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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.
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 order - US market, Date selector should be Sunday to Saturday
Date selector in Purchase Orders should be Sunday to Saturday
I’d like to request an update to the New Purchase Order date selector so the calendar can display Sunday–Saturday instead of Monday–Sunday, or at least follow the same week-start setting used elsewhere in Xero.
Most US calendars and business workflows use a Sunday–Saturday view, so this change would make the Purchase Order date picker more intuitive and consistent with other Xero transaction screens (like invoices and bills), reducing date entry mistakes and improving usability for US-based users.
1 voteHi Lara, thanks for sharing your idea, and letting us know the changes that matter most 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 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 - Sticky header for actions
Action Bars across all views should be sticky so that scrolling up and down is eliminated.
For me...
- Purchase order/Bill/Invoice actions.
- Bill Batch Payment ActionsComment where this would be good for you...
1 voteHi Andrew, appreciate your sharing the idea for us here and how you'd like consistency across all Xero, however as features across Xero are developed separately it's best for us to get a sense of the interest in this for each place in Xero users would find this most helpful. I have updated the title of your idea to represent this for Purchase orders, you are welcome to start new ideas for each other feature you would find this helpful. Thanks
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Xero Inventory Plus (XIP) - Include the Universal Product Code (UPC) field on Purchase Order PDFs and layouts
Include the UPC on the purchase order PDF so that you can communicate the supplier item code when buying, which is often different than the product SKU.
1 voteHi Ryan, thanks for sharing your feedback on this idea.
We can understand why you'd like UPCs to be included on Purchase Orders in Xero Inventory Plus. For businesses working closely with suppliers, warehouses, or fulfilment partners, having UPC information visible on purchasing documents could help with product identification and order accuracy.
I've updated the status of this idea to Gaining Support so we can continue gathering feedback and better understand how UPC visibility on Purchase Orders could support your inventory and procurement workflows.
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Bills - Copy to purchase order
Is it possible convert/change a bill to purchase order without previous order
1 voteHi everyone, thanks for sharing this suggestion. We understand why having the option to copy an existing bill into a purchase order would help streamline purchasing workflows, especially when managing supplier records and inventory processes.
The idea is to allow users to create a purchase order from an existing bill, carrying across details like supplier information and line items instead of re-entering the same data manually.
We've moved this to Gaining Support to continue tracking engagement and support from the community.
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Purchase Orders - Ability to select and download All Attachments
I would really love a small button in the purchase orders drop down menu to download all attachments because now that it opens a full screen view and you have to click at the top right of the screen to download then go down to the bottom right corner to go to the next, it's just not efficient.
2 votesHi Tiana thanks for sharing your idea, and letting us know the changes that matter most for you. We understand that it is not convenient to click into each file to download individually.
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! Cheers
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Bank Accounts - Allow manual tax/VAT adjustments on Spend and Receive Money transactions
When adding a transaction via Spend/Receive Money in the Accounting section, it would be really helpful to be able to change the amount of VAT manually when there is a +/- 0.01p etc. This can be done when entering a New Bill but not a quick Spend Money transaction therefore when the VAT needs to be manually changed, the Spend Money needs to be voided and re-entered as a New Bill then a Payment Made once the bill has been saved. Very small adjustment but would save time!
2 votesHi Chloe, we can see how being able to manually adjust tax amounts on Spend and Receive Money transactions would help when supplier receipts include small rounding differences.
I’ve moved this idea to Gaining Support so we can track interest and help our product teams understand the value of adding manual tax adjustment functionality for these transaction types.
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Invoice - Copy to create multiple purchase orders
MULTIPLE PURCHASE ORDERS FROM ONE INVOICE
We produce invoices for customers which can have over 40 line items... a lot of the items could come from many different suppliers and at present, when placing a purchase order, you have to go to "invoices", then "draft" or "awaiting payment", tick the invoice in question, select "copy to", then select "purchase order"... you then have to repeat the whole process to select another supplier FOR THE SAME INVOICE.
What would be easier, after you had "sent" the PO, would be for xero to have remembered the last invoice you selected when raising…2 votesThanks for sharing your idea, Troy. Can understand how being able to create multiple po's at once from an invoice could streamline your workflow.
We'll start to get a sense of the interest in this from others in the community and I'll share if there are any updates.
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Purchase order - Show supplier aged balance when entering PO
Surface supplier aged balances during Bill and Purchase Order creation
When creating Bills or Purchase Orders, there is currently no visibility of a supplier’s outstanding or overdue balance without leaving the workflow to run reports.
This creates unnecessary friction between Finance and Purchasing teams, with buyers frequently needing to ask questions like “What do we owe this supplier?” or “Is their account overdue?” Finance teams are then forced to interrupt their work to manually check balances.
Proposed improvement:
Display a supplier aged balance summary (Current / 30 / 60 / 90+) directly on the Bill and PO entry screens once…1 voteThanks for sharing how this would be useful to you here, Charmaine.
As we have multiple product teams working across Xero it really helps for us to have ideas for each feature tracked separately in the forums here that we can consider and keep you updated through.
I've split your idea so we can track the interest in seeing this detail on a Purchase order, and another for viewing this within Bills across here.
This isn't something we have plans for at present but will track the interest and update if there are any plans made.
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Purchase Order - Send purchase order by Sms or WhatsApp
Ability to send a purchase order by sms or copy link to WhatsApp. Same as you can do with sales invoices.
1 voteThanks for sharing the suggestion to send purchase orders via SMS or WhatsApp. We appreciate you taking the time to let us know how this could make a difference.
