Integration
Connect Zoho Books and Zoho CRM
When something happens in Zoho Books or Zoho CRM, your agent does the next thing in the other. Describe it and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
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What Zoho Books and Zoho CRM can do together
From Zoho Books to Zoho CRM
When New bill in Zoho Books
then Add note in Zoho CRM
From Zoho CRM to Zoho Books
Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships.
Everything your agent can do with Zoho Books and Zoho CRM
Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 31 actions
- New bill
Triggered when a new bill is created
- New Customer
Triggers when a new customer is created.
- New Estimate
Triggers when a new estimate is created.
- New Expense
Triggers when an expense is created.
- New Item
Triggers when a new item is created.
- New Sales Invoice
Triggers when a new sales invoice is created.
- Add bill
Creates a bill received from a vendor in Zoho Books.
- Add customer payment
Record a customer payment.
- Add expense
Create an expense.
- Create Customer
Creates a new customer contact in a Zoho Books organization.
- Create Estimate
Creates a new estimate.
- Create Item
Creates a new item.
- Create Sales Invoice
Creates a new sales invoice.
- Find customers by criteria
Returns the customers in a Zoho Books organization that match the specified criteria (name, company, contact person, address, email, phone, status or free text).
- Find Invoice
Returns up to 200 invoices that match the specified criteria, such as invoice number, customer, status or date range.
- Get Bill
Returns one vendor bill from Zoho Books, including its number, vendor, status and total.
- Get customer
Get a contact by id.
- Get Estimate
Returns one estimate (quote) from Zoho Books, including its number, customer, status and total.
- Get Expense
Returns one expense recorded in Zoho Books, including its amount, date and accounts.
- Get Item
Returns one item from your Zoho Books item list, including its name, rate and description.
- Get sales invoice
Retrieves the details of an existing invoice in Zoho Books.
- Update customer
Updates an existing customer in Zoho Books. Only the fields you fill in are changed.
- Update item
Update an item.
- Update sales invoice
Updates an existing sales invoice in Zoho Books. The line items you send replace the invoice's line items.
- New or updated record
Fires when a record is created or updated in the specified Zoho CRM module. Polls newest-first by Modified Time.
- New record
Fires when a new record is created in the specified Zoho CRM module. Polls newest-first by Created Time.
- Add note
Adds a note to a record in any supported Zoho CRM module.
- Add or update record (upsert)
Insert a record, or update it if a duplicate is found, in the specified Zoho CRM module.
- Add tag to record
Add one or more tags (comma-separated names) to a record in the specified module.
- Convert lead
Convert a lead into a contact, account, and optionally a deal. Pass conversion options (e.g. Deals, assign_to) as the Conversion object.
- Create record
Create a new record in the specified Zoho CRM module.
- Delete record
Delete a record by ID from the specified Zoho CRM module.
- Find records
Search for records in a module using Zoho CRM criteria, e.g. (Email:equals:foo@bar.com). Returns up to 200 matching records.
- Get record
Retrieve a single record by ID from the specified Zoho CRM module.
- List notes
Lists notes across all records in Zoho CRM (requires an administrator profile).
- List users
Retrieves users in the Zoho CRM organization, optionally filtered by user type or IDs.
- Query records (COQL)
Run a Zoho CRM Object Query Language (COQL) SELECT statement and return the matching records.
- Remove tag from record
Remove one or more tags (comma-separated names) from a record in the specified module.
- Update record
Update an existing record by ID in the specified Zoho CRM module.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Zoho Books and Zoho CRM, answered
What can start an automation from Zoho Books?
Any of Zoho Books's 6 triggers in the catalog, including New bill, New Customer, New Estimate and New Expense. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in Zoho CRM when something happens in Zoho Books?
Any of Zoho CRM's 13 actions, including Create record, Update record, Add note and Add or update record (upsert). Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Zoho CRM to Zoho Books?
Yes. When something happens in Zoho CRM, your agent can act in Zoho Books too. This page covers both directions: Zoho CRM's triggers and Zoho Books's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Zoho Books or Zoho CRM?
No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running.
What happens when something fails?
Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships.
Is there a free plan?
Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.