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Bills - Auto fill contact detail to create new contact
If a bill comes in from a new contact, auto-fill contact details from the bill rather than having to type in. Also auto-check and flag if contact details differ once you select a contact.
4 votesAppreciate you suggestion, Vanisha. We understand the request to automatically populate contact details from a bill when creating a new contact. Having more information carried across during the creation process could help reduce manual data entry when adding new suppliers.
We've updated this idea to Gaining Support so we can continue tracking interest from the community. If this would improve your workflow, add your vote and share how you'd use it.
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Smart document data capture - multiple pages
please can you tell me when we might be able to capture a multi page invoice as one pdf in Smart Invoice Capture - ie 2 pictures to one PDF as can be done Dext
4 votesHi Tracey! We're in the process of releasing a new feature via our Xero Accounting app that will enable you to upload as separate or a single document that can be processed with Smart Document capture once uploaded to your org. 😊
We expect to have this live to all users soon so I'll round back to confirm when it's out to 100%.
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Contact - Approval process for new contact creation
For internal controls it would be good if creating new customer and supplier contact can go through a draft and for approval stage. This allows an approver to 4 eyes check the information captured before the contact is created. (Ensure all required fields get captured)
4 votesHi Llewellyn, thanks for bringing this suggestion to the community.
We understand why having an approval step before new contacts are created could be useful, especially for businesses and practices managing larger teams where keeping contact records accurate and consistent is important.
This idea is suggesting a workflow where new contacts can be reviewed and approved before being added, helping teams maintain better control over their contact data.
For now, you can manage who can create and edit contacts by adjusting user roles and permissions. We’ll continue to track feedback and interest from the community around this idea.
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XPH - Add a column or notification to view new client file uploads across all organizations
I have many clients so it is time consuming to go to each client organisation and into Files just to check whether there are new uploads. It would be great to have a dashboard in Xero HQ that showed how many items were in a clients Xero Files inbox. Or at least get notified when a client has uploaded to the Files inbox.
4 votesHi everyone, thanks for taking the time to share this.
We understand you’re looking for a central way to see when clients upload new documents, such as a notification or status indicator within the partner dashboard.
Having a clearer view of new uploads could make it easier for practices to manage client tasks and follow up on outstanding items.
We’ll continue to track feedback and interest from the community for this idea.
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T4A - Reporting
In Canada we need to file T4A slips for contractors. We can create a group of suppliers/contacts who would need a T4A, and we can create saved custom reports for the transaction lists, and we can add all their details to the contact, but we can't combine all this info into one report. It would be great if we could have a report that let us see both the amounts paid to a contractor AND their contact details in one report that we can then use to prepare the slips. Even better would be an actual workflow that we could…
4 votesThanks so much for outlining your T4A workflow and how you’re currently pulling this together in Xero – that context is really helpful.
We’ve moved this idea to Gaining support ✨ so other customers can vote and add their own use cases. We’ll keep an eye on the votes and comments here to help us understand how important this is and how it might fit into our future plans.
While we can’t promise if or when this will be delivered, your feedback is now part of our product planning process. Thanks again for taking the time to share it and help us improve Xero for Canadian contractors’ reporting.
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Xero Files - Removing Files from transactions and Adding back into Xero Files & Searching Xero Files
It doesn't appear to be possible to Remove attached files from a transaction and save it back to Xero Files. I found it to be a useful function. Would it be possible to add it back again? Also it would be really useful to be able to Search on documents in Xero Files.
4 votesThanks 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. Additionally, regarding the other idea on searching within the files section, I have found a similar idea to what you're suggesting and added your vote there. We'll monitor both ideas for traction.
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Contact - Add a 'Bad Debtor' status flag with invoicing alerts
Would be great to be able to assign a special rate to a particular client so that rate generates each time you invoice that client and also add tick box to mark as bad debtor which flags them up.
