Zoho Vendor

Description

The Zoho Vendor entity represents suppliers or third-party organizations that provide goods or services. These records are used in the procurement cycle to track purchasing, supplier contact details, and transaction history.

The Zoho Vendor activity allows workflows to automate vendor management tasks, such as retrieving vendor details, adding new vendors, updating vendor profiles, and removing outdated entries.

Use this activity to:

• Get – Retrieve a single vendor by ID
• Get All – Retrieve all vendors
• Create – Add a new vendor record
• Create Many – Add multiple vendor records using field mappings
• Update – Modify an existing vendor
• Delete – Remove a vendor by ID

Input

• Data – Required only for Create Many and Update operations.

Output

Output Type	Format	Description
Data	JSON	Zoho Vendor record(s) output

Configuration Fields

Field Name	Description
Connection	Select a Zoho connection (OAuth). Required for authentication.
Operation	Choose from the supported operations: Get Get All Create Create Many Update Delete
Id	Used in Get, Update, and Delete. Provide the Zoho Vendor ID.
Fields	Used in Create and Update. Define fields such as Vendor Name, Email, Phone, etc.
Fields Mapping	Used in Create Many. Maps fields from input data to Zoho Vendor fields.

Sample Input

Operation	Required Fields	Example Input
Get	Id	Id 1234567000000252011
Get All	None	(No input required)
Create	Vendor fields	Vendor Name Global Supplies Ltd. Email [email protected]
Update	Id, Fields	Id 1234567000000252011 Phone +91-9876543210
Delete	Id	Id 1234567000000252011
Create Many	Field Mapping	Vendor Name [SupplierName] Email [SupplierEmail]

Input fields for Create Many operation are mapped from data output by the previous activity in the workflow.

Sample Configuration

Field	Value
connection.id	zoho-prod-004
connection.name	Zoho Vendor Sync
operation	CreateMany
fieldsMapping	Vendor Name → SupplierName Email → SupplierEmail Phone → ContactNumber

Sample Output

Id	Vendor Name	Email	Phone	Created Time
12345670000000001	Global Supplies Ltd.	[email protected]	+91-9876543210	2024-05-10T10:00:00Z
12345670000000002	Alpha Traders Pvt.	[email protected]	+91-9000000000	2024-05-11T12:30:00Z