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  1. I would like to Xero to revert Users back to alphabetical order again. Or at least give Admin permissions to sort. Alphabetical is much quicker when looking to see if someone already has permssions.

    8 votes

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  2. Hierarchy of approvals of bills and Purchase orders

    eg Invoices over £1000 go to tom to approve

    71 votes

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    We appreciate the feedback and interest in being able to set different levels of approval across different transaction types in Xero atm. Currently the draft permission will enable a user to create draft transactions in an org with out the ability to approve, while the Sales Invoice Only role will enable a user to create and approve invoices or quotes without access to purchases, and similarly the Invoice Only Purchases role will allow a user to create and approve Purchase transactions without access to Sales.

    To better understand the ask in this idea can you share exactly the type of set up you would be looking to achieve to help with entering information in your organisation.

  3. Read Only - Allow viewing imported bank statement

    Have it so Read Only users can view imported bank statement, I don't know why this isn't already a thing....

    25 votes

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    "Thanks for the suggestion! We’ve reviewed your idea, and it is now ready for community voting. To help move this forward, please share it with your colleagues so they can add their support. The comments section is also open for other users to share specifically how this feature would help them."

  4. Standard user to be able to run and publish reports. Standard user to be able to prepare BAS but not submit (current set up), able to lock period but not modify locked period.

    7 votes

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    Thanks for sharing this Idea with us, there is a lot of interest in this area. We are moving this to Gaining Support so you can share wiht friends and colleagues so they can vote and comment!

    This is really helpful for the Product team who are able to gauge the community interest. Any updates to this will be posted here.

  5. Proposed Feature: Quote Only User Role with Restricted Inventory Access

    Introduce a Quote Only user role in Xero that allows a user to create, edit, send and approve quotes while restricting access to all other parts of the system. The user should only see the quotes they created themselves and nothing else.

    The Quote Only user should be able to create quotes, edit their own quotes, send quotes to customers, and view inventory items with read only access. Inventory visibility should include item descriptions, prices, tax settings, and available stock quantities, but the user should not be able to modify…

    9 votes

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    Hi Matthew, thanks for sharing your idea, and letting us know the changes that matter most for you.

    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! Cheers

  6. Viewer permissions - Ability to customize Viewer permission for users. Eg If I want to provide viewing access to only Bills but not for Bank accounts. Also, ability to provide access to users based on Reporting tracking category, this is very useful for not-for-profit organization, where many staff are volunteer and we would like to assign user based on reporting category.

    3 votes

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    Thanks for raising this, Reshma. We understand the request for more flexible View Only permissions, so access could be limited to specific areas.

    I’ve updated the status to Gaining Support so we can continue tracking community interest. What would you want to be able to include or exclude when setting up Viewer access?

  7. If a user has access to Invoices and Purchases and they have the ability to change Customer detail the role or an additional role should be to be able to export customer lists details as well as a seperate roll to access the age receivables.

    This would give the Debtos managment role full access to follow up on all debtors and be able to update details for customers in bulk.

    4 votes

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    Hi Rozane, thanks for raising this idea. We can see how being able to export contacts with Invoice Only permissions could help businesses delegate tasks to team members without giving extra permission.

    I've updated the status of this idea to Gaining Support so we can continue gathering feedback and better understand the workflows where this level of access would be valuable.


  8. I have read the Xero feedback that multiple approval levels in XeroMe expenses is not on the roadmap (disspointing) but I would like to make a case for a specific situation. I have team managers that can approve other expenses, but they should not be able to approve their own expenses.

    Can we please have a check box, or option, that if someone is granted approver status, that they should or should not be able to approve their own expenses? Everyone needs a reviewer, but as it stands, if someone is granted approval rights, that individual can approve their own…

    8 votes

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    Hi Brian, thanks for sharing your feedback. We understand the point in having an option to prevent users from approving their own expense claims, particularly for larger teams or businesses with more structured approval workflows.

    I’ve moved this idea to Gaining Support so we can continue tracking interest and help our product teams better understand the demand for this type of approval permission setting.

  9. I am going through a bad divorce and I have to give my ex wife read only access to my company file however i am going against court orders and not giving her access as i know she will take invoices, purchase orders and product sell and buy prices to my competitors once our settlement is complete.

    I need xero to create a read only service that does not show invoices, purchase orders, bills, inventory and also removes the report tab. pretty much just allow her to see bank accounts and where money is getting allocated.

    i really feel like…

    7 votes

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    Thanks for sharing your idea, and letting us know the changes that matter most for you. Xero’s current roles (including Read only) are intentionally broad, but we know they’re often too ‘all or nothing’. We can’t give a timeline for specific changes to Read only yet, but the direction is definitely toward more configurable roles and tighter control over what view-only users can see.

  10. Standard User Roles - Toggle ability to reconcile transactions. Would like the option for Standard Users to have full visibility of the bank (Reconcile tab included) but just not be able to reconcile any invoices/bills/spend moneys

    2 votes

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    Hi there, thanks for sharing this idea about allowing users to view bank accounts and the Reconcile tab without being able to reconcile transactions. Thanks for letting us know how separating visibility from the ability to make changes could help businesses delegate banking tasks while keeping tighter control over financial actions. We’ve opened this idea for community support so others can vote and add context. This will help us understand the broader need and gauge the impact for other Xero users.

    We’ll continue to monitor the feedback and engagement on this idea and update the thread if there’s more to share.

  11. Permissions - User Roles to Submit and Approve Journals.

    There is currently just an option to "save as draft" or "post" so no approval workflow or audit trail on approvals.

