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New Purchase order - Option for narrower screen width
New Purchase Orders View - Improvement Suggestions
- Wide Screen is mentally straining and mostly irrelevent spaced out look over around 1400px; give a narrower screen width option please.
- Alternate line colourings may help
- Auto new-line/next-line is no longer working. Previously, pressing enter on a product made a default 1 item entry and opened a new line. This was a little unreliable, but clicking the correct product in the search also worked and cleanly. This action change is adding one more click to almost every line.
- Save and Send button should be at the bottom too -…30 votesHi team, while we appreciate hearing your feedback on the new purchase orders experience we do request that each post be limited to a single idea to help other members know what they're voting for, as well as sharing back with our product teams and considering changes. I've updated the title of the idea here around the whitespace and welcome you to create new ideas for other specifics you'd like to see.
To provide an update around the attachments - our team recently implemented a change to move the placement of this button to the top of the page next to Save and Approve options.
Relating to lines - with how this new experience now works when you add an item, or enter an amount in a line the Quantity will default to '1', also adding an item will automatically add a new row beneath. Thanks
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Purchase order - Include attachments when copying to an invoice
It would be useful to have attached documents flow through to the invoice that's created when using copy to.
21 votesHi everyone, we'd like to get a feel of the support from the community in this idea. If there's any progress or updates to share we'll post to you all here, Thanks
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Purchase order - Centre product line
Please change the Purchase Order screen, back to the way it was. Having the product line centred and smaller was easier on the eye. The delivery instructions window is now ridiculously small, and you cannot read the instructions all at once. Horrible change.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it!15 votesHi team, we do appreciate hearing your feedback on the new Purchase orders experience. In order for our product teams to get a good understanding of the direct changes that our customers would like to see, as well as help others in community understand what they've voting for we ask that each idea be created as a separate post. I've updated the title of the idea here to reflect the first point that Carl noted around the centring of the product line. We welcome you to each create a new idea for each change you'd like to see.
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Purchase Orders - Reduce size of the purchase order
Please revert back to the original format of the Purchase Orders, I have no idea why you felt this needed to be improved and has caused more issues
The viewing of the PO is far too big and makes my head hurt, can't save a PO without putting every detail in which we don't always have until later
Not saving projects in the draft PO unless all details entered, which we could do before on the old format
Can't just approve and copy to Invoice anymore need to go back into the PO for a second time which is unnecessary
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14 votesHi Kim, thanks for your feedback here.
I want to be open that we don't have any intentions of reverting back to the old experience - new purchase orders are built on updated technology and allow us to better maintain and release further developments to this feature.
Our product team have been listening closely and are making iterative changes taking on board feedback from our customers.
An examples of this is that, since released we have updated purchase orders to reduce the max width and pixels making it slightly smaller.
We also have plans to reduce this further, so I will keep you updated on this here.
We've also made an update so now when you Approve a purchase order you will remain on the same page where you can then take other actions as needed. We hope these changes help improve your use of purchase orders.
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Upload purchase orders
We do PO from excel that then is a PDF. It would be really helpful if purchase orders can be uploaded like bills?
22 votesAppreciate you sharing your idea, and letting us know the changes that matter most for you, Alyson.
Make sure you share your idea with any colleagues that this could benefit so they can add their vote too!
We will keep an eye on the tractions this idea receives in the community. Thanks!
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Purchase Orders - Merge multiple purchase orders
We send individual purchase orders to a supplier over the course of a month, and the supplier sends one invoice at the end of the month. Currently, I can't create an invoice from the POs as it will provide me with a separate invoice for each separate PO. It would be handy to be able to merge either the POs or the invoices so that the final result matches the supplier invoice.
7 votesThanks for sharing your idea to merge purchase orders. We appreciate you explaining how this could help when suppliers consolidate multiple orders into one bill.
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.
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Purchase Orders - Quickly duplicate line items
As a Procurement Officer or Small Business Owner, I want to quickly duplicate an existing line item while creating or editing a Purchase Order, So that I can save time when entering multiple similar items that only require minor adjustments (like different tracking categories or descriptions).
9 votesHi!
Thanks for sharing this idea that might make entering lots of similar lines onto orders faster for you.
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 votes and comments about how this would help them too!
