Zoho@Zoho: Zoho Creator

October 14, 2010 | By Aparna

Linchpin seems to be the buzz word these days. With this post.. Rodrigo set the ball rolling on how we encourage linchpinness @ Zoho. However,loooong before the book came about and talked about this revolutionary sounding idea.. Zoho has been a pioneer of this concept. We use Zoho services within Zoho extensively.. Take Zoho Creator for example..Zoho Creator has simplified lives for many teams here at Zoho.. From the simplest of use cases/situations/scenarios like using an application to book train tickets for a team outing, collecting registrations for a Badminton/ Cricket tournament, arranging lunch for non working days or even making Cab reservations all the way up to serious ones like requesting a hardware, monitoring overseas travel by employees etc..…

WWII, Indiana Military Organization and Zoho Creator – A Case Study

October 12, 2010 | By Aparna

War heroes are made of the same flesh and blood as anyone else.. It’s a miracle fiber called courage that makes them stand apart.

Only one emotion comes to mind, when we think of those people, who take up the endeavor to scourge every last bit of information on forgotten heroes and sons of the soil, and put them together in one place, making it easier to lookup relevant information within seconds. Respect.

The Who:

Indiana Military Organization

A small group of people from Indiana, headed by Jim West, who even at the age of 60 has the enthusiasm of a 6 year old, has been doing some exceptional work. They have put together all the details they could find about the

local WWII bases

and

the heroes

under one place. Their site has been serving as a knowledge base for quite some time now.…

Reporting & Task Scheduling – Now live at Zoho Creator

October 6, 2010 | By Aparna

Our users trust their business with us – some of their critical data is taken care of by our software and we understand the seriousness. So it’s only logical that we take good care of them, their needs and requests. It’s always two way ain’t it? Rolling out some stunning new additions to our long list of boast worthy features at regular intervals, is one way to make sure this goodwill stays around. Today, we are delighted to unveil, the latest enhancements that have been added to your favorite online database software. Some new features, some integrations, some tiny alterations that you may have missed. Here is a quick run through on what’s new at Zoho Creator.

Zoho Creator Reports:

Piling up data just doesn’t make any sense.…

Hello Zoho Invoice! Zoho Creator here!

September 8, 2010 | By Aparna

Close on the heels of the Zoho Creator – Zoho CRM integration initiative, here is one more reason to cheer. Yet another business application, Zoho Invoice can now talk to Zoho Creator… yeah you heard that right.. not only can you snap up customer orders in an instant, you can also send them their invoice .. right from within Zoho Creator in seconds.

We’ve come up with 2 new Deluge tasks dedicated to this effect. The zoho.invoice.createdraft() task creates a draft invoice, one that may undergo further changes and the details of which aren’t being reflected in the sales records just yet, at Zoho Invoice. Our other task zoho.invoice.createinvoice() creates an invoice with an open status, which simply means that the customer has received our goods/services and is yet to make partial or complete payment for the same.…

Zoho Creator Lounge – What’s cooking?

September 6, 2010 | By Aparna

We have a few avenues from where we reach out to our users. An all formal blog portal at Zoho Blogs where we make the high profile announcements and the Forum which is our 2 way communication platform – our users voice their opinions, ideas, suggestions etc and get help from us and other power users when they are stuck up at some place. We felt that other tiny announcements, geeky tips and tricks, ways and means to make any application jaw dropping, informal posts – bordering on technical stuff and otherwise which don’t fit into either are being left out.

We thought a middle ground where such posts could see the light of the day would be a good idea. And thus was born ZC Lounge. We started out with a few guest posts from some of our power users and other geek tips which users could use.…

Zoho Creator – Zoho CRM Integration – The First Step

August 9, 2010 | By Aparna

As we grow stronger and push out more features, our focus has slowly but steadily been shifting towards integration between Zoho Creator and other Zoho business applications. A while ago we came up with an initial step towards integrating Zoho Creator with Zoho Reports. We are nearing completion on that front and we should be up and about soon. In other news though, some of our Zoho CRM users have long felt the need to build situated applications like Sales Commission Calculations, Quote Request, Travel Request etc which can be created in Zoho Creator, and make such applications available to their Leads/Contacts from Zoho CRM. Providing some level of integration between the two services seemed to be the next logical step.…

Zoho Creator Help 2.0

January 22, 2010 | By Aparna

With great power comes great responsibility. And we want to add, with a huge user base comes the need to support them even better. After endless rounds of discussions and cups and cups of tea, we found that making it easier for a user to resolve any query that he/she might have while developing an application would go a long way in making his/her Zoho Creator experience a pleasant one. And thus was born …

Zoho Creator Help 2.0

Presenting a revamped Help Center with a cool and squeaky clean interface that is easy on the eyes. The various topics that are covered by the Help Center are neatly segregated under different categories. For instance, a new user looking to get started with Zoho Creator can use the Quick Start Guide while a current user can check out the User Guide for his/her needs.…

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