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Overdue Payments by Contact
The Overdue Payments by Contact metric in Xero shows a list of customers or suppliers who have outstanding unpaid invoices beyond their due date, helping businesses stay on top of their overdue payments.
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What is "Overdue Payments by Contact"?
The Overdue Payments by Contact metric is a measure of the amount of unpaid invoices for each customer in Xero that are past their due date. It helps businesses identify which customers have outstanding balances and how much is owed, allowing them to take necessary actions such as sending reminders or following up on payments to improve cash flow and reduce bad debt. This data provides insights into the financial health of customers and enables businesses to prioritize their collections efforts effectively.
Example: Example: Using the Overdue Payments by Contact metric, a business owner can easily identify which vendors or customers have outstanding invoices that need to be followed up on, allowing them to take proactive steps to improve cash flow and maintain good relationships.
Visualizations
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Bar and Line Chart
Used to show comparisons between values.
How to track Overdue Payments by Contact in Databox?
Databox is a business analytics software that allows you to track and visualize your most important metrics from any data source in one centralized platform.
To track Overdue Payments by Contact using Databox, follow these steps:
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1Connect Xero that contains the metric you want to track
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2Select the metric you want to track from the list of available metrics
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3Drag and drop the selected metric onto your dashboard
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4Watch your dashboard populate in seconds
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5Put Overdue Payments by Contact on the Performance screen
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6Get Overdue Payments by Contact performance daily with Scorecards or as a weekly digest
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7Set Goals to track and improve performance of Overdue Payments by Contact
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General
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DescriptionThe Overdue Payments by Contact metric in Xero shows a list of customers or suppliers who have outstanding unpaid invoices beyond their due date, helping businesses stay on top of their overdue payments.
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CategoryAccounting
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SubcategoryPayments
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Date Added2017-03-09
Specification
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Metric Typecurrent
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DimensionalYes
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Decimal DigitsYes
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Currency UnitsYes
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GranularitiesDaily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly.
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Custom Relative PeriodsYes
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Data AvailabilityAt sync, it ranges from now to now.
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Retroactive Data UpdatesExisting data is purged in favor of the most recent synced data.
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Future Data AvailableNo
Visualization
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Cumulative GraphYes
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Favorable Trenddecreasing
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Media CreativesNo
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ForecastsYes
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BenchmarksNo
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Currency API limitation for ‘Overdue Payments by Contact’ Xero metric
When using Xero metric ‘Overdue Payments by Contact’ in Databox, all contacts without their currency returned via API will have the default currency displayed in Databox, even though their actual currency (seen in Xero) could be different. This is due to Xero’s API limitations that do not support currency conversions.
The same limitation applies to the Xero metric ‘Outstanding Payments by Contact’.
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