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Purchase orders - Leave delivery telephone number blank
Why does the delivery telephone number autofill with the business telephone number?
I put the delivery name and number in the attention field of the delivery address in contacts. When the purchase order autofilled the name, with the name and number, I have been cuting and pasting the number across from the name field to the telephone field.
Now new purchase orders is auto filling the telephone field with the business number which is not always the delivery phone number!
It looks like the contacts part of xero needs to have a dedicated place for a delivery phone number for…
6 votesSorry to hear the frustrations in the idea here, and I do want to acknowledge and thank users that have taken time to report things that aren't working as expected to our Xero Support team while we can't always commit to an immediate fix this does help our teams investigate and identify if there is an issue which gets shared back to our product teams.
In terms of the direct idea here on the delivery phone number, we appreciate that you've found ways of working around this using the Attention to field. The autofill of the delivery phone number with the business number was an intentional change to help with many user efficiency and save from having to fill this in manually. I want to be upfront that we don't have plans to change how this behaves but will continue to keep an eye on the interest from our community…
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Purchase Orders - Option to review and edit draft bills from PO link
⭐Description:
In the previous version of Xero, after we clicked Copy PO → Bill, the system would first open the draft bill screen, allowing us to:
review the details
edit the invoice number
adjust line items if needed
and then submit the bill for approval
This workflow was very efficient, especially for businesses handling a high volume of purchase orders.
However, after the recent Xero update, when we use Copy PO → Bill, the system now:
immediately marks the PO as PO – Billed,
automatically creates the draft bill in the background,
and does not open the draft bill screen…
9 votesHey Bangit, thanks for bringing this to our attention, we have seen an uptake in this request and we are moving this to Gaining Support. Now that we have 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!
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Attaching files to purchase order - have to save/approve now
We can no longer attach any files at the creating stage of a purchase order, the PO has to be saved or approved before anything can be attached, then it throws you back to the purchase order listing and you have to go back in to save anything. In the old version, we used to be able to attach files during the initial creation. Please could your developers look at this and fix this.
4 votesAppreciate the feedback and understanding of your workflows here. I'll make sure your feedback gets back to our product team and share if there are any planned improvements. Thanks
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Purchase orders - Button to 'Mark as sent'
The ability to mark a PO as sent would be great. Some of our suppliers only require a PO number and I don't have to actually sent the document. There is no facility to do this presently. I can do it for quotes but not for POs.
5 votesThanks for your feedback, Christine! While there's no direct button to 'Mark as sent' if you select 'Print PDF' you'll see you get an option to 'Mark as sent' however you will need to Print and download the PDF of your device for this action to complete.
We'll get a sense of the interest in a specific button for this from your idea here, but hopefully this option helps for now. 😊
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Side‑by‑Side PDF Attachment Viewer for Purchase Orders etc...
Please add the ability to view attachments (PDFs, images, invoices, delivery notes) side‑by‑side within the Purchase Order screen — similar to the existing viewer available on Draft Bills and in New Invoicing.
At present, PDF attachments can only be downloaded or opened in a separate tab, which breaks workflow and makes data entry or checking details more time‑consuming.
Xero’s own guidance confirms that PO attachments currently open separately and cannot be previewed within the same window.A side‑by‑side viewer would improve accuracy and efficiency by enabling users to compare line items, quantities, pricing, or supplier documents without switching away from…
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Purchase Orders - Posting to General Ledger
The functionality to be able to raise and approve a Purchase Order which, at the point of approval, would create a double entry in the general ledger. Specifically:
• Debit a Work in Progress (WIP) expenses account (to reflect anticipated expenditure),
• Credit a creditors account (to reflect the anticipated liability).
This would allow the PO to reflect a commitment in the accounts, enabling better management of Work In Progress and projected costs before the supplier invoice arrives.
In an ideal world, to be able to allocate the PO to a Xero Project, so that WIP and anticipated costs appear…
22 votesHi Tristan, thanks for sharing such a detailed and well-thought-out suggestion. We appreciate you taking the time to explain the specific accounting impact and how this would improve financial visibility.
We've reviewed your idea for having approved Purchase Orders post to the general ledger and integrate with Xero Projects. This suggestion is now ready to gain support and feedback from other community members.
