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  1. Management Reports - Ability to notes in the newer versions as were an extremely useful function in the older version and missing from the new ones.

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    Thank you for engaging here, Nick.

    We recently launched an ability to create notes for the Management report pack by clicking 'Insert content' at the bottom of your page then you'll see 'Enable Add Note' option from there. This feature is available in the newer version of the main report pack which includes, Executive Summary, Profit & Loss, Cash Summary, Balance Sheet, Aged Receivables Summary, and Aged Payable Summary reports. You’ll also be able to annotate any figure in your report and link to a text-block for further information too.

    I’ll mark this idea as ‘delivered’ now. Feel free to explore more ideas or raise a new idea here. 

  2. Be able to customise the Receivable/Payable invoice reports to include paid date to more closely manage cash flow

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    Hey Leigh! I want to let you know that we've recently enhanced both our Receivable and Payable Detail reports. Where you can see when the invoice or bill was paid through the 'Last payment date' column.

    Thank you for submitting your idea here, I'll mark this as delivered now 🙂.

  3. "I would really like to see you add a reporting function that has

    1. individual PNL for each month in the current year - Jul/Aug/Sep etc
    2. a YTD total for the current year, and
    3. a YTD total for the previous year to enable comparison with 2.

    As an adviser to many small businesses this is the report that I (& I expect most advisers) are really looking for to help our clients

    The current reporting does not enable us to have the management discussions with clients as easily as it should.

    All the information is within the software, so it is…

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  4. I think it would be beneficial to be able to add commentary to the management report so that variance analysis can be explained to the owner of the business / interested parties (i.e. investors, banks) rather than just presenting a set of figures.

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    We want to update you that we've launched the new management report pack to all regions, which you'll have the ability to add commentary to your report through a text block to accompany tabular report data, or a whole blank page containing text - see our article here for more information.

    That being said, I'll mark this thread as 'delivered' 😄.

  5. On the management report it would be nice to have more flexibility with the way it is laid out. On the front cover for example we would like out logo to sit in the middle of the page at the bottom whereas at the moment the logo doesn't even go on the front cover.

    Also we would like to be able to enter a footer on to the front cover which doesn't sppear on the rest of the pages.

    Is this something that we can do that we just don't know about? If not please can you look at including…

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    I want to update you that the new management report pack is now released to all regions! You're now able to apply all of the customisations which are available in our other new style reports, to the same reports within a pack. 


    In saying that, I'll move this thread as 'delivered' 🙂.

  6. We run weekly management reporting cycle and find it very difficult to run weekly report. can a template be created for weekly report management report

    Thanks

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  7. Would you please create a General Ledger Detailed Report so that we can have a nice Xero standardized report instead of having to export to excel and print from there.

    We need to send this report to clients, and it isn't very attractive at the moment - printing from excel.

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    Hi everyone, 100% appreciate everyone wanting to hear from us in the idea here! We've made big strides with reporting across Xero and have more improvements in store.

    We've put a lot of focus into the Account Transactions report, and with options to include all the detailed columns as the General Ledger Detailed report, as well as have a running balance you can create the report you're after in Xero, or exported to be able to share with clients.

    Once set up, Save your report as custom, and if you think you'll often access it you can Favourite to jump on in, anytime! 😊

  8. Would love for the Cash Summary report to be able to be sorted by Account Code (like the P&L can).

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    Hi everyone, we're now happy to say that the enhanced Cash summary report is now released, which has the ability to sort by account code.

    To do this, you can click 'More', then tick 'Account codes' checkbox. Once this is done, you can also save the report as 'Custom' if using account code is your preferred layout, so the next time you open the report, you don't need to tick the checkbox again - see our article for more information.

    Thank you for your feedback here everyone, we'll mark this request as delivered so the votes will return to you all 🙂.

  9. Adding date paid column into Receivable Invoice Summary report.

    Purpose: To make users’ easier when doing the calculation of average days paid by each customer.

    3 votes

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    Hello community, we’re happy to let you know that you’re now able to add a date paid column in the Receivable Invoice Summary report. To see the date paid column in this report, you’ll need to tick the ‘Last Payment Date’ option under Columns.

    Thank you for raising this idea, we’ll now move this to ‘delivered’ status

  10. Ability to include customer credit limit and due dates of invoices in Aged Receivable report.

    Purpose: To be able to get a better view of the customer’s ability to pay and the outstanding invoices.

    29 votes

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    12 comments  ·  Reporting  ·  Admin →

    Hi community, rounding back from my last update - Credit Limits are now available to everyone within the Aged Receivables Summary report! 😊


    💡You'll see a common format in the left side bar or  can customise the general report to include Credit Limit and Available Credit as columns within your own layout - More detail on the report here

  11. When you change report settings on the Account Transactions (NEW) report to "Group By Account Code", you don't get the option to "Show Open and Closing Balances" or a "Running Balance" unlike the default option of "Group By Account". We use Account Codes more than Account for locating transactions and having the running balance and open / closing balances would make the report more useable.

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  12. Ability to show all tracking categories in separate columns in the P&L report.

