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  1. Importing Field Addition (POAttentionTo & ContactEmail) to the Default CSV

    Good Day All,

       Upon importing the default field "Email Address" or [EmailAddress] this field can only accept one and only one email address.  
       After the invoice has gone thru approval you have a To field when you select the 'Email' Buttion.  The sub field to this one is [ContactEmail] but when i added that to my CSV to be imported it was Ignored.  
    

    Please Add [ContactEmail] to the import so after it is approved the billing manager doesn't need to add a "; [extra email address]" to every statement that it is needed for notification.

    Secondly, Xero has a field…

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  2. Return bank transaction id in GET Payments

    Instead of just the Boolean "IsReconciled" with GET Payments, please include the bank transaction id that could be used to join the payment with a bank transaction from GET BankTransactions.

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  3. make Xero contacts available over LDAP

    Xero could export contacts via LDAP for integration with VOIP caller ID, email addressbooks and access control systems.

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  4. calculate exchange rate automatically for foreign payments

    Currently when entering a payment for an invoice in a foreign currency I need to enter the exchange rate. Generally I have to final AUD value and the final USD value, so would prefer the fx rate is calculated automatically.

    In addition, it seems the fx rate has limited precision; I end up needing to put in manual adjustments when reconciling which is also a pain.

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  5. Provide some sort of Metadata / Documention / Help api call like $metadata for OData

    We're looking to add Xero into our synchronisation tool, that would allow us to have two way syncing to other systems, such as SharePoint, MS CRM. It would be really useful if we could get a list of rest entities and there schema dynamically so the sync tool would not need to be updated.

    5 votes
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  6. connecting to xero api with http_oauth

    can you please provide some sample code , on how to connect to xero using http_oauth pear package .....

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  7. Create a customer credit limit field and be able to access as a y/n from the API so & I could automatically flag.

    I want to be able to freeze or restrict customers accounts in relation to orders or services if they exceed their credit limit on overdue balances.

    This is a very clear business need and I hope it could be integrated into your system as I believe it would add significant value to Xero

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  8. Customer: "I never received your invoice!". Option to request "Read Email" receipts when emailing invoices

    Some of my customers who forget to pay their overdue invoices use the excuse "Oh, I don't seem to have received your invoice".

    It would be great if we could have a tickbox option to "Request a Read Receipt" (much in the way you can when sending an email via MS Outlook) so that when the customer reads the email they are then prompted to send a receipt confirming that they've read it.

    They won't be able to use the above excuse anymore if they send a read receipt!

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  9. create an export of overdue accounts which list the invoices and customer info for when it needs to be sent to a debt collector

    being able to export the outstanding accounts with all the contact info, notesand invoice info for each customer that needs to be collected would be helpful

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  10. 4 votes
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  11. Fast way to reclassify bulk transactions from any type of account, location, or class in Xero.

    We need a fast way to reclassify bulk transactions from any type of account, location, or class. QuickBooks has the Reclassify Transactions feature and Xero should have the same.We also need the ability to change account types for bank accounts to any Asset, Liability, Equity, Income, and Expense accounts. My suggestion, give us Xero Partners accountants tools like QuickBooks does for us. Our clients do not get these tools, but QuickBooks ProAdvisors get them. Xero can do the same for us Xero Partners.

    3 votes
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  12. Enable bulk editing of accounts and tracking data

    Currently it is very tedious to manipulate data in the system. I've made some adjustments to the way accounts and tracking are handled, and I am faced with going through hundreds of invoices one by one to create reports that make sense. It would be awesome to be able to check multiple items and modify them in this way (although I can see a problem with multiple line items), or else have some tools to migrate invoice line-items assigned to a particular account or tracking category to another one.

    3 votes
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    As this forum is for developer API functionality requests and yours relates to something that would need to happen in the main application, I’m afraid we have to decline this suggestion, but don’t take it personally – we would still love to see you make your suggestion in the Xero Community forum: https://community.xero.com/business/

    Love the migration idea if you are switching accounts or tracking though, so be sure to add a suggestion!

  13. Be able to have number of days billable in the invoice recievable template

    I run a equipment hire company and use xero to itemise and invoice the equipment hired out. The quantity field works well but i supply equipment over a number of days at a day rate. It would really help to be able to specify how many days any quantity of equipment was hired out for. In theory its just another quantity field called DAYS. Please Please Please. :)

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  14. 3 votes
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    declined  ·  Ronan Quirke - Xero responded

    Thanks for the suggestion!
    Unfortunately we have no current plans to provide a “Surrender to MYOBAPI function!

  15. are able to enter several email addresses for customers.

    Several email addresses as in accounts payable and the person that deals directly

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  16. enable a loyalty program from Xero

    Enable a business to click to activate a loyalty program for their B2B customers, using Xero as the source data

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  17. Allow for depreciation of assets subject to the vehicle cost limit

    There needs to be a box to tick to indicate the asset is subject to the vehicle cost limit, so depreciation is not calculated on the whole cost

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  18. have purchaes owing displayed on dashboard , same as salesshows drafts and outstanding.

    It is really great to be able to see outstanding Sales invoices and draft invoices. Would be fantastic if i could also see on the dashboard Bill amounts owing and outstanding.

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  19. Fix bug to allow the tax overrides specified for inventory items to be used when creating invoices.

    When you specify a tax override for individual inventory items, they are not applied when creating the invoice via the API (it still uses the accounts tax settings). They are only applied when creating the invoice manually.

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  20. make a comparaitive report for the trial balance

    For reviewing yearend accounts, we review against the Trial Balance from the prior year, therefore it would be great if in the Trial Balance there was an option to view periods (or Last year) etc as you can do with the Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss Statements.

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