    Users should have custom permission to create/submit or approve journals.

    2 votes

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    Thanks for sharing your feedback. We understand the need for more flexibility around who can create and post manual journals. A dedicated approval workflow could make it easier for teams to delegate journal preparation.

    We've moved this idea to Gaining Support so we can continue gathering feedback. If this could help your team, add your vote and share what you'd like the approval workflow to include.

  12. New Inventory Permissions - Standard user automatically gets full control of inventory. Is it possible to customise this like you have in Invoice only to View,Edit etc?

    Could we please request further customisation of inventory permissions?

    Under the current permission structure (NEW), a standard user has the ability to edit and manage inventory. However, if reduced to Invoice only, they can view inventory items (which is helpful) but they lose the ability to view all invoices for a contact. This makes it difficult for them to properly review customer purchasing history.

    At present, the only way to allow visibility of…

    6 votes

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    Thanks for the additional feedback! Understand how having these permissions for the Standard role would be beneficial, and this is something we do want to support but don't have a clear timeframe for just yet.

    I'll shift your idea for Accepted right now and keep you updated of any progress around this here.

  13. I used to be able to sort by login history to see who has been working on which client account. This feature no longer is available it seems. Also, there used to be the ability to see a year's worth of logins, now it's only a few months. Why the change? This doesn't help when we are doing a year's worth of book-keeping for previous periods and I would like the functionality back to what we had in Classic. When using something New, please add and not remove well used and helpful reports and options. Thank you.

    BTW, why did…

    12 votes

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    Thanks for sharing your idea, and letting us know the changes that matter most for you. Currently the History and notes Assurance dashboard shows the date and time for the year. We can appreciate that the Users - login history should show a period longer than 60 days, 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.

  14. The new Xero user permissions do not work well for accounting and bookkeeping firms that manage Xero on behalf of business owners.

    There are two issues I would like Xero to address:

    Issue One: Restore published report downloads for the “Manage Client” role

    For existing organizations, the user permissions screen may look the same as it did previously, but the actual permissions associated with those roles have changed.

    For example, users assigned the Manage Client role were previously able to view and download published reports. Those users can now view published reports but can no longer download them.

    Please restore…

    1 vote

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    Thanks 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.

    If you're interested to see recent releases or get a pulse on what's coming soon see The Long and Short of it. 🙂

  15. Xero has recently improved user permissions so that users with the Sales & Purchases – reports for sales & purchases role can access Aged Receivables and Aged Payables reports without also being given access to all financial reports.
    This is a very welcome improvement, particularly for administration staff who need access to debtor and creditor information as part of their day-to-day roles, but who should not have access to sensitive reports such as the Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet or bank account information.
    Unfortunately, these users can currently view and run the Aged Receivables and Aged Payables reports but cannot…

    1 vote

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    Thanks 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.

    If you're interested to see recent releases or get a pulse on what's coming soon see The Long and Short of it. 🙂

  16. It would be great to be able to select/deselect more options under each role if the role isn't quite right.

    E.g. I need a user to be able to view all the previous invoices and create new ones but not be able to approve invoices. Neither Sales nor Draft sales roles offer this option.

    1 vote

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    Hi 👋 your idea is being looked into by our Community team. We'll be in touch soon to update you once your idea has been reviewed.

    Did you know you can join our Xero Research panel to be involved in early testing and research? Find out more and sign up through our website 🙂

  17. Currently when you grant a user the ability to draft sales and purchases, this comes with the ability for that user to access the notes & history for all contacts. This contains sensitive financial information associated with that contact.

    It would be useful to add in to Settings > Users > Permissions to be able to restrict access to contact notes & history as an option across all user permissions.

    1 vote

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    Hi 👋 your idea is being looked into by our Community team. We'll be in touch soon to update you once your idea has been reviewed.

    Did you know you can join our Xero Research panel to be involved in early testing and research? Find out more and sign up through our website 🙂

  18. An emaill notification of a new user being added to the file plus a history of who added someone the file should be set up as a security to the those who manager users. This audit trail is important to the security of the files and a good backup check.

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    Hi 👋 your idea is being looked into by our Community team. We'll be in touch soon to update you once your idea has been reviewed.

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  19. Remove the ability from certain users to delete bank line transactions.

    We need clients to update bank login details etc however we don't want them to have the ability to delete line transactions.

    2 votes

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    Hi Zak, thanks for sharing this idea. We understand how having more granular user permissions to prevent specific users from deleting bank transactions could help strengthen internal controls while still allowing users to complete their task.

    I've updated the status of this idea to Gaining Support so we can continue tracking community interest. If this permission would be valuable for your business, we'd love to hear more about how you manage bank permission across your team.

  20. Dual Login option for Partners

    Under user drop down have another profile for partners and BAS Agents to use in client Xero accounts that do not have BAS Agent details attached.

    This will allow agents to view client BAS for clients they are not the BAS agent for.

    Currently BAS agents cannot see BAS for clients that have connected to ATO directly with their business credentials.

    This would replace the current work around of adding another user with different email for the Partner to assist clients with BAS settings etc.

    1 vote

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    Appreciate you raising this, Renee.

    We understand the ask for dual login feature where BAS agents/partners can switch to a profile without agent credentials.

    As a clarification, clients can connect their Xero organisation to the ATO as business users, after which BAS agents and partners with the appropriate access can view the client's BAS from within the organisation. A separate client login isn't required for this workflow.

    We've updated the status to Gaining Support so we can continue tracking community interest. Add your vote if a dual login option could help with other account management needs and let us know more about your use case.

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