    Purpose: To get a better income figure when comparing different areas/divisions in Xero.

    32 votes

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    10 comments  ·  Reporting  ·  Admin →

    Hi team, thanks again for all your feedback on the design and how you use tracking in your Profit & Loss.

    As mentioned in my last post - we've just  released a change to add the option to 'Compare tracking categories' from the main view in report settings, so you no longer have to jump into the layout editor. It's in the process of being rolled out to everyone, so if you don't quite have it yet it'll be with you in the next day or two. 😁

    Once you've got the report set up as you like, if this is a view you'd like to use on the regular save as custom, and you could make this the default if you like, too!

  13. Please allow the account transactions report to show even if there are no transactions for the specified period. i.e. the report will simply show the opening and closing balance.

    This is very important if you are reconciling/consolidating various accounts of which some have movement and some don't. Without the accounts balances for all accounts (inc those with no movement) it will not agree.

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    We've had a lot of development across Xero's reports, and everyone will now find we've provided options of which accounts to Include when running the report - those with Only transactions, transactions or non-zero balances, or All including zero balances!
    I know this has been in hot anticipation here, thanks for all your sharing in the community on this. 😊

  14. Ability to filter Account Transactions report by only Description. Currently description contains both the contact name and line description.

    Purpose: Clarity of data when running the Account Transactions report, and ability to better filter and customise the Account Transactions report

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    Didn't take long to round back 🙂 - Invoice # and Contact fields are now live in the Account Transactions report. 


    When you next run the Account Transactions report, you'll find options to add either of these fields as \columns to the report, or group/summarise and filter by either of these fields. 

  15. Hi,
    When clients run the cash summary report - they often select Period - 1 month, then compare with - previous 11 periods.
    This report can be run at any stage throughout the year showing the previous 12 months (showing each month on its own column to track trends etc) on a cash flow basis (P&L reports not relevant if there is equipment lines, drawings, tax payments etc).

    Most of my clients run this report regularly as it 100% focuses on the cash, showing cash movements during the period.

    My issue with running this report is that it only gives…

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    We wanted to let you know that we've released the improved Cash summary report, where you can now select more flexible date range by clicking the 'Date Range' field, then choose the comparison period from 'Compare with' column.
    To get the full picture on how this new feature works, check out our video here!

    Note that if you need to add a total column into this report, you can use the layout editor then add a formula that you're trying to get.

    Lastly, we really appreciate your input here, so we'll mark this request as delivered.

  16. Show YTD
    Show Total
    available for selection when running report
    Can add them when customising the report, but if you do so, then you will not be able to change the number of comparison periods in the report when you run it each time. Think of a monthly profit and loss report where as each month passes, you would like to show an additional month in the report.
    Trying to create a report pack for a client where there will be multiple versions of the profit and loss report each month based on the tracking categories.

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    Hello everyone, hope all is well with you!

    We want to let you know that the Year to Date (YTD) option is now available within the Profit & Loss (P&L) report. You can find this feature by clicking the More button, then you can tick the ‘Year To Date’ check box.
    If you want to know more about what you can expect in the Reporting feature space in the future, have a look at our blog here.

    I’ll mark this request as ‘Done’, so the votes will be returned to you. Thank you for your great feedback that you’ve given here 😃. (Oct 21) 

  17. Please VOTE for this. I would like my detailed general ledger (and other) reports to show me which bank account the transaction is from.

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    Hi everyone, we've recently released the related account column to the Account Transactions report, this shows both sides of the journal (so includes bank account) and can display up to 2 accounts, when there are more you can drill down to view these - Take a look over here for more information :)

  18. Ability to have a report that specifically shows all the scheduled payments in Xero.

    Purpose: To save users’ time in preparing the report, and manage their cash flow better.

    3 votes

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  19. Ability to change font type and size in report templates.

    Purpose: To make users’ can provide a report that is more readable, especially for older clients who want to see the report.

    39 votes

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    19 comments  ·  Reporting  ·  Admin →

    Thank you for each sharing and adding your support to this idea, everyone.

    We've made some steps around being able to adapt the font size of reports through the use of Report styles. Report styles are available to any Xero Partner, and lets you apply different publishing styles by allowing you to set the logo, colour of titles  in reports, and font size of client reports and report templates.

    If you're a small business customer, reach out to your Xero advisor to understand how this could help your business, or find one through Advisor Connect today.

    We appreciate there are other ideas for improving the format of reports further with improvements such as font type, or text colouring & wrapping - We have an idea across here we'd encourage you add your support and votes to and will share any future improvements on.

  20. Enable cash basis reporting by default.

    Purpose: Because most clients often select cash basis report when looking at comparative reports.

    37 votes

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    18 comments  ·  Reporting  ·  Admin →

    Hi community, thanks again for your support and interest toward the idea here. 

    As mentioned in my last update - our Reporting team have now released Report Preferences to all organisations, which people with Adviser role can find within the Advanced settings. 

    With this feature there is a selection of defaults that can be set when running newer version of reports in Xero. Currently this includes whether to show account codes, decimals and (as asked here) ability to set the accounting basis the report is run in and if this is shown on the report. 😁

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