Community News

2023 was the year for Zuora Community Table Talks where we introduced Community Work Groups exclusively for all Table Talk workshop attendees to have access to past workshops and session speakers. We also ramped up our monthly session count from 2-3/month to 5+ monthly sessions including Office Hours.

Below is the complete list of all of our 2023 Table Talk sessions and be sure to check out our latest sessions here.

General

• Save Time and Revenue with Zuora Managed Services

Administrators

• Configurable Regions and Subregions in Zuora
• OneID: Your Key to Secure Identities & Streamlined Controls
• Zuora In Action: OneID User Groups and Demo

Application Lifecycle Management

• Application Lifecycle Management - Optimizing Testing and Deployment
• Application Lifecycle Management: Best Practices to CI/CD with Zuora Billing and Payment Processes

Billing

• What’s New with HTML Invoice Templates (2023)
• 4 Essential Zuora Reporting Tools for Zuora Billing and Revenue

Developers

• Learn More About Zuora’s API and SDK v2
• Flexible Querying with the Quickstart API
• Custom Functions on Zuora Objects

Finance in Zuora Billing

• Accounting Periods and Payment Reconciliation with Payment Gateways
• Exchange Rates and the Gains/Loss Report in Zuora Billing
• Reviewing the Month-End Close Process in Zuora Billing
• Accounting Close Prerequisites for Month-End Close in Zuora Billing
• Revenue Recognition Prerequisites for Month-End Close in Zuora Billing
• Preparing for Year-End Close in Zuora Billing

Finance BONUS: Best Practice Checklists

Strengthen your product foundation with best practice checklists (some with video!) from the Community, Knowledge Center, and Self Service Solutions so that you can confidently use Zuora.

• Checklist: Year-End Close in Zuora Billing
• Checklist: Accounting Close for the Month-End Close Process in Zuora Billing
• Checklist: Accounting Close Prerequisites for Month-End Close in Zuora Billing
• Checklist: Revenue Recognition Prerequisites for Month-End Close in Zuora Billing

Platform

• Learn More About and Find Out What’s New in Custom Objects and Fields
• 4 Events and Notifications Features You Should Be Using in Zuora

Revenue

• Consumption Revenue and Operationalizing the Close Process Dashboard
• Using Export RC for a Simplified Contract Review
• How Zuora Revenue Derived the Amount for Long-Term vs. Short-Term Contract Liability
• Consumption Revenue
• Preparing for an External Audit with Commonly-Used Reports in Zuora Revenue
• Booking Forecast in Zuora Revenue
• Data Management in Zuora Revenue
• What's New in the 37.014.00.00 Zuora Revenue Release
• Foreign Exchange Management for Sales Orders, Invoices and Credit Memos in Zuora Revenue
• Revenue Feature Updates for CA/CL and LT/ST Reclass and the Automated Revenue Release Check
• What’s New in the 37.015.00 Zuora Revenue Release
• Period Close Template in Zuora Revenue

Workflow

• Building Real-Time vs. Batch Workflows
• Best Practices to Query Data in Workflow - Data Access Choices
• Building Event-Based Workflows
• 3 Must-Use Tools to Enhance Your Zuora Workflows
• Using JavaScript in Zuora Workflows
• Best Practices for Workflow Observability and Monitoring
• UI Actions, Approval Tasks Through Email and Collaboration Tools, and the New Approval UI
• Demonstrations: Workflow Types and Monitoring

Discover More in the Zuora Community Resource Library

The Zuora Community Resource Library is a ongoing list of resources exclusively found in the community and created by Zuora subject matter experts.  In the past, these resources have been spread apart in different groups where one had to search for or bookmark their "go-to" best practices, templates, walkthroughs, etc.  Now, we're curating everything into an all-encompassing library for easy access and browsing.

New content will be added monthly and all you need to do is join the group to stay informed of the latest library additions! Learn more about the Community resource library here.

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Lana Lee
Zuora Community Senior Community Manager and Strategist
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