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  1. have an option to hide transactions that already have receipts attached, or have an icon showing which transactions have receipts attached

    On the mobile app, please have an icon appear next to transactions that already have a receipt (or picture of) attached to it, which would make it much easier to find transactions that need receipts.

    There could also be an option to hide transactions that have already been tagged with a receipt.

    I have seen both features on other receipt tracking apps, such as Chase.
    Thank you!

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  2. Fix the Contact creation API to fail when PUT-ing a duplicate contact that has been archived

    Currently (Jan 2016, API 2.0) using the API to PUT a new contact fails when its email is in use by an existing contact - as would be expected.

    However, if the contact that has the duplicate is archived, the PUT will SUCCEED, returning a new contact ID and everything. However, the new contact will not actually be added. This can be done repeatedly, each time "generating" a new contact ID.

    Given this, there is no way to ensure that a given contact has been added via the API before attempting to, for example, create a new Invoice via the…

    3 votes
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  3. Bank Rules Ideas

    Hello, I have a couple of ideas...
    1. Add Alphabetical SORT feature in Bank Rules
    2. Duplicate an existing Bank Rule, slightly modify and choose a different bank account to add it too.
    Thank you
    Warm regards
    Christel

    4 votes
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  4. add line item ids to manual journal lines on GET and POST successful responses

    this will make it possible to keep local data linked to manual journal lines up to date and in sync with changes made in xero

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  5. bank transaction column names

    Change name & add an extra column in the bank transactions screen.
    Currently says Description - should be Payee
    Reference - Document ID/Invoice number)
    New Column - Description/Memo

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  6. reminder

    Optimise the collection process by having an automatic 'reminder' date (day/week) or a manual action to remind you to follow up outstanding account for payment. A calendar format to set action / follow update. Perhaps integrate with MS Outlook to include email attachments for follow up action.

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  7. TaxNumber type field

    Contact entity has a field to store Tax number type (EIN, SSN, ITIN and ATIN). This field is accessible via UI or in exported csv file, but not accessible via API, while "Tax Number" itself can be read using API.

    26 votes
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  8. Create a payment and mark "Pay by Check" via API

    When paying a Bill in Xero you can check a box "Pay by Check". This will add a new "check" to the list of checks and the user can print these checks and mail them.

    Would be helpful to allow this via the Payment API endpoint

    41 votes
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  9. Expose whether invoice reminders are enabled for a particular contact

    This request is to expose a boolean value to determine whether invoice reminders are enabled for a particular contact.

    Please let us know in the comments if you'd like to update this value as well as retrieve it.

    38 votes
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  10. Expose whether invoice reminders are enabled for a particular invoice

    This request is to expose a boolean value to determine whether invoice reminders are enabled for a particular invoice.

    Please let us know in the comments if you'd like to update this value as well as retrieve it.

    34 votes
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  11. Expose more invoice reminder settings

    The only invoice reminder setting exposed via the API is whether reminders are enabled for the organisation.

    This request is to expose more invoice reminder settings (e.g. rules, templates). Please let us know in the comments which settings you'd like exposed and whether you'd like to update them as well as retrieve them.

    51 votes
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  12. Apply Branding Theme by name

    Currently only way to add a Branding Theme to an invoice via API is by specifying the BrandingThemeID parameter.
    This is rather impractical as BrandingThemeID has to be unique across all of Xero, so if you hardcode the ID for your real Xero organization, when you go to try something with your demo organization, this will fail as ID is not the same, even if the name is.

    On the other had Xero already forces you to have unique names for your branding themes, but these are supposedly only unique within your organization, so you could have a Branding Theme…

    31 votes
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  13. email notification

    As a manager, I would like to receive an email notification when an employee submits a new expenses through Xero.

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  14. Custom IDs

    Add a custom ID for all Objects on Xero.

    We're building a system to manage and sync data across multiple platforms, and we're having many issues keep data in sync with bulk inserts and writing back to our own IDs. For example when bulk inserting payments we cannot match them to the payments on the system as there is no unique number we can pass through and no other field is reliable. Due to the API rate limits we're forced to use Bulk inserts so we cannot update on an individual basis.

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  15. Make the damn unsubscribe link actually go to an unsubscribe page

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  16. Change back the layout of Contacts!!!

    At such a busy time of year, getting use to a new layout sucks!

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  17. Invoices > return the creator of the invoice in the response on GET Invoices

    Useful for use in other apps if the invoice is created inside Xero

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  18. Tracking Summary Report with Account Groups and Tracking Categories

    Xero is awesome for Financial data management and manipulations. Its API providing the extra strength to Xero for integrating Xero with other webapps. Of course Most of the APIs are in still Xero Development Phase, But we need an extensive API for getting the reports(at minimum Tracking Summary Report) to make the use of tracking summary data inside webapps.

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  19. lock a bank account once reconciled

    It is too easy to stuff up the bank reconciliation. There is no alert that the account has been reconciled when you are changing transactions. There should be a way to lock a bank once it has been reconciled.

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  20. Pass the PDF attachments when sending an invoice through the Xero to Xero network

    Currently when you send an invoice via the Xero to Xero network it does not pass a PDF copy of the invoice as an attachment.
    You have to download and re upload the PDF which takes away from teh benefits of sending through the Xero to Xero network

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