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At 733 votes as of today, this request appears to have more votes than any other idea on the forum (second highest is in the 500s), yet you still can't make it a core function. That is a strong indication that you don't care what your users want.

So I finally jumped in to look at the $yft platform.

Point 1 - I wanted 3 regular reports to export from Xero. Syft has none of these:

- An up to date invoices list with status of payments
- A list of invoices in draft status but unsent
- A list of creditors with late payments.

Funnily enough Xero has all 3 of these reports available already. But you don't let me generate a .pdf and email it on a schedule.

You don't let me generate a .csv or .xls and email it on a schedule.

So I have a manual task which is the complete opposite to what Xero promises in its marketing and its own mission/vision delusion.

So Xero has the functionality to generate a .pdf and the functionality to export a .csv (A) - we see it in invoicing and reports modules.

And you have email functionality to attach a .pdf to an email and send it (B - in invoicing module). I would like to think that your amazing coding team can make the jump and do the same for a .csv (C).

SYFT is NOT solving this problem. Even If I pay more for it (at least from what I can see from the existing platform)

XERO is NOT solving this problem. (i'm going to say that the coding team says yes they can, that the customer experience team says yes we should, but the customer revenue team says - lets leave a few pieces of functionality out that is sufficiently annoying that it drives customers to pay more at some time in the future). If $yft was that moment then you just crashed and burned.

Please Put A + B + C together, INSIDE XERO. I am sure your summer interns can put the code together in maybe a couple of days and you could release it to us by Christmas.

Or maybe I just transition my US entity across to QBO - like the rest of the business is running and the experiment on XERO can be closed.

Xero has told us this feature is “valuable in the long run” but “not currently on [the] development roadmap”. Then in 2024 Xero buys Syft, and suddenly an admin posts: “You can now automate report scheduling with Syft Analytics! This is the stand alone product that Xero bought in late 2024. It’s incredible.” So a basic workflow we have begged for in core Xero is only “incredible” once we pay for an extra product Xero now owns.

From an investor slide, Xero even boasts that it has “added Syft Analytics features … to different business plans to drive improved mix”... meaning using Syft to push customers up the pricing ladder instead of giving long requested functionality to the people already paying.

That is exactly why this feels so wrong. Xero, if you want to prove this forum is not just a lead generator for upsells, ship automated report generation and emailing as a free, native feature in Xero, not as a paywalled Syft add on.

"It's incredible" as the Xero rep pushes Syft... but it is a minimum of £250 a year to do something that is a basic requirement and should be free.. beggars belief in this day and age. I see in the IT news today that Xero are also going to start charging for API access so suspect integrations will start to raise in price as well. Have told our accountant Sage looks a better package although not holding out much hope we will change.

Re Peejay Moody comment, I would argue it is not even 3rd party software any more as, per the post below, Xero own it.

I do not see Syft as a 'win' for this issue. Increasingly, users are forced to pay for 3rd party software to access processes that should be included as core Xero functionality. Apps should be used for advanced capability, not as a crutch for Xero's failures.

You can now automate report scheduling with Syft Analytics! This is the stand alone product that Xero bought in late 2024. It's incredible.

https://www.syftanalytics.com/

Come on Xero, this feature should be a high priority on your development roadmap! All business users need this feature URGENTLY....

I would love to be able to email myself and clients an automated monthly report

This would be a brilliant feature to add

Just to add that similar to the concept of scheduling a report to be emailed, scheduling the report to be run and saved to a cloud file location would be welcome functionality for modern, timely reporting. As well as making regular reporting more efficient, this would overcome many of the problems associated with Xero's limited permissions.

This isn't something that is "valuable in the long run". This feature will be extremely valuable right now. I have to send out multiple reports a week to different stakeholders, aswell as manually update different sheets that are automatically connected to other programs. Xero is the only weak link here. This change could have a significant impact on my use and views on Xero.

in this day and age, such a common feature.

It is literally nearly insane that such a basic feature needs to be consistently requested. Just do it and move on.

I just want to add my support to those already asking for automated, date-driven reports in Xero.

Being able to set up reports once and have them auto-generate and email out would save so much admin time, reduce errors, and make the platform even more powerful.

It’s not just a convenience — it’s a feature that would help businesses of every size run smarter and make faster decisions.

Really hope Xero takes this on board — the demand is clearly here.

Wondering what logic there could possibly be from Xero for note providing something so basic and something which seems to have been requested a decade ago?

I would like to be able to send out weekly reports to multiple stakeholders. This feature is available in several other applications e.g. Zoho.

Scheduling of reports is a pretty standard functionality; surprised Xero doesn't have this. Makes automating some reporting process with AI tools challenging.

I would benefit from this from the several businesses I am working with.

Was just looking to see if I could do this... glad it's at least a conversation. I like some of the things Xero has added lately. This is one of those features that would be noticeable.