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 Fix the Contact creation API to fail when PUT-ing a duplicate contact that has been archived

    3 votes
    0 comments  ·  Accounting API » Contacts  ·  Admin →
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    Rob Morris shared this idea  · 

  2. Allow add multiple Contacts with same name.

    172 votes
    under review  ·  13 comments  ·  Accounting API » Contacts  ·  Admin →
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    Rob Morris supported this idea  · 
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    Rob Morris commented  · 

    Without this ability, automated contact creation via the API is effectively useless. When we have two John Smiths in our system, the second one will fail potentially at a time when there is no user intervention possible (during a nightly billing script run, for example). The best solution currently is to add some unique ID to the name ("John Smith ID#188934"). Yuck.

    This is a serious flaw in Xero's architecture, and is one of the issues I raise with customers who are considering moving to Xero.