Zoho News
- New Zoho Notebook Sticky Notes Extension
- If you love sticky notes, you’ll love this extension.
- Bigin API Postman Collection
- Postman is probably one of the most popular tools to test API connections. This collection gives you an easy way to download all the endpoints for Postman.
- Zoho Developer Community Digest
- More resources, events, and group discussions in this month’s community digest.
- Zoho Desk Parent-Child Ticketing (Early Access)
- A great new feature, it essentially allows you to nest similar tickets into one master ticket.
- Zoho Desk iOS (v2.8.3) Update
- Respond to customer requests that slide into your DMs.
- Zoho Desk is now a WhatsApp Business Service Provider
- Migrate your favorite phone numbers to one BSP.
- Zia Vision in CRM Enhancements
- Some really cool OCR technology baked into Zoho CRM that now has a match and detect feature.
- SalesIQ Holiday Themes
- If you are using SalesIQ, don’t forget to pick a Christmas theme for the holidays.
- New Zoho Books Tax Management Features
- Six new tax management features were added in this batch of updates.
- Zoho Projects Android App Adds Calendar Module
- Global calendar functionality was added to the Projects Android mobile app.
Implementation of the Week (MAJOR)
- Zoho CRM Client Script for Secure Capture + Masking of Private Contact Information
- In this implementation, our goal was to define a process for immediately encrypting and masking (ex: ***-**-1234) confidential information (ex: SSN) on a Contact record
- To accomplish this, we primarily leveraged Client Scripts so that the function could trigger before a record is saved (this prevents the un-masked value from showing in the timeline)
- The process then references a standalone function that runs the encryption immediately for that record
- The encrypted value is stored in a hidden field on the original record, and the masked version is displayed in the original field of entry
Code Share of the Week
- The Mystery of Zoho Books Bulk Updates
- Our devs have confirmed that they have been able to bulk update Zoho Books records with the following API call.
- You may notice that there is a parameter called bulk_update set to FALSE. This seems counterintuitive, and it is. Yet it works. Don’t ask us why.
This Week’s Read
- Google’s New AI, Gemini, Beats ChatGPT In 30 Of 32 Test Categories
- If you haven’t tried it yet, we highly recommend giving it a shot over ChatGPT.
New On Zenatta
- Zenatta Blogs
- Our Team’s Favorite Zoho Updates For 2023
- We did an internal survey last week asking our team their favorite Zoho updates for 2023, and surprisingly, almost everyone had a different answer.
- Our Team’s Favorite Zoho Updates For 2023
Tips and Tricks
- Should You Switch To Zoho Marketing Automation 2.0?
- There isn’t a straightforward answer to this. Wayne breaks down whether you should or shouldn’t switch in this week’s tip.