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  1. Having an Indirect Method report to be available as a standard report.

    Purpose: Using this report is easier for users’ who don't have feeds activated in their Xero org.

    128 votes

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  2. Ability to add annual budget as one of the fields in the Account Transaction report.

    Purpose: To get a better figure of how much an organisation has spent.

    32 votes

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  3. Adding payment dates and details in the Aged Payable/Receivable report.

    Purpose: It is useful to see any outstanding invoices.

    32 votes

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  4. Ability to customise adviser reports at a client level.

    Purpose: To make the accountant can easily provide the report that suits their client’s preference.

    7 votes

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    Thanks for sharing your thoughts on how we can improve Xero for you. While our team are considering improvements to Report Templates, currently there are no direct plans for changing the way Report Template fields are updated. We'll continue to keep an eye on the interest of this here, and share if there's any change to this. 

  5. Ability to show attached documents in Reporting.

    Purpose: To provide clients to see the list of transactions which also show the attachment for each transaction.

    283 votes

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    Hey everyone, thanks for your feedback on having the ability to run a File Attachment report in Xero.

    We know it's a bit of a manual process right now, but to confirm there are currently some places within Xero that'll help provide a view of the files attached to transactions, such as the account transactions page in the bank reconciliation screen, or the list pages like on Invoices or Bills.

    Though we really appreciate you highlighting how this feature would be useful to you, we want to be transparent that we don't have any plans for building a report of this nature right now.

    Though the idea has been updated to Not in pipeline it will remain open for votes. If there are any changes that change this state we'll make sure to share with you all, here. 

  6. Ability to choose either portrait or landscape for aged payable/receivable report layout.

    Purpose: To make the layout look more consistent between these two reports.

    159 votes

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    Hi everyone, understand the confusion in some of the recent comments here. To explain how this works at present - A report will automatically default to portrait or landscape mode based on the width of the report. The more columns you add, Xero will automatically switch the layout from portrait to landscape mode.

    The same report should not change from user to user, if you're finding this it may be worth checking your printer fit settings and if these differ.

    We don't have plans for developing an option of whether a report prints in landscape or portrait mode atm, but our teams are across the interest of this, so if there's any change we'll share an update on this with you, here.

  7. Ability to round numbers in reports to the nearest thousand.

    Purpose: To make the figures easily read by the client.

    16 votes

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  8. To exclude non-cash accounts in the statement of cash flows reporting.

    Purpose: Users will be able to get cash flows figures that are non-cash basis easily.

    26 votes

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  9. To make contents and cover page customisable in the New Reports.

    Purpose: To make the report look more professional when showing it to the clients.

    87 votes

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    Hi everyone, right now the only way to edit a cover page in Xero is when you're publishing the report template. 

    Then you can change the Title, Date and Prepared by options. To further change the cover page, you can export the report template to a PDF file and customise it using a PDF editor. This would also be an option for editing the page numbers


    We made some changes in Report styles for our new reports in 2021, though this is only for practice users - They now have the option to choose from four font sizes, and can add a text watermark to exported draft and published reports. 


    We don't have plans to develop this functionality further in Xero atm, but we'll keep you updated if our plans change.

  10. The ability to report on items sold each month (by quantity) on a month by month basis

    Purpose: Users can easily run a report to see how many items customer buy this month, then they can also easily print it

    30 votes

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  11. Ability to show average days to pay by customer.

    Purpose: User can sort into the customer that habitually pay late and take appropriate action.

    178 votes

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    Hi community, thanks for your interest in this idea. Just wanted to pop in here to share, for those who aren't already aware, that you can export the Receivable Invoice Summary report. The report has a 'Last Payment Date' column that you can add to it which is useful for finding customers who habitually pay late so that you can take appropriate action.

    To be transparent, building a feature to show the average days to pay by customer isn't on our roadmap at this time, but we'll be sure to update this idea if that changes in future.

  12. Ability to only allow some users to access specific reports.

    Purpose: Because in some organisation, only some people can only see the information for some reports.

    303 votes

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    Heya team, we're now actively testing how reports could be grouped and accessed, and we'd love your input in this, so we can design a better report grouping structure that supports role-based access in reporting.

    Get involved! Complete a quick 15-min online activity to test how reports are grouped and accessed:

    • Part 1: answer questions about the current report grouping
    • Part 2: explores a new grouping and role-based report access

    👉 If you're interested, please go through the link here.

