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Sarah Jacobs
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When I use the Xero search function magnifying glass, it is not returning the most relevant records. For example, when I type 'water', the search function only returns bills from Sydney Water, but
1. fails to return any contacts with 'water' in their name,
2. doesn't sort the bills from Sydney water in any logical order, where it should be returning the results in descending date order.See screenshots showing Sydney water bills in an illogical order and showing a contact name which begins with 'Water'
An error occurred while saving the comment Sarah Jacobs
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I've been told by Xero support that the global search function errors are in fact product ideas and I should put my results here.
'Hi Sarah
Thanks for sending over your examples, we've noted this as well.
We’re currently unable to provide a timeframe as to when any changes may be made, however it will be taken into consideration for future developments.
We would also recommend adding your thoughts to the Product Ideas link below, as this is another way to get requests in front of our product team.
Xero Product Ideas: Global Search - Sort results by Date, Total, or Status
Kind regards
Delia'
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Hi team, thanks for your interest and sharing in this idea. We appreciate if you're making manual payments against an invoice and have more than one to apply, why you'd like to remain on that invoice, however we want to be open that this isn't something we have planned right now.
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Thanks so much for sharing your feedback on this idea, community. We appreciate that having to manually select attachments on every invoice can feel a little fiddly. We get that you want a smoother workflow, that saves you time.
As noted by others in the idea, one option for now would be to add standard files, like your terms and conditions, directly to your invoice template. That way, they'll be included automatically when you send out your invoices.
To confirm how this functionality currently works - this is based on the user and driven by the last invoice that was sent. Where you have files attached, and you had selected to include files as an attachment when emailing the invoice, the next invoice you send with file attachments should have this selected by default.
A caveat to this is when you are working in incognito mode, or refresh your browser…
An error occurred while saving the comment Sarah Jacobs
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And do we need to use up a whole row to for the 'sent' box to be shown - what a waste of space causing more scrolling. Surely it can be put at the top next to the status 'awaiting payment'
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An error occurred while saving the comment Sarah Jacobs
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Agreed - being forced to click any more than the current method is an inefficiency that needs to be removed.
There now seems to be 2 sections in new invoicing where you have to action in order to attach a document when emailing invoices:
1. Attach files - in the invoice edit screen, rather than just drag and drop attachments onto the invoice, you now have to open the 'attach files section' and click on 'send with invoice'
2. Email - you are forced to click 'attach files to email' again, even though I've already clicked 'send with invoice'
Also this section is unclear - if there's more than one attachment, does it send all attachments?2.
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33 votesSarah Jacobs
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Thank you for your feedback, Kathy - I've made sure your feedback here has also been shared with our product team and thank you for also adding your voice and votes to specific ideas across the forums here.
We will move the thread here itself to not planned, however we will continue to iterate new invoicing to keep improving the experience for all our customers.
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Hi team, thanks for sharing detail of the value in this idea in the ways you invoice.
We've just released a new line item grid in invoicing which includes the ability to manually add blank rows and shift these to where you're like them placed in your invoice.
That said, I want to be transparent in how this works - When you save your invoice any blank lines will be removed. So, if you'd like blank lines to help break your invoice into sections, you'll need to enter a character in the Description field of the blank line. Even a full stop '.' or dash '-' would suffice.
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts and feedback on how you'd like to see new invoicing developed. All your feedback here is being shared with the team as they continue to iterate and develop this new experience.
That said, in order for us to get a better understanding of interest for the different points raised here it's best for us to track and update any progress on these each separately. We appear to have ideas for each of the points mentioned in the thread here and I've linked these below so you can join and follow any updates for each.
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Hi community, we appreciate all the feedback you've shared on how we can improve new invoicing for your needs.
In relation to the alert of available credit as raised in this idea, we've identified there are a few situations for Invoice only users where the available credit pop up isn't being shown. This is something we have plans to fix, and while I can't give a specific date on the idea here, we want you to know this is important to us and I'll keep you updated on progress here.
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Hi everyone, appreciate your continued feedback on new invoicing. As mentioned in my last update we've now added a new Xero Central page for new invoicing.
Along with updates to individual ideas on Xero Product Ideas, this page will become the single source of truth for key feature rollouts including:
- what’s available in new invoicing right now,
- timelines for features and enhancements going live in new invoicing, as well as
- a comparison table between the classic and newer versions of invoicing.
We'll be updating this page regularly.
Relating to some of the more recent feedback there are some existing ideas that may also be of particular interest that you can join, like the ability to see the email the invoice was sent to in the history, or being able to see a timestamp, and reducing clicks and steps.
