The most-requested repetitive-work fixes in Xero

Data collected 29 August 2026

Xero’s product idea board is the main public place where customers ask for changes, and it is a good map of the repetitive work people would most like to hand off. We read it.

We collected 654 ideas matching nine search terms about repetitive work (bulk, batch, allocation, credit note, archive, tracking, overpayment, prepayment, recode) and recorded each one’s vote count, submission date, Xero’s public response and whether the thread is still open to comments.

What the numbers say

The 20 most-supported ideas have been open for an average of 7.0 years. The oldest two were submitted in 2012.
49 are marked delivered and a further 17 accepted.
84 threads are closed to comments, usually after delivery. Worth checking before you write a long reply.
Things do ship from the board: the 820-vote reconciliation request, opened in 2012, was delivered in March 2026.

The 25 most-supported

Idea	Votes	Opened	Years	Xero’s status
Batch payments — ability to include credit notes	918	2023	3.3	Accepted
Reconciliation — allow credit notes on the find & match screen(comments closed)	820	2012	14.2	Delivered
Contacts — different default email addresses per transaction type	797	2015	11.5	Accepted
Files — bulk export/print attached files	691	2013	12.8	Accepted
Multicurrency — batch payments of foreign currency bills	572	2024	2.2	Open
Credit notes — bulk allocation	493	2017	8.7	Accepted
Batch payments — ability to 'split' when reconciling(comments closed)	347	2023	3.6	Open
Practice Manager — audit trail for client history	329	2023	2.7	Accepted
Email to credit note(comments closed)	311	2022	4.3	Open
Partner Hub — bulk address change from client group	299	2025	0.7	In discovery
Fixed assets — partial allocation of depreciation(comments closed)	294	2013	13.3	Open
Repeating invoices — bulk import/export	292	2014	12.4	Accepted
Tracking — make mandatory / required(comments closed)	291	2012	14.3	Open
New invoicing — add new tracking option(comments closed)	288	2023	2.7	Delivered
Prepayments & accrual schedules	269	2024	1.7	Accepted
Repeating invoice — bulk update of amounts	267	2022	4	In discovery
Contacts — send bulk emails to suppliers and customers(comments closed)	257	2014	11.7	Open
Sales invoices — bulk remove/void	253	2022	4.3	Accepted
Tracking categories — increase the maximum number allowed	242	2025	0.9	Open
Remittance advice — show all credit notes and invoices	224	2015	11	Open
Batch payments — bills stay ticked across multiple pages	218	2012	13.7	Open
Contacts — supplier account credit limits(comments closed)	199	2016	9.9	Open
Projects — bulk assign bills to a project	192	2019	7.4	Open
Chart of accounts — assign a tracking category(comments closed)	186	2024	2.6	Open

Method

Nine search queries were run against productideas.xero.com and every unique idea page in the results was fetched on 29 August 2026, giving 654 pages. Vote counts and dates were read from each page; “Xero’s status” is the status attached to a community manager response on that page, and “Open” means no status has been attached yet. This is a themed sample about repetitive work, not the whole board, so it does not rank every Xero request — only the ones about doing the same thing many times.

If you want the underlying rows for your own write-up, ask us and we will send them.

FAQ

What is the most requested bulk feature in Xero?

Among ideas about repetitive work, the highest vote counts as of August 2026 are batch payments including credit notes (918 votes), allowing credit notes on the bank reconciliation find & match screen (820, delivered in March 2026), per-transaction default contact email addresses (797) and bulk export of attached files (691).

How long do Xero product ideas stay open?

Of the 25 most-supported repetitive-work ideas we recorded, the average age is about seven years and the oldest were submitted in 2012. Ideas do get delivered from the board: the 820-vote reconciliation request was 14 years old when it shipped in March 2026.

We build BulkOps, which now covers four of the rows above — bulk credit note and overpayment allocation, batch payments that include credit notes (the 918-vote row), bulk export of attached files (the 691-vote row), and bulk archiving of tracking options. Our other write-ups are in the guides index.