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Xero is a cloud-based accounting software platform designed for small and medium-sized businesses. It offers tools for financial management, including features for invoicing, payroll, expense tracking, and reporting, enabling businesses to efficiently manage their finances and stay on top of their accounting tasks.
For all available metrics and attributes, please refer to our website.
How to Create a Xero Data Source
- On the Sources page, click on the Create Source button and select the connector from the list.
- Select your dataset and click on Next to continue.DATADDO TIP
If you are not sure which dataset you need but know the metrics and attributes, use the Search by Name or Attribute function.
- From the drop-down menu, choose your account.Didn't find your account?
Click on Add new Account at the bottom of the drop-down and follow the on-screen prompts. You can also go to the Authorizers tab and click on Add New Service.
- Name your data source and select your metrics and attributes. Please keep in mind that metrics and attributes depend on the selected dataset.
- Configure your snapshotting preferences. Choose your sync frequency or the exact synchronization time under Show advanced settings.DATADDO TIP
If you need to load historical data, please refer to the Data Backfilling article.
- Preview your data by clicking on the Test Data button in the top right corner. You can adjust the date range for a more specific time frame.
- Click on Save and congratulations, your new data source is ready!
Connector Overview
Advanced Settings
For the following Xero templates, you can choose to Get Cash Transactions Only:
- Balance Sheet
- Bank Summary
- Reports - Bank Summary
- Journals
- Journal Lines
- Journal Lines with Tracking
- Manual Journals
- Profit and Loss
Please keep in mind that this option is not available for other templated.
Troubleshooting
Data Preview Unavailable
If there is no data preview after clicking on Test Data, there might be a problem with your source configuration. The most common causes are:
- Date range: Try a smaller date range. You can load the rest of your data afterward through our manual data load function.
- Insufficient permissions: Please make sure your authorized account has at least admin-level permissions.
- Invalid metrics, attributes, or breakdowns: You may not have any data for the selected metrics, attributes, or breakdowns.
- Incompatible combination of metrics, attributes, or breakdowns: The combination you have selected cannot be queried together. Please refer to the service's documentation to view a full list of metrics that can be included in the same source.
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Now that you have successfully created a data source, see how you can connect your data to a dashboarding app or a data storage.