getting people's names correct is table stakes.
My name has an accent on the e - Rémi - but it comes up on XPH as "Rémi". I would not want my staff's names, or client names, appearing amiss. Not sure if this would then flow through to invoices.
15 votesHi everyone, thanks for your engagement on this idea! We completely understand why it matters, especially for our global Partners. A person’s name is a big part of who they are, and having to simplify or change it just to fit into a software field can be frustrating and confusing.
We’ve moved this idea to ‘Gaining Support’ so our product teams can see its impact. Are there particular characters or languages where you notice this most?
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XPH - Clients etc should be clickable in all areas of XPM
Clients, jobs, contacts etc should be clickable in all areas of XPM. Im in a job, and the client is displayed to the right, I can't click it to go to the client record. Likewise, on timesheets, clients and jobs should be clickable. This saves a large amount of time.
15 votesThank you for sharing your idea about making client, job, and contact names clickable in all areas of XPM/XPH. We’ve heard consistent feedback from our partners and users that this would improve efficiency, and workflows.
We want to acknowledge that this feedback and we recognize the value of this suggestion and are keen to see how much support it receives from the wider community. If this is a feature that would make a difference for you and your team, please add your vote and share your specific use cases in the comments. Your input helps us prioritize what matters most to our customers as we continue to evolve XPM and XPH🌟
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Practice | Homepage - View if a clients feed needs refreshing
Being able to see which clients have feeds that need refreshing would help with taking actions quickly to ensure client data stays updated
5 votesHi team, we recognise that staying on top of disconnected or expiring bank feeds is important for keeping workflows running smoothly.
We hear that having a dedicated view or alert on the Practice Homepage would make it easier to manage bank feed refresh across clients, rather than only picking up issues when working in a specific file.
This is now in Gaining Support so we can gather interest and share how this could make day-to-day practice management easier.
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XPM - Reworking visuals on Timesheets and Productivity Dashboards
Make the timesheets and productivity metrics more attractive to incentivise employees to try and increase productivity or hours worked during the day.
Currently there is no visual appeal to having a 'better timesheet', either through more hours or a higher productivity (there isn't even any green that would signify a positive).
I suggest:
Having a widget (even just a simple line graph) that changes colour based on the productivity (i.e. a higher productivity would have a brighter green, good productivity green, low productivity red etc) - With this incorporating capacity reducing time to not skew this data
Introduce a metric…
9 votesHi Kurt, thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts on the XPH dashboards.
The idea of making timesheets and productivity metrics more visually engaging is an interesting one. As you’ve pointed out, the way information is presented can influence behaviour — whether that’s encouraging more timely entries or helping people quickly understand how they’re tracking against capacity.
I’ve moved this idea into Gaining Support so we can track interest and keep the conversation together. If this is something you’d value in your practice, adding your vote or expanding on how you’d use it will help build the picture for our product teams.
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XPH - color-coding and distinct tab titles for Tax vs. Practice modules
Previously, the tab colours were green when in XPM and blue when in a tax return, which was a really helpful visual cue.
Now that all tabs are black/grey, it’s much harder to quickly distinguish between them, especially when working across multiple tabs and jumping between information and returns.
Would it be possible to reintroduce a different tab colour when in a tax return?
5 votesHi Gabby, thanks for sharing your thoughts. It's clear that when multiple tabs are open, it can be easy to lose track of which tab is the client tax return.
Adding clearer visual cues like colour-coding or more distinct tab titles could help you move between Tax and Practice areas more confidently.
I’ve moved this to Gaining Support so we can gauge the interest from the community.
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Practice | Homepage - View if a clients bank feed has a connection issue
It would be useful to easily view and take action in client orgs where a bank feed has a connection issue.
5 votesIt’s clear that manually checking each client organisation to see if a bank feed has dropped out can take up valuable time.
We hear you that a central view or alert on the Practice Homepage would make it easier to spot connection issues across your client base and address them before they affect month-end work.
As mentioned, surfacing this in a homepage widget would reduce the need to check individual files and make it easier to stay on top of feed status.
I’ve added this to Gaining Support so we can track interest and share with our product team how this at-a-glance visibility could improve day-to-day practice management.
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XPH | Jobs - Add contrast to the new job creation design
The new beta job creation doesn't do anything the old one didn't do, everything is just either bigger or surrounded by more white space so there's less information on screen at once. It feels great on a touchscreen on an iPad, but I would assume most users are on a desktop where the experience is now just worse.
17 votesThanks for your feedback on the new layout of Jobs, Chris! It's really good to hear how this is landing with beta participants and where you see we could further improve this for you.
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Job Status - Change colour of Save button
job status Save button should be Green or Blue like other Save buttons please - alerts your eye to it.
11 votesCan totally appreciate your idea from a consistency stand point, any. I've shared this back with our product team and will let you know if there are any updates. 🙂
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Tax Manager - Dedicated "Overdue" tab for late lodgements
Can we have Late or Overdue Lodgements in a Separate Tab so they dobn't get buried with the others.
6 votesHi everyone, thanks for the suggestion. A dedicated Overdue tab in Tax Manager would make it easier to quickly see filings that have passed their due date, rather than relying on filters or scanning for overdue indicators.
At the moment, you can use status filters or sort by date due in the returns list, but we can see the value in having a clearer, dedicated view.
I’ve moved this to Gaining Support so we can track interest and share it with our product teams for consideration.
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Xero Partner Hub - Retain Visibility of Blank Tax/IRD Number Field in Client view
If the IRD number is not populated then this field disappears from the information screen when viewing a client's details. Can the field please remain on the screen even if left empty.
