Available Zapier Actions

Available Zapier Actions

Available Zapier Actions


CustomBooks™ provides the following actions that may be used in Zapier:

Create Salesperson


This action results in the creation of a new salesperson. The salesperson has one field: Salesperson name.

Create Company


This action creates a new company in CustomBooks™ that is either a customer, vendor or both. The following fields are available:
  • Company Name (required)
  • Terms (Required). These are the default payment terms for this customer. The payment terms must exist in CustomBooks™ in order for it to be saved through Zapier.
  • Currency (required) You may choose a default currency to be used everytime this zap is used or choose “Use a custom value” to specify a the value from a field from the trigger application.
  • Is this a customer? Choose yes or no from the dropdown to use that value each time this zap is used or choose “Use a custom value” to specify the value form a  field in the trigger application. The value can be either True or False.
  • Is this a vendor? (required) Choose yes or no from the dropdown to use that value each time this zap is used or choose “Use a custom value” to specify the value form a  field in the trigger application. The value can be either True or False.
  • Website (optional).
  • Notes (optional).
  • Price Level (optional). You may choose a default currency to be used everytime this zap is used or choose “Use a custom value” to specify a the value from a field from the trigger application.
  • Sales Person (optional).
  • Sales Account (optional). Choose an existing account to use as the default or specify a custom value from the trigger application.
  • Expense Account (optional). Choose an existing account to use as the default or specify a custom value from the trigger application.
  • Accounts Receivable Account (optional). Choose an existing account to use as the default or specify a custom value from the trigger application.
  • Accounts Payable Account (optional). Choose an existing account to use as the default or specify a custom value from the trigger application.

Create Product


This action creates a new product inventory item in CustomBooks™.

Create Service


This action creates a new service inventory item in CustomBooks™.

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