    Thanks again for your support and contributions to developing a solution that works best for majority of our customers!

    (Just to note - If you’ve already gone through this activity, there's no need to do it again — our researchers may have contacted you earlier 😊)

  13. Ability to add client’s logo into Reporting.

    Purpose: To make the look of the reporting belong to the client’s business.

    142 votes

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    Appreciate the feedback from everyone here, and hearing the value you'd find in being able to add a clients logo to reports and make them look more professional.

    Being upfront, this isn't somethign we have plans for developing right now, but I can assure you your feedback is heard by our product teams and they are keeping a watchful eye on the idea.

    We'll continue to get a sense of community support in this here, and if there are any updates I'll be sure to share with you all on this idea. Thanks

  14. Adding description column for Aged Payable/Receivable report.

    Purpose: To easily identify which invoices that need to be actioned.

    55 votes

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  15. Automatically send email reports every month.

    Purpose: Users can set up recurring reports to the dedicated person consistently at the same date.

    722 votes

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    Hey everyone, thanks for all the votes and feedback on this idea! Our product teams have definitely taken note and understand the effort involved in automatic report generation and sending.


    While it's something we see as valuable in the long run, it's not currently on our development roadmap with a specific timeframe. We're still keen to hear from those of you who would find this feature helpful, so please keep the conversation and votes coming. We'll be sure to update you if our plans change.

  16. Ability to show details on notes or comments from Invoices/Contact record to Aged Payable report.

    Purpose: With notes and comments, users will have extra details with the debts that the suppliers/customers owned to users’ business

    48 votes

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  17. Show files icon and number of documents attached within Account Transaction report.

    Purpose: To easily search the attached document from the main account transaction report screen.

    109 votes

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  18. Ability to add budgets in the balance sheet accounts.

    Purpose: It’ll make it easier for users to see the figure when they're budgeting in Xero.

    211 votes

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    Thanks for keeping the conversation going on this, everyone. It's clear that having the ability to create budgets for Balance Sheet accounts is a really popular idea, and we hear the manual workflows you're having to use when it comes to forecasting.

    The go-to option for now (as shared by some in this idea) is to export your data into a spreadsheet to build out your budgeted Balance Sheet and cash flow forecasts.

    I know it's not the outcome you're hoping for here, but we want to be upfront about where things stand. Right now, building this feature isn't in our plans. We have to make some tough calls on what to build next, and while this isn't on the current roadmap, the feedback you've all shared here is incredibly valuable for our future planning.

    Please keep the ideas and feedback coming to show your support for this idea. 

  19. Report that shows the total sales made by each sales person in an organisation

    Purpose: Ease of being able to compare Sales reps stats across the organisation and/or overtime

    11 votes

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    Hi team, not getting a lot of traction overtime we will soon remove this idea from the platform.

    As mentioned in our last update while we don't have a direct feature for reporting by sales person, there is a means to use one of your tracking categories to monitor and report by sales people in your organisation.

    • Create a tracking category called something like 'Sales Rep', and create category options within the category for each of your sales staff.
    • When a sales invoice or quote is created, you can include the staff member's name in the staff member (Tracking) field on the invoice/quote.
    • You can then use the Tracking reports to see the sales that relate to each 'Sales Rep' and calculate commission manually outside of Xero.

    Alternatively, we'd recommend exploring our Xero app store to find a solution that can offer this and more functionality to track and report…

  20. To have the ability to combine the reporting between more than one Xero org.

    Purpose: Better at group budgeting and account managements

    249 votes

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    Hi everyone, we know that consolidated reporting for multiple Xero organisations is a feature many of you are invested in, and we appreciate you continuing to share your feedback and insights on this idea.

    We hear that you need a more streamlined way to manage group budgeting, produce consolidated Profit and Loss reports, and handle intercompany transactions without the need for manual exports and external spreadsheets. 

    For those looking for solutions right now - As shared by others there are Xero app partners that possibly serve these and wider needs, and you can explore on our Xero App store. 

    We want to be transparent about the current state of this idea. While we continuously evaluate all ideas, work on developing consolidated reporting is not currently planned. 

    We know this isn't the news many of you hoped for, especially given how long this idea has been on the platform. We value…

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