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 - Print & email as a single option
Not sure why anything needed changing, it's now harder to use. Tab doesn't create a new line automatically, I now need to click on the line, thus making the process take more time. I can't email and print a PO at the same time, it now requires more effort, and making it all full screen strains my eyes. This 'update' feels like it wasn't tested and none of it is for the better.
1 voteAppreciate your feedback on the new Purchase order experience, Justin. This will be shared back with our product team.
You should find when you tab from the Description field to the quantity field a new row is automatically added to your PO.
I want to be upfront there are no intentions to allow switching back to the previous experience, however understand there is also a request around being able to Print and email in one click that would help improve your experience. I've adjusted the title of your idea here and we'll begin to get a sense of the interest for.
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Purchase Order - Send option at the top of the page
New PO layout has added extra scroll and clicks to PO creation.
Bring back the ability to send the PO from the bottom of the screen.
We start at the top, select supplier, add the products going down... get to the bottom... and have to scroll all the way back up to search for the send button... why?
1 voteThanks for sharing your idea, and letting us know the changes that matter most for you. We can see how having to scroll back to the top of the page to send a purchase order adds extra steps to the workflow, particularly when the process naturally moves from top to bottom as details and line items are entered.
We’re moving this idea to Gaining Support so other customers can vote and add detail about how this impacts their workflow. Feedback and support on ideas like this helps our product teams better understand where changes may improve the overall experience.
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Xero Network - Send purchase order via the network
Xero to xero network - send purchase orders. Want to be able to send my regular supplier a Xero Purchase order via Xero network, who can then create a bill in their Xero, who can then send me their Invoice via Xero network. Would be super helpful given the start of the workflow is typically the purchase order.
6 votesThanks for your idea, Paul. Great to hear you find using the Xero network helpful in your workflow.
We'll gauge the interest from the community in expanding the use of the network to send purchase orders. This isn't something we have plans for at this stage but we'll let you know if there are any updates.
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Purchase Order - Customisable purchase order tracking
Could customisable tracking fields be added to PO's. There are several steps in our business between SENT and then BILLED. the only way we can track this is using a spreadsheet as when looking at a PO in XERO we can not easily check status. Using the Notes is too slow and awkward.
As an example: We send a PO to Supplier; Items are then Collected by a courier (this could be weeks or months later); Items then Delivered to Customer (also delay here of months). By allowing us to have customised tracking fields we can then update the PO…1 voteThanks for sharing this here Paolo. We understand that a lot goes on between when the purchase order is created and fulfilled. At the moment, while there are no extra statuses, you can use tracking categories if you're not using them already. You can fill in the first tracking category as Collected by courier etc and the other tracking category would be delivered to the customer. While this is just a suggestion, we will open this idea up to the community to gain more support. Cheers
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Purchase Orders - Approval for amended purchase orders
Since the option is there to amend a PO once it's been approved would it be possible to add a requirement for POs where the value has been increased to have to be re-approved?
6 votesAppreciate why you may want to review a Purchase order if it has been edited once raised, Jenni.
We appreciate you taking your time to share changes that would be most meaningful to you. We'll get a sense of interest and track support your idea receives from the community.
You can find out and stay updated with all Xero releases on Xero Central.
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Inventory Plus - Create a Purchase Order directly from an open Sales Order
Currently, this process is separate so you have to recreate the sales order as a purchase order to send to a vendor to fulfill. Instead, next to each item on the Sales Order, or at the top to create a single PO for all items, you could create a Purchase Order. This would put the Sales Order in process and save a step.
5 votesThanks for sharing this idea. As you're aware, it's possible to duplicate a Sales Order to create another, but you can't copy it to a Purchase Order right now.
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 too!
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Xero Accounting App - Purchase orders in app search feature for tracking
I create a purchase order through the Xero App
I go to Categorise to an account - on my iPhone it has a search accounts feature, on my colleagues Samsung phone there is no search feature - he has to scroll through all the accounts listed to find the correct accounting code
Will this feature be added to Samsung phones?We also found this was the same when selecting Projects or Plant (tracking categories), on my iPhone I had a search feature, on his Samsung he did not and again would have to scroll through the extensive list we have…
4 votesThanks for submitting your idea on Xero Product Idea's. We appreciate you taking your time to share changes that would be most meaningful to you.
We will monitor and track support your idea receives from the community.
You can find out and stay updated with Xero releases on Xero Central.
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Purchase Orders - Make all fields mandatory
Purchase Orders - It would be most helpful when generating a purchase order, that all fields are made compulsory so that people can't save the purchase order until all fields have been completed. Thanks
7 votesHi Tessa, it'll be good to get a sense if there are others in community that are looking for this too.
Right now, to avoid your purchase orders going out without all the necessary detail you may want to consider giving some users Invoice Only - Draft permission.
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Purchase Order - Change Contact when copying to Invoice
Have also the change payee option, From copying the Purchase order to Invoice, so the customer from PO will remain in supplier contact lists only.
3 votesHi team, appreciate why you'd like to be able to identify the Contact that the invoice should be created for when copying a PO to an invoice.
This isn't something we have planned changes of right now but will continue to track interest through this idea.
In the meantime, as soon as the invoice is created you should be able to click the 'x' next to the contact name to quickly remove and search the contact you'd like this entered for.
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Purchase Orders - Include supplier payment terms
Would be extremely helpful to be able to include the Suppliers Payment Terms as an addtional field on the Purchase Order Template.
22 votesWe appreciate the feedback and understand the impact this has on your workflow. We are moving this idea to the “Gaining Support” stage so that other users can add their votes and comments. This will help us gauge the level of demand and prioritize future improvements. In the meantime, we encourage you to continue sharing your votes and comments and any additional workarounds such as using invoice templates or branding themes for each supplier if applicable. Thank you for helping us improve Xero!
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