4 votesHi Denise, thanks for sharing this idea! We can see how a “Bad Debtor” flag could be a really useful tool for managing risk. When your business is busy, you don’t want to accidentally extend credit to a customer who’s already significantly overdue.
Right now, the absence of an automated alert means staff often have to double-check a customer’s payment history or risk raising an invoice for someone who should be on a stop-credit list.
As a short-term option, you can use the Contact Notes field. Adding a note to a contact makes it visible when viewing their details, though it doesn’t yet “pop up” during invoicing.
Regarding your idea on default rates, you can already assign a default discount rate to contact records. You can also use the Untrack Items feature to make data entry faster and reduce manual effort.
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Files - Add Expiry/Renewal Date and Automated Reminders
Ability to add an expiration date or renewal date to files (Contract end date, Tax clearance certificates etc.) with reminders on when documents are up for renewal.
4 votesHi team, thanks for sharing your thoughts on adding expiry and renewal dates to files. It’s been useful to hear how this could support the management of compliance-related documents like insurance certificates and training records.
The idea of having reminders for upcoming renewals is a practical one, particularly for teams working in compliance-heavy environments. We’ve moved this idea to Gaining Support, which means it’s now open for the wider community to add votes and comments. If this would be helpful for your business, feel free to share how you’d use it or any specific scenarios you have in mind — that context helps shape what we look at next.
In the meantime, the current workaround is to track renewal or expiry dates outside of Xero, and archive expired files before uploading the updated versions when they’re ready.
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Xero files - option to view files as a group, reducing the need to open individually
New Xero files - add option to return to the old way of viewing bills that had been uploaded?
I often log in to 80-100 bills that have been uploaded into files for me to add to a clients xero. Until the recent changes you could click on the oldest one and then scroll through each one viewing them full screen whilst working on another screen to add the information to a bill in xero. Now when you click on the file it opens in a much smaller box on the far side of the screen and you can't scroll…
4 votesThanks 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. While that exact group view isn't available in the new design, we have a helpful trick: we recommend you try expanding the side view of the file so it fills up most of your screen. When you do that, you'll be able to quickly jump between files just by hitting the Tab and Enter keys on your keyboard. If you run into any trouble with this or need more help, please don't hesitate to reach out to our support team :)
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Attachments - Add preview compatibility for .eml and .msg files
Please consider adding compatibility to preview .eml files (and .msg files if possible) that are attached to invoices (and other documents) in Xero, similar to the pdf preview window.
Emails are text/HTML so this seems achievable.
This would save time needing to download correspondences to view them, which are useful attachments in Xero for audit purposes.
4 votesIt’s great to see ideas around attachment previews, especially how support for .eml and .msg files could make audit workflows smoother.
This idea is now open for the community to vote on and discuss. Adding a few details about how it would fit into your workflow can help others understand why it matters and give the product team extra context.
We’ll keep this thread updated as things develop.
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Contacts - Additional People Search
it would be nice to pull from a dropdown of existing contacts already in the system to add to Additional People instead of having to type in their first/last name and email all over anew.
4 votesHey all, just a quick update on this.
Although we don't have any plans for this right now, feel free to share this idea with any colleagues that this could benefit so they can add their votes and comments to share how this might be useful to them, too.
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Contacts - Ability to add an ID type for e-invoicing
Noticed that the BRN can be filled in the "Business Registration Number" data field in Xero Contact, but how about the individual contact with an Identity Card or Passport number?
Even we can fill the IC / passport number in the BRN field, but how to choose the ID type (whether it is IC No., Passport No., BRN, or Army No.)?
4 votesHi Liew,thanks for raising this. We can see how having a dedicated field for e-invoicing IDs on a contact would make things easier, especially when you're managing different ID types and need a quick way to reference them.
At the moment, you can enter specific IDs like the BRN, but there’s no option to add a custom or more general ID type.
This idea’s now in the Gaining Support stage. Your input helps us get a better sense of how useful this would be across the wider Xero community, and feeds into how we prioritise updates. We’ll share more here when there’s progress.
