1. INTEGRATING
QUICKBOOKS TO
EXTERNAL SYSTEMS
Presented by
SRINI RAJA
DIRECTOR
TPSYNERGY.COM (www.tpsynergy.com)
5128277407

2. QUICKBOOKS AND EXTERNAL SYSTEMS
• QuickBooks is the most widely used Accounting
Software in Small and Medium Businesses.
• What was a simple accounting book keeping
system has progressed to a full ERP and Supply
Chain Management System.
• Check this article on how QuickBooks
is being used in Supply Chain Systems.
QuickBooks as Supply Chain Management Solution.

3. INTEGRATING QUICKBOOKS TO EXTERNAL
SYSTEMS
• Many a times it is necessary to get the data into and out of QuickBooks in a bulk.
• For example if you are a supplier selling to Amazon, Amazon will send EDI (Refer
this article on EDI ) messages for Orders.
• It is necessary to post them into QuickBooks automatically.
• If there are only few orders to be managed, it can be entered into QuickBooks
manually.

4. INTEGRATING QUICKBOOKS TO EXTERNAL
SYSTEMS
• But if there are hundreds of orders to be processed, it is not possible to do it
manually.
• You will need an automated solution to manage the Orders.
• Similarly, data between QuickBooks and External CRM system or sales portal needs
to be synchronized.

5. INTEGRATION METHODS
• Integrating to QuickBooks depends upon if it is
Online Version or Desktop Enterprise version
• QuickBooks Online API is the easy method to
connect to QuickBooks Online version.
• External applications either cloud based on on
premise can use the API to access QuickBooks
Online and extract data and post data.

6. INTEGRATING TO QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP
VERSION

7. INTEGRATING TO QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP
VERSION
• The challenge with desktop version is accessing the company by external systems
outside the company network.
• While the online version is hosted by Intuit in the web, desktop version is
maintained by the user within their company network.
• QuickBooks provides a solution called 'Web connector' for this.

8. INTEGRATING TO QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP
VERSION
• Web connector is a small windows based application that runs inside the company
network.
• Either on the same machine where QuickBooks is installed or in another machine
within the company.
• This web connector can call any external applications and transfer data in between.

9. INTEGRATING TO QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP
VERSION

10. INTEGRATING TO QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP
VERSION
• The Web connector provides an intermediate connection between the external
system and quick books desktop.
• As the web connector only calls the external system and external system can not
start the call, this connection is secure and safe to use.

11. WHAT THE INTEGRATION CAN DO
• It is possible to exchange a variety of data between QuickBooks and External systems.
For example, Purchase orders from customers like Amazon, Walmart will be posted as
Sales orders into QuickBooks.
• Products and Inventory maintained in QuickBooks will be synchronized to online web
stores like Shopify, Amazon or other market places.
• Sales made in external websites will be posted as customer receipts into QuickBooks
• New customers acquired through other CRM tools will be created as customers in
QuickBooks.
• Invoices created in QuickBooks will be electronically sent to customers like Amazon,
Walmart through EDI.

12. HOW QUICKBOOKS USERS SHOULD
DEVELOP THESE INTEGRATIONS
• It is not necessary to reinvent the wheel.
• There are many Intuit certified apps out there that can do all the integrations
mentioned above.
• For example if you need to accept EDI messages from your customers and send EDI
invoices, TPSynergy as listed in the Intuit QuickBooks EDI App is a good choice for
ready made EDI integration.

13. INTEGRATING
QUICKBOOKS TO
EXTERNAL SYSTEMS
PRESENTED BY
SRINI RAJA
DIRECTOR
TPSYNERGY.COM(www.tpsynergy.com)
512 827 7407