Bills - Flag a Bill as 'in dispute / query'
Ability to flag individual bills as in dispute
Purpose | To enable review and ensure the business does not make payment for a bill when it's currently 'under query'
Hi community, we acknowledge the strong feelings in this idea and why you need a feature to flag bills directly within Xero. We really appreciate all your feedback and the detailed explanations of how this would help streamline your accounts payable.
We are dedicated to providing a solution for this over the longer term, but this will take some time requiring changes that sit beneath the face of bills.
In lieu of a direct feature for this we wanted to highlight some of the options discussed by the community here:
- Add a note to the bill: A detailed note on the bill itself can serve as a clear internal reminder of the dispute.
- Utilise tracking categories: Creating a specific tracking category like "Disputed Bills" can help you filter and report on these items.
- Adjust the due date: Temporarily extending the due date can prevent accidental payment while the dispute is being resolved.
- Update the reference to add a notation such as [reference number] - Do not pay
- Adjust the planned date to be very far out in the future
We know these options won't fit all needs here, and we are invested in continuing to develop Purchase and more specifically bills in Xero to suit your needs.
We'll continue to provide updates with any progress that steps closer to enabling you to flag bills that are in dispute in Xero. Thank you for continuing to engage and share insights through this idea.
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Antoinette Micallef
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Nice work, @Alex.
Clear, simple, efficient
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Diane Mathers
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What utter nonsense if AI can provide a solution instantly, yet Xero can't do it after years of requests.
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Sara Martin
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i tried this in chat GPT and edge but it didn't work
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Sarah Hands
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I literally just copied this text into a Claude AI chat screen "create a working Chrome-based browser extension to flag invoices for non-payment in Xero, using the attached screenshots as a reference on how I want it to look" I uploaded the screenshots into the chat and et voila, it created the script, and told me how to upload it into Chrome as an extension
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Gemma Foley
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@SarahHands, Are you able to share any info that may help someone who is Neurodivergent? :-)
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Emma Roberts
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Is someone able to explain how to do this with instructions? I have tried to do this and failed hahaha
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Sara Martin
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any chance someone could send some edge compatible instructions?
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Sarah Hands
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@gemma, it sure was, took me less than 6 minutes!
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Gemma Foley
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@Sarah - This sounds daunting for me, i am not great with technology haha! Was it simple?
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Sarah Hands
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I was able to program this button by copying Alex's narrative and sharing the screenshots with Claude AI, who wrote me a script and added the function into a chrome extension...huge thank you to Alex Lacota for the info, this will make such a difference to us!
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Gemma Foley
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we need a 'like' button so we can all vote for Alex's solution! Xero should have no excuse NOT to implement this feature. @Alex, please share how we can all make use of this if that is possible? Waiting for Xero doesn't fill me with any confidence!
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James Padfield
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Wow! => Alex Lacota, that's exactly what we need. No idea why an accounting software company can't implement this.
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Gemma Foley
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There is no way to get Xero's attention. I thought my review on Trust Pilot would trigger something but it was removed!!!
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Joanne Mansie
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Alex Lacota - your screenshots are just what we need!!! How can we get this please?
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Sara Martin
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so if this can be done - what are xero dragging their heels at???
they just don't want to do this do they?
there are 17 pages of comments on this and over 1200 votesbottom line XERO JUST DON'T CARE
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Rebecca Rotheram
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@Alex Amazing please share how we can add this!
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Gemma Foley
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@Alex - This is amazing! Can you share how we can all use this seen as Xero cant be ar*ed?
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Maria Martin-Perez
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Alex, that is just what we need, get a job in xero!
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Gayle Phelps
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Alex this looks great. Is it available anywhere?
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Larisa Hailey
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Nice work @alex!