Zoho Books
Google Sheets + ZohoBooks Integration
Query from ZohoBooks into Google Sheets or Post data from Google Sheets into ZohoBooks
What is Sheet Director?
Sheet Director is a Google Workspace add-on that helps to manage and control bi-directional data flow between Google Sheets and several other applications like Google Calendar, Tasks, Contacts, Sheets, QuickBooks, FreshBooks, Zoho etc.Â
It is available in the Google Workspace Marketplace. Please check the Installation instructions to install the add-on.Â
What is ZohoBooks?
Zoho Books is all-inclusive accounting software that helps you manage your receivables and payables, get tax-ready, collaborate with employees, automate your workflows, and keep an eye on your financialsÂ
Zoho Books to Google Sheets: Use Case(s)
> Pull data from ZohoBooks objects and present it into a Google Sheets - Query
> Push data from Google sheet to Zoho Books - Post
Zoho Books
Query or Post with ZohoBooks
Sheet Director
Google Sheets
Demo Video: How to integrate Google Sheets & Zoho Books?
Table Of Contents
Setting Up Zoho Books in Sheet Director
Choose App and Service :Â
Select Zoho Books from the list of applications.Â
Select Service.Â
Zoho Books Configuration
Click on connect to Zoho Books to connect to Zoho Books so that you can pull data. Â
Zoho Books to Google Sheet - Query
If Zoho Books is connected successfully the following screen appears.
Select the required fields.Â
Filters & Sorting
Configure Filter and Sort by to filter and sort the executed data.
Destination Settings:
Configure the destination settings to save the executed data.
Scheduler Settings:
Switch on Run automatically to execute services automatically in background.
Notification Settings:
Configure the Notification settings to setup the email templates and add attachments.
Click on execute to pull the data into sheet.
Click save to save the service.
Sample Output
Google Sheet to Zoho Books - Post
Entity
Select the business you want.Â
Select the entity object that you need to post to.Â
Select Apply Template or Setup Manually.Â
Select Apply Template to add a default template.Â
Select Setup Manually to select manually.Â
Source SheetÂ
Choose the sheet that contains post records.Â
Enter the Start at cell value.Â
(the default value is A1, if you change the value you need to refresh the header by clicking on refresh icon on side)Â
Select the Status columnÂ
If status column is not there, simply click the +button to add the status header on your sheet(A status column will be created in Spreadsheet)Â
Select the Result columnÂ
If result column is not there, simply click the +button to add the result header on your sheet(A result column will be created in Spreadsheet)Â
MappingÂ
After selecting the entity it will ask for intelligent mappingÂ
If you need to do intelligent mapping click on yesÂ
Intelligent mapping will map the matching fields automaticallyÂ
You can do manual mapping by selecting Column drop downÂ
You can delete the field by click on delete icon on top of each filed mapÂ
You can't delete mandatory* fieldsÂ
Adding Line Items
Click on '+Add Item' button for adding single line item object.
If you want to add more line item you can click '+Add Item' once again.
Click on delete button for deleting item object.
Intelligent Mapping is not supported for Items. You need to manually select the column field.
You can delete the field by click on delete icon on top of each filed mapÂ
You can't delete mandatory* fieldsÂ
Click on execute will ask for confirmationÂ
Click save to save the serviceÂ
It will show number of records ready to postÂ
Click post now to post the records on Zoho Books.Â
Sample Output
It will show the count of number of records posted successfully and failed to post.Â
Google Sheet to Zoho Books- Sync
Select service as Synchronize Zoho Books.
Select the Max results required.
Synchronize settings:
Synchronization Keys:
The keys will be used for matching rows in Google Sheets with data in Zoho Books.
Conflict Resolution:Â
When Synchronization happens, there could be a conflict of data between Google Sheets and Zoho Books.
Zoho Books Wins
Google Sheet Wins
Zoho Books Wins: Latest data from Zoho Books will be updated in Google Sheets.
Google Sheet Wins: Latest data from Google Sheets will be updated in Zoho Books.
Note: The major requirement in synchronization is the synchronize keys. If any of the keys is not having a value in the Google Sheet then Sheet Director will create it first and then the service will be executed.
Zoho Books Wins
Select Zoho Books.
The latest updated data from Zoho Books will be updated in Google Sheets.
Choose the spreadsheet to store data.
Select the required cell value.
Select the Status column
If the status column is not there, simply click the +button to add the status header on your sheet(A status column will be created in the Spreadsheet)
Select the Result column
If the result column is not there, simply click the +button to add the result header on your sheet(A result column will be created in the Spreadsheet)
Click Execute to execute the data.
The number of records that are ready to be synchronized will be shown.
It will also show all the data that are ready to be updated.
Also, the number of data that needs to be updated into Zoho Books will also be updated.
Click on Sync Now to sync all the data and update it into Google Sheets.
Click on the Refresh icon to refresh the data.
Sample Output
The Status column in the Google Sheets shows the status of the data.
The newly updated data will be marked as Synced Successfully.
The old data that already exists will be marked as Already Synchronized.
Google Sheet Wins
Select Google Sheet Wins.
The latest updated data from Google Sheet will be updated into Zoho Books.
Select the sheet to store the output.
Select the Status column
If the status column is not there, simply click the +button to add the status header on your sheet(A status column will be created in the Spreadsheet)
Select the Result column
If the result column is not there, simply click the +button to add the result header on your sheet(A result column will be created in the Spreadsheet)
Click Execute to execute the data.
Click Save to save.
The number of records that are ready to be synchronized will be shown.
It will also show all the data that are ready to be updated.
Also, the number of data that needs to be updated into Zoho Books will also be updated.
Click on Sync Now to sync all the data and update it into Google Sheets.
Click on the Refresh icon to refresh the data.
If the data are synced successfully the following screen appears.
Click on Close to close the configuration.
Sample Output
The Status column in the Google Sheets shows the status of the data.
The newly updated data will be marked as Synced Successfully.
The old data that already exists will be marked as Already Synchronized.