The first step in troubleshooting any issue with your accounting sync is to check your Accounting Sync History screen. Under Company Settings, click the Accounting Integration tab, then click the Accounting Sync History button in the upper right corner.
This screen tells you which Emburse Spend data has synced into your connected accounting software. If there are any sync errors, they will appear in the Status column on the right.
An incomplete integration to QuickBooks Online can result in a failure to sync. If you’ve hit a roadblock with your QuickBooks Desktop integration, there are a few steps you can take to troubleshoot the issue.
1) Are all of your categories mapped to your active items in your chart of accounts?
Emburse Spend gives you the option to add additional data to each expense by setting up custom categories and sub-categories. You can learn how to do this here. After you’ve set up your Expense Categories, the next step is to map those to your chart of accounts. If you haven’t mapped your Spend Categories, the sync to QuickBooks Online will break. You can learn how to map your categories to your GL codes here.
2) Are any of your categories mapped to accounts that no longer exist in QuickBooks?
If you’ve deleted any items on your General Ledger that are mapped to active Spend categories, the sync will fail. Open up your Categories screen and match this against your Chart of Accounts. If anything has been deleted from your GL, you’ll need to make the corresponding updates to your Category Mapping in Emburse Spend.
Please note: If any changes are made to your chart of accounts in QuickBooks, you must go back to your Categories screen and re-map them to the updated account! This will not update on its own. If a Spend category is mapped to an account that no longer exists or has been edited in QuickBooks Online, it will break the sync.
3) Are your corporate cards mapped to the corresponding card feeds?
If you are using Emburse Spend for corporate card reconciliation and have selected to sync to multiple card feeds in your QuickBooks, you need to ensure all Team Cards to the corresponding feeds in QuickBooks. To set this up, go to the accounting integration screen and scroll to Corporate Card Expenses at the bottom of the screen.
4) Is the person who set up the Integration with Emburse Spend no longer an Admin in QuickBooks?
If the person who set up the integration between Spend and QuickBooks no longer has Admin permissions in QuickBooks or no longer has an active profile, the new QuickBooks administrator must redo the sync. To redo the sync with an active QB admin, you will need to enter in the credentials for the active member.
If you have an administrator set up in QuickBooks, it appears in the User List as either Admin or User Name (admin). To view the member list Choose Company > Set up Users and Passwords > Set Up Users.
5) Are your Team Fields mapped to your custom fields in QuickBooks?
Spend gives you the option to set up Team Fields, which you can assign to your employees and map to your accounting fields in QuickBooks. After you’ve set up your Team Fields, the next step is to map those to the corresponding departments.
6) Are your Expense Fields mapped to your Custom Fields in QuickBooks?
Similarly, you can use Expense Fields in Spend to add additional information to each expense. After you’ve set up your Expense Fields, the next step is to map those to the corresponding Department or Class. You can go here to check if your Emburse Spend Expense Fields have been mapped to your Accounting Fields in QuickBooks.
7) Is your default expense account up to date?
In your Accounting Integration settings screen, make sure that the default bookkeeping category is mapped to an account that still exists. If it's been edited, you will need to update your selection by choosing the up to date account from the dropdown menu.
8) Have you updated your 'close date' in your settings?
If you officially close the books in Spend, you will need to keep this date updated each month in your settings. If you enter a close date for April 30th, 2021, then any expenses dated before that date will update to May 1st, 2021. You will need to update this date in Spend each time you close the books!