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  1. I would like files to be able to be renamed once they have been added to the files area. As most generic files only have numbers or letters it would make it easier to be able to rename them easily.

    also allow the files to be time stamped as well.

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  2. We are looking for a more streamlined way to change the Primary Contact person in Xero without having to manually copy and paste information.

    Currently, there isn't a direct method to promote an additional person to the Primary person role. To change the Primary Contact, you need to manually update the Primary person field with the details of the person you want to make primary.

    Having a feature that allows you to select an existing additional contact and promote them to Primary Contact would make contact administration much easier and more efficient.

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  3. The new layout does not support our workflow. On the contrary, it slows us down and makes the system less transparent. For practices like ours, managing hundreds of clients, clarity and efficiency are essential. The previous dashboard enabled us to see key information at a glance. The new version creates unnecessary friction.

    It is crucial that you retain the option to use the previous dashboard version and allow each Xero user to decide which layout best supports their work. There are hundreds of similar requests in community forums asking for this flexibility. In light of this, the current developer stance…

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    Appreciate you sharing feedback, Erzsebet. However we do ask that each post be contained to a single idea in a feature to help;

    • other members know what they're voting for
    • product teams get a sense of the interest for a particular change
    • us provide updates on any progress for a change

    Being upfront, the new homepage will replace the Dashboard experience over the coming weeks, and we cannot maintain both experiences long term.

    To help with some of the notes you've raised on your needs;

    • You can view draft invoices/bills from the Invoices owed to you/Bills to pay widgets - This now sits beneath the graph
    • # of items to reconcile should be visible from each Bank account widget, as well as within the Tasks widget
    • Net profit or loss widget will provide a quick gauge of the clients FY

    I'll update the title of your idea here for the…

  4. Allow for a default description under the sales default and purchases default in contacts so contact settings can pull through a generic description instead of having to manually add it each time.

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  5. Within contacts, we are unable to search by the identifer code that gets create and is displayed on the contact. See image, where it has the APP, in the search bar in contacts, if I use those 3 letters it comes up, cannot find. Why is this identifier there if you cant use it?

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  6. Unsure what category this would fall under - but when navigating through screens / pages and you then click back, the previous screen always rests and puts you to the top of the page, even if you were at the bottom / half way down etc.

    It would be useful if the previous page retained at whatever position you were at.

    I've noticed it on reports when drilling into detail when you click back and also on contacts when you'e looking through multiple contacts and then click back. It can be hard work figuring out where abouts on the page…

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  7. Under Customers Accounts, File Attachments - Move the View button for the attachment to the LEFT side and keep the Delete button on the RIGHT side of the attachment. NOT next to each other.

    Multiple times, we have accidentally deleted important files from the customer contact account.

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    Hi Sherri, thanks for your feedback. I know you started your idea in the Navigation and Homepage forum however this appears to relate to the Contacts page where you attach files to a contacts record.

    I've slightly update the title of your idea and moved this across forums. We will start to get a sense of the interest in this from the community here.

  8. Please remove the tel: prefix when phone numbers are copied from XPM to be pasted elsewhere. Currently they are formatted to have a "tel:" prefix which is part of the hyperlink format that makes phone numbers clickable, however this creates extra work when one needs to copy and paste the number because after pasting we have to edit it and remove the "tel:" prefix.

    As an admin function we often need to copy and paste the number and would like the "tel:" prefix removed please.

    FYI the email field had a "copy to:" prefix but that has since been removed…

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  9. 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…

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    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. 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 :)

  10. 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)

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    Hi 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.


  11. Allow organisations to disable autosync in Hubdoc for every supplier (existing & new) as an account level setting

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    Thanks for sharing your idea with us, Matt. 

    We've reviewed your idea, and it's now live on the Community page where others can vote on it and share their thoughts.

  12. I use Auto Tax. Be nice to go into contacts and select that as a default for contacts, where appropriate. Rather having to go to the drop down (in Invoices) each time.

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    Thanks for sharing your idea, and letting us know the changes that matter most for you. We appreciate you explaining how setting Auto Sales Tax as a default at the contact level could streamline your invoicing.

    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.

  13. Add an attach files button to all bank entries on the bank account transaction page. The button is omitted when a receipt is made up of invoice and credit notes or payment adjustment. The button is required to add the clients remittance advice.

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  14. Can we please have an option to run a report for contacts incl Suppliers for example, where we can then audit new suppliers for a time period. Links into other ideas posted here to also see last active/used date. Similiar to the account transaction reports but to be able to run one for Contacts/suppliers would be super helpful for audits. Currently xero does not support any such thing, only the history & notes which is basically useless as it does not have the capacity to show or export more than 1000 entries, so when we do more than that in…

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    Hi Emma , thanks for sharing your feedback and idea. For tracking payable transactions (bills) by contact, we suggest using the Supplier Bill Activity Report or filtering the Account Transactions Report by contact and payable invoices. If you require setup assistance, please raise a case with our support team for guidance.Regarding the 'last active/used date' feature: This functionality is not currently available in Xero. We have moved your idea to the Gaining Support section.We encourage you to share this idea with others to help build traction for its development.

  15. If i am searching a contact i would like the option to be able to make a batch payment from that screen.

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    Thanks for sharing this idea with us ✨

    While we don’t have any plans to share on this at the moment, we do want to better understand the level of interest and the different ways customers would expect this to work. We’re moving this idea to Gaining Support so we can continue gathering feedback and track demand more clearly.

    If others would find this useful too, adding their vote and sharing more detail around their use case will help us build a better picture of the need here.

  16. There is this "Add Text" option on the document view in the Files Section. But there does not seem to be any was to save a Text you add on the File. Then what does this menu actually intend to? If you have the option to save the Text, any additional comment could be made on the document.

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  17. Ability to run credit checks from the contacts page when enrolling new buyers.

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    Hi Alton, thanks for your idea. We understand you’re looking for a credit risk assessment tool within customer records, so you can review credit information without needing to use separate systems.

    Having credit insights available alongside customer details could help make onboarding decisions and credit management more efficient.

    We'll continue to gather interest and feedback from the community for future reference.


  18. It'd be useful to have the ability to paginate from the top of the Contacts list screen to avoid having to scroll down the page.

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    Hi!

    Thanks for sharing this idea about how you'd like the option to have the page selection at the top of this screen, rather than at the bottom.

    We've reviewed your idea and now it's up to the community to get behind and support it. Make sure you share it with any colleagues that this could also benefit, so they can add their votes and comments too!

  19. We would like an exportable / emailable report to show spends and bills in a period that are missing files / source documents.

    We could / would use this:
    - as a quick weekly review
    - monthly as part of month end
    - as part of GST prep
    - we work for clubs, and we would use this as part of annual pre-audit process for them - so the date range is important - as their year end is 31 Oct.

    Please make this a permanent feature or quickly accessiable report in Xero. Please also add it as a widget…

    3 votes

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    Appreciate you sharing your idea in the forums here, Glennis. Sort of 2 pronged for a report as well as a widget I found another idea related to your first suggestion and added your vote for.

    Separately, we'll get a gauge of the interest from others in a widget in Xero Partner Hub for this purpose from your idea here.

  20. When emailing receipts to Hubdoc, anything written in the email title or body should stay with the receipt. Currently, Hubdoc turns one email into 2 uploads. One upload is the email. One upload is the receipt. It is nearly impossible to know which email matches which receipt. The result is that important documentation is lost. For example, my clients often email a receipt to Hubdoc for meals and they write who was present at the meal and the business purpose into the email's title or body. Those details are required by the IRS but the current Hubdoc system does not…

    21 votes

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