Along with votes, others can now comment on how having this visibility of committed costs could improve their own project management and financial forecasting in Xero. 🙂
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Purchase order - Filter by tracking codes
Would love to have the ability to filter purchase orders by tracking code from the new PO menu
8 votesThanks for sharing this idea about filtering purchase orders by tracking codes. We appreciate you taking the time to let us know how this could help organise your purchase orders.
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.
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Purchase orders | Increase # of PO's that can be selected to create single bill
Increase the 25 Purchase Order Limit When Creating a Single Bill (Should be 100+)
DESCRIPTION OF ISSUE
When creating a Bill in Xero and selecting multiple Purchase Orders to convert into a single supplier invoice, Xero limits the selection to a maximum of 25 Purchase Orders.
If more than 25 POs need to be consolidated into one supplier invoice, users are forced to:
Create multiple separate Bills, or
Manually recreate the invoice outside of the PO workflow
This breaks the PO-to-Bill linkage and creates unnecessary administrative overhead.
THE PROBLEM FOR BUSINESSES
Many suppliers issue a single consolidated invoice covering dozens…
3 votesAppreciate the feedback, Anthony. We'l start getting an understanding of our community in others that have this similar situation. While it's not something we have plans of extending right now, we'll share if there are any updates.
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Purchase Orders - Search ignore spaces
When searching a purchase order number in the search bar in the purchase order section, it wont find the purchase order if there is a space after the number. This shouldn't be an issue if there is a space next to it. This happens a lot if I am copying and pasting a number into the search bar and it adds in a space next to the number, I then have to go back in and get rid of the space to find it
2 votesThanks for the feedback, Brianna. Can see how it would be easy to add a space that could cause troubles when searching a PO number. Just to double check - is the space you mention in the original PO number field or within the search that you're performing?
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**Title:** Purchase Order–Only User Access (No Bills Visibility) **Request:** We would like the ability to assign users access to purchase
Title: Purchase Order–Only User Access (No Bills Visibility)
Request:
We would like the ability to assign users access to purchase orders only, without any visibility of supplier bills or broader financial information.Use Case:
In our business, operational staff (e.g. apprentices, site staff, or project team members) need to raise and manage purchase orders as part of their role. However, they should not have access to financial data such as supplier bills, costs, or payment details.Current Issue:
At present, Xero user roles bundle purchase order access together with bills and supplier information. This means we cannot safely allow team…2 votesThanks for submitting your idea on Xero Product Ideas. We appreciate you taking time to let us know how we could improve Xero for you.
Your feedback will soon be reviewed by our Community team, and in the meantime this can begin to build support with votes from other community members.
If you're interested to see recent releases or get a pulse on what's coming soon see The Long and Short of it. 🙂
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Purchase Orders - Show subtotals on Approved and Paid
viewing subtotals of approved and paid purchase orders (currently only purchase orders awaiting approval show a subtotal at the top of the page)
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Feature Request – Purchase Order to Invoice Matching Workflow
I wanted to share a workflow improvement idea based on how we currently use Xero alongside EzzyBills.
At present, our process is:
Staff raise purchase orders internally
Orders are placed with suppliers
Supplier invoices are received and imported via EzzyBills
Invoices are then posted directly into XeroThe challenge we have is that the purchase order currently serves very little practical purpose in the system, as the invoice effectively becomes the trigger document for processing and approval.
What we would find highly valuable is:
A feature that allows imported invoices (via EzzyBills or similar integrations) to be automatically or manually…2 votesThanks for submitting your idea on Xero Product Ideas. We appreciate you taking time to let us know how we could improve Xero for you.
Your feedback will soon be reviewed by our Community team, and in the meantime this can begin to build support with votes from other community members.
If you're interested to see recent releases or get a pulse on what's coming soon see The Long and Short of it. 🙂
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Purchases - Send pricing requests to supplier for saved inventory
I hold inventory for a large number of products, many of those products can be made by more than one manufacturer.
At the moment, if I want pricing from a supplier, the only real option in Xero is to raise a purchase order. That doesn’t work well in practice, because quite often I need to request prices before I’ve decided who I’m buying from, or before I even have an existing supplier relationship set up.
For example, if a new manufacturer opens nearby, I might want to send them a list of specific items from my inventory and ask for…
4 votesHi team, thanks for sharing your idea, and letting us know the changes that matter most for you.
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