Connecting Xero Practice Manager

FYI works closely with Xero to deliver a comprehensive feature set and seamless integration.

• Clients, Jobs and Team are instantly imported from Xero Practice Manager (XPM) and continuously synchronised in FYI.
• Your Client’s Tax Returns are also automatically retrieved from Xero Tax and filed in FYI.

To read more about the features refer to Xero Integration.

Already connected to Xero Practice Manager? Refer to Resetting your connection between FYI and Xero Practice Manager.

This article contains the following sections:

• Before You Begin
  • Selecting a User Account
  • Multiple Xero Practice Manager Accounts
• Enabling the Xero Practice Manager Sync
  • Step 1 - Connect to Xero Practice Manager
  • Step 2 - Set XPM as your Preferred Practice Management Sync Source

Before You Begin

Selecting a User Account

Before you connect Xero Practice Manager (XPM) and sync your clients, jobs and team with FYI, consider the following important factors when selecting the user responsible for maintaining the connection between XPM and FYI:

• The user should be a long-term user of FYI and Xero Practice Manager in the future as the connection depends on their active status in both Xero Practice Manager and FYI.
  
  
• The user must be an FYI Admin and have Administrator access to Xero Practice Manager.
  
  
• Your Xero Practice Manager Administrator must have Authorise 3rd party Full Access enabled in XPM. An error will be displayed if they don't have the setting enabled. Refer to You don't have access to connect to any Xero Practice Manager Accounts when connecting FYI to XPM.
  
  Note: This access only needs to be set for the Xero Administrator connecting FYI to Xero Practice Manager or Xero Tax, and is not needed for other users.

Multiple Xero Practice Manager Accounts

If you have more than one account for Xero Practice Manager (such as for branches in different cities) ensure the user connects to the correct Xero Practice Manager when prompted by Xero.

Connecting to the wrong account will cause the wrong data to sync, and will be difficult to correct.

Enabling the Xero Practice Manager Sync

Step 1 - Connect to Xero Practice Manager

To connect to Xero Practice Manager:

1. In FYI, click the Automation menu option
2. Click the Apps tab
   
   
   
   
3. Locate the Xero Practice Manager app and click the Settings cog icon
   
   
   
   
4. Click Connect
   
   
   
   
5. Log into Xero Practice Manager using the selected user credentials
   Note: Refer to Selecting a User Account for important information on selecting an appropriate user to connect the two systems
   
   
   
   
6. Follow the prompts for any verification or to answer your security questions. You will then be prompted to allow access to FYI
   
   
   
   
7. Click Allow access
   Note: Ensure you connect to the correct Xero Practice Manager account. Refer to Multiple Xero Practice Manager Accounts for more information.

Step 2 - Set XPM as your Preferred Practice Management Sync Source

Once you have connected FYI with Xero Practice Manager, you will need to select XPM as your preferred Practice Management Sync Source so that FYI can synchronise your data.

1. In FYI, click the Automation menu option
2. Click the Apps tab
3. Locate the Practice Management Sync app tile and click the Settings cog icon
   
   
4. In the Practice Manager drop-down, select Xero Practice Manager
   
   
5. Click Save

Xero Practice Manager will begin synchronising with FYI. This may take up to 24 hours depending on the number of clients and jobs in Xero Practice Manager. You will be notified by email when the sync has been completed.

Further Resources:

• Xero Practice Manager
• Verifying your Synchronisations with Xero Practice Manager for the First Time