11 votesHi Sue, we appreciate you suggesting that the Tax/IRD Number field remain visible, even when blank - it’s a helpful idea for tracking data completeness and maintaining consistency in client records.
We’ve moved your idea to Gaining Support, so it’s now open for the community to vote and comment. Our product team is keeping a close eye on feedback coming through related to Xero Partner Hub.
We’d love to hear more from you and other community members about how this change could improve your workflow or benefit your practice. Sharing specific examples will help the team understand the value of this idea.
Thanks for getting the conversation started!
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Tax Manager – Include ATO clients missing from XPM/Xero Tax in the Ready To Start list
The returns ready to start from the ATO list need to also contain clients on ATO list not in xero tax so that we can use this list as our master list to clean up ATO clients/add new ones that may have been missed.
9 votesHi team, we can see how having the Ready to Start list in Tax Manager to include ATO clients missing from XPM/Xero Tax could make cross checking your clients list more efficient. Using this list as a single source to clean up or add missed clients sounds like a practical way to reduce extra steps.
This idea is now in Gaining Support, so it’s open for the community to vote and comment. If this would help your day-to-day work, we encourage you to add your vote and share your perspective—hearing how it could help in different situations gives the Product team a clearer picture of its value.
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Jobs - Show current and archived jobs on one page
JOBS - keep current and archived on one page, like it previously was is PM
8 votesThanks for your feedback on viewing current and archived jobs together in XPM. We appreciate you sharing how important this unified view is to your workflow.
We've reviewed your idea and now it's up to the community to get behind and support it. Make sure you share your idea with any colleagues that this could benefit so they can add their vote too!
Along with votes, other members can now comment to share additional detail about how your idea could improve their experience with Xero.
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XPH | Homepage - Widget for favourite Clients and direct link to Xero File for quick acess.
So when on home Practice Hub Per User- A Widget you can link your favourite Clients in a Widget for easy quick access to their Xero Files.
Similar to Favorites Clients on ATO Home Screen.12 votesThanks for raising your feedback with us here! Our product team are closing close attention, and I'm pleased to share that this is a widget that they are exploring for the Partner Hub homepage 😊
For now, we'll shift to in discovery and I'll give you another update as it moves along.
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XPH | Homepage time summary widget - Show 7 days
Time summary on home page. It would be great if we could have a seven day view on the main page as not all work is completed within traditional business hours.
I was sure that it showed me seven days last week but I am wondering if this updates if there are weekend entries?
Really enjoy the experience so far!
Thanks!
8 votesAppreciate your feedback, Kerry. Currently the time summary widget is based around capacity which is only Mon-Fri. However, our product team are keen to get a better sense of interest around this and will be keeping a watchful eye on the support in this idea.
I'll let you know if there are any updates.
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Xero Partner Hub - Milestones
Where do I find the dashboard milestones - it was my due tody, and overdue milestones. I can't find them in the new dashboard.
8 votesHi Glennis, Milestones aren't available from the new Xero Partner Hub homepage, however if you'd like to use this you can still switch back to the old Dashboard.
Right now our product team are watching the feedback through this forum closely, and we'd like to gauge the interest from others for this on your idea.
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XPH - Sticky header to keep client name visible while scrolling
It would be useful if you could "sticky" the client name to the top of the screen so when you scroll down you can always see which client you are viewing/editing.
5 votesHi Christine, thanks for sharing this suggestion. When working through longer client pages with multiple tabs and custom fields, it can be easy to lose sight of which client record you’re in. A sticky header that keeps the client name (and possibly reference code) visible would help keep that context in view and reduce the need to scroll back up to confirm details.
At the moment, you need to return to the top of the page to re-check the client information once you’ve moved further down the record.
I’ve moved this to Gaining Support so we can track interest and share it with our product teams for consideration.
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XPH | Jobs : Ability to move Job Costs (Disbursements) between jobs
In Xero, job costs entered under the Cost tab are locked to a job once created.
If a cost is allocated to the wrong job (wrong financial year, wrong client, duplicate job, or job later cancelled), users must currently reverse, delete, or manually re‑import the cost.This creates:
High admin overhead
Reconciliation issues between Xero and XPM
Increased risk of errors and missed costs
Frustration when compared to how easily timesheets can be movedThis issue occurs frequently in practice firms managing annual jobs, recurring subscriptions, and multi‑year work.
Ideally, maybe we can move them to the correct job as…
5 votesThanks for starting this conversation. When a cost is allocated to the wrong job, having to delete and recreate it can be time-consuming and can add extra steps to keep job costs accurate. An option to edit or move a cost between jobs would make this much simpler and reduce rework.
I’ve moved this to Gaining Support so we can track interest and share it with our product teams for consideration.
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XPH - Automatically link and sync Individual Clients with the Contact list
All individual Clients created should automatically be added as a contact and that contact should by linked to the client record. If you change the client detail that "new" contact that is linked should be auto updated. (in short an individual customer/contact is not "duplicated"). If you send mails from a job you can then use that client automaticly as a contact and do not have to create a contact
7 votesHey Louis, thanks for bringing this up! Having client info in both the Partner Hub and your practice contacts gives you flexibility, but it would be even smoother if updates could flow automatically between them.
Right now, exporting your client list from the Hub and importing it into your practice contacts is a simple way to refresh records in bulk. It’s a handy way to keep everything up to date.
We’ve moved this idea to Gaining Support so the product team can see how helpful a more connected, unified experience would be for Partners.
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