Zoho Books: System Values Maps
A collection of code snippets I seem to be regularly using to generate a dynamic map of system values held in a ZohoBooks instance.
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A collection of code snippets I seem to be regularly using to generate a dynamic map of system values held in a ZohoBooks instance.
A super quick article on how to pre-select the pipeline on deal creation within CRM based on the department specified on a user's profile.
A quick article on how I resolved this error and how the online forums and documentation did not.
This is an article to document how we created a button off a Bill record in ZohoBooks which generates a text file to be sent to a bank and downloads it to the staff member's workstation.
Another article on something I learned today despite never running into this issue before; but sending a billing/shipping address included in a request to create or update an estimate in ZohoBooks will fail...
This is a very quick article on sending an email with Deluge which needs a dynamic number of files attached to it.
This is an open article without any completion in mind; to set the proper case of a name, as in capitalize the first letter, lower case the rest but then with exceptions.
There are other sources on the web which show you how to deduplicate a contact but usually involve entering a customer name or other key to check if there are already records in the system with that key. I can't sit there entering one customer at a time. Even a loop would hit a statement execution limit.
A quick article on determining the week number of the year if your week starts on a Monday and not a Sunday.
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