An error occurred while saving the comment Sarah Jacobs
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Why does the sent box have a row of it's own? This wastes so much space, when I want to see more details without having to scroll
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Tracking needs to work and there needs to be
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An error occurred while saving the comment Sarah Jacobs
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Another example of the search screen not behaving in a logical way:
1. When I type in 'bar' I would expect the contacts that begin with 'bar' to show first, then contacts with 'bar' in their name.
2. Why does Barista Buddy appear before Bargain car rentals?
3. Why does a bill from MM electrical from 2015 with 'bar' in it's tracking code appear before bills from Barista Buddy from 2024? Who decided that tracking codes have higher priority in the search over the most recent bills?I just don't get the logic and now find the search function very frustrating as it returns irrelevant and illogical results
An error occurred while saving the comment Sarah Jacobs
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The search function is still not behaving in a logical way - ie contact name first. As you can see in my screenshot, if I search for 'pm', the contact group that matches this search is returned first, then the contact email address, then with the letters contained in the contact name, then back to email address, and finally letters at the beginning of the contact name.
Similarly, the search is not showing the transactions in a logical way - ie most recent first. As you can see in my screenshot a transaction from 2021 is first on the list before the transaction from 2024.When we search contacts for 'water', the first result is a contact with water in it, but the 4th contact BEGINS with 'water'. Why wouldn't the contact beginning with 'water' be the first result? Or at least in alphabetical order. Also Pittwater Engineering hasn't had any transactions since 2018 and are not the highest value, so not the highest relevance.
When I search for ATO the contact 'ATO' doesn't appear at all as a search result. It only appears in the search if I limit the search to 'contacts' only. The first result is a tracking code with ato contained in the text. This means that the search function has made some wild assumptions about relevancy, isn't reliable and can't be trusted.
When I search for Telstra the first transactions listed are for 2013 even though the client has entered a bill or bank transaction from Telstra every month from 2013 to 2024. How can Xero possibly assume that bills from 2013 are more relevant than bills from 2024?
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Hi community, as mentioned in my last post we want to keep you looped in on changes around autosave.
Our product team has continued to focus attention on how we can make invoicing faster and more responsive to improve our customers' experience.
We've now optimised autosave to require less processing power, leading to faster invoice loading and saving.
While we don't have any plans to remove autosave, there is the possibility that we would make updates to improve experiences related to autosave in the future - I've provided links below to ideas that have been raised and remain open for consideration;
- Invoicing - Undo/revert to previous version of an invoice
- Exclude Auto Save from History and Notes
- Invoices - Add invoice number when invoice is Approved
Thanks again for all your feedback and sharing with us in the forums here.
Updated 10 Sept 25
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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…
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Invoicing - Allow Item and Description-only lines, with no Qty or Unit Price
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554 votesHi community, we appreciate the continued traction this idea's received, and do want to provide clarity and set expectation.
Your feedback has been valuable in understanding the needs of using description only lines to; add subheadings, provide context for grouped charges, and ensure your invoices are easy for your clients to read and understand.
To reconfirm, atm - You can add one-off description only lines as you enter an invoice. However, if you add detail to any other field the line will be treated as a 'financial' line and you'll need to include Qty, Unit price, Account and Tax rate.
- We know some users have set up and saved inventory items for description only lines they commonly use, however as the item code field is used for inventory items the line of the invoice is treated as 'financial' meaning you'll then need to include Qty, Unit price, Account and Tax…
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Appreciate the interest shown on the idea here, everyone. Atm, we don't have any plans for adding a specific field for a Contact / Business Registered name.
While not a perfect solution as another user has shared, perhaps adding the name to the contact's address field could help surface this detail where required at present.
We'll continue to gauge interest in this, and share if there are any updates.
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Hi everyone, thanks for voting and your detailed comments on this idea.
We understand the challenge of having to navigate away from the approval screen to find an employee's leave balance. Providing this information directly within the approval screen could streamline the process and reduce the risk of approving leave that results in a negative balance.
The good news is that our product team's reviewed this idea and recognise the value it would deliver. It's something they’d like to work on in the long term. It's not on the roadmap just yet but we'll update you when we're able to bring more focus to this idea.
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when I search for 'Telstra', transactions dating back to 2013 are deemed more relevant than transactions in 2024 because the contact name and the reference were both entered as 'Telstra'. This needs to be addressed please. Records from 2013 with 'Telstra' in both the contact name and the reference field are not more relevant than records with Telstra in only one field but from 2024.