JOEL LIPMAN

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Zoho CRM: Sync Deal and related record owners from Zoho Desk
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Zoho CRM: Sync Deal and related record owners from Zoho Desk

This is a quick article to document a Zoho CRM standalone function that sets the owner of a Deal and its related Sales Orders, Quotes and Purchase Orders to the CRM user matching the current assignee of a linked Zoho Desk ticket. The function takes a Deal record ID. It retrieves the ticket ID stored on that Deal, reads...

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Zoho CRM: Link supplier emails to the Purchase Order Emails related list
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Zoho CRM: Link supplier emails to the Purchase Order Emails related list

The aim is to make supplier correspondence appear in the Emails related list of the correct Purchase Order in Zoho CRM. When a supplier replies about an order, the email should be available to the team reviewing that Purchase Order. The same approach can include emails you send to the supplier. This guide uses a PO ref...

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Zoho Books: Improper Statement Error might be due to missing ';'
Zoho Books

Zoho Books: Improper Statement Error might be due to missing ';'

A quick article on a misleading error when saving a Deluge custom function in Zoho Books: Check and update the code in line 122 as there is a Exception : Error at line :124 Improper Statement Error might be due to missing ';' at end of the line or incomplete expression Another variation encountered during troubleshooti...

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Zoho MCP in 2026: What Claude Can Actually Do Inside Zoho CRM
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Zoho MCP in 2026: What Claude Can Actually Do Inside Zoho CRM

Zoho's MCP (Model Context Protocol) server lets AI assistants such as Claude connect directly to Zoho CRM and work with your live data through natural language. Rather than you clicking through views and filters, the AI can read your pipeline, summarise deal status, flag stale records, bulk-update f

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Zoho Books: Change a Purchase Order's Delivery Address over API
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Zoho Books: Change a Purchase Order's Delivery Address over API

A note on changing a Zoho Books purchase order's delivery address while creating supplier orders from an accepted Zoho CRM Quote. My original method created an organisation address in Books and assigned its ID to a purchase order. This updated version adds a delivery address to the customer instead, then uses that cust...

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My work sits within a wider delivery team at Ascent Business Solutions, recognised as a leading Zoho Premium Solutions Partner in the United Kingdom. Clients are supported by a team rather than an individual, covering everything from small technical fixes through to full Zoho CRM migrations and complex implementations. The team I manage focuses on API integrations between Zoho and platforms such as Xero, Shopify, WooCommerce and eBay, solving problems that are often undocumented or previously unsuccessful. Outcomes are measured in practical terms, including improved efficiency, scalable systems and clear returns, from helping new ventures grow into six-figure monthly operations to delivering rapid gains through streamlined payments and automated, data-driven processes.

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