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Hubdoc - Quick calculations when enter amounts
Calculator function in the dollar fields -- Reckon accounts has a function where, if you need to split a total into 2 or more lines, you can subtract it from within the dollar field just by pressing the minus button. Then to enter the result into the dollar field you just press the enter key. See screenshot.
4 votesHi Dana, thank you for this feature idea. A calculator function to handle quick calculations within the dollar fields in Hubdoc is a great suggestion.
We're grateful for your engagement and for letting us know the changes that matter to you.
We've reviewed your idea and now it can gain support from other community members. Along with votes, others can now comment to share additional detail about how your idea could improve their experience with Xero.
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Advisor Directory - Instagram link
I would love to link the practice to Instagram for clients to find us. I have more followers there than FB. I also get more inquiries from IG.
4 votesThanks for your feedback, Tonia.
While it's not currently possible to add your Instagram link to your advisor listing on xero.com, you could add your Xero advisor listing URL from xero.com to add to your Instagram page.
We don't have direct plans for adding more social link options to Xero advisor listings atm, but we'd like to get a sense of the community support for this that our product team can consider.
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Contacts - Show Contact Details on Customer Activity Page
I would like to be able to see the "Contact Details" as a little box on the left side of the Customer Activity Page. See my example attached.
I use the 'contact details: notes' section to add notes about some of our jobs, because the History/Notes section is useless. I would like to see the ability to move the customer tabs around and display what we want to see on the activity page.
Not every single one of my customers has an additional note, so I don't always remember to click over and double check it. I want to be…
4 votesThanks for taking the time to share this suggestion Justine.
I can certainly see how having those specific notes visible right alongside the transaction feed would improve efficiency and make sure key information isn't missed.
While this isn't in our immediate plans to make changes in this area, this idea is open for support from other community members, and we'll keep a close eye on the interest here.
You may also wish to vote on and share your thoughts on some similar ideas regarding how notes are viewed in Contacts:
Contact List - Viewing notes from the Contact List
Contacts - View all transactions history & notes from contact record
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Hubdoc - Filters for published to Google Drive or DropBox
To be able to view a list of documents that have "not" been published to Google Drive or DropBox. With the ability to filter and bulk publish would be a really useful feature to have
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Contact - Ability to copy & paste bank account number (accept spaces not just hyphens)
When you try to add a new bank account to a contact, Xero only accepts numbers and hyphens in the field. Spaces are not accepted.
All invoices issued by Xero have the issuer's bank account on the invoice formatted with separating spaces between the number blocks.
So when entering a new contact, I can't just copy-paste the bank account number from the invoice that was created by Xero because the format of such number doesn't comply with the formatting in Xero contact section. Every time it has to be manually edited by all the thousands of Xero users.
It would…
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Contacts - Add a Running Total column to the Activity tab
Add a running total column for outstanding invoices/bills in contact activity.
4 votesThanks so much for taking the time to share this idea with us Pras 🙂
We can see it would be helpful to have Xero automatically calculate the net amount between invoices and bills for the same contact.
We’ve now moved your idea to Gaining Support so other customers can add their vote and share how this would help their workflow too. This helps our product team better understand the level of interest and impact.
We really appreciate you raising this with us, and we’ll keep you updated if there’s any progress to share.
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Contacts - Add a Tracking Category in the Contacts Screen
When setting up a contact, it would be useful to be able to add a new tracking category directly in the contacts screen. If I forget to add a new tracking category to my existing list first and go to add a new contact then the tracking category isn't there. I then need to change menus in order to set up the tracking category and then go back and edit my contact to include it. I think it would be a good feature.
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When forwarding emails containing pdf invoices, Files needs to identify the invoice and not upload logos and other attachments. Dext can
Currently when forwarding emails to Files that contain a pdf invoice, Files is also uploading images, logos and any other attachments, Dext and AutoEntry does not upload these extra things and so we now have to go through and delete anything that is not an invoice. Which is time consuing and open to errors
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