How to Create a Sales Order in Zoho Books

Before you can create a sales order in Zoho Books, you will need to ensure that the Sales Order module is enabled in Zoho Books. Here’s how you can do it:

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  • Click Settings on the top right corner of the page.
  • Click General under Preferences.
  • Check the Sales Orders option.
  • Click Save at the bottom of the page.

Now, you can create a sales order in Zoho Books. Here’s how:

  • Go to Sales > Sales Orders.
  • Click the + New button in the top right corner of the page.
  • Fill in the customer and item details, shipment date and any other fields which will be applicable for your sales order.
  • Click Save as Draft to create a draft or Save and Send to send it to your customer’s email address right away.

Convert to Open

If you have saved your sales order as a Draft, you can convert it to the Open status to ensure that the sales order is active and shows up in your sales reports.

To mark a sales order as open:

  • Select the sales order (in the Draft status) which you want to convert to open.
  • Click Convert to Open in the top right side of the page.