Enter and Process Transactions in Vantagepoint and QuickBooks Online

When you use QuickBooks integration with Vantagepoint, you enter certain transactions in Vantagepoint and other transactions in QuickBooks Online.

Transactions are automatically updated in the other product at the time interval specified by your system administrator. Additionally, you can run the update process at any time by clicking the Process Changes Now button on the Integration Setup tab in the QuickBooks integration utility.

The following tables show you which transactions are shared between Vantagepoint and QuickBooks Online and where you must enter them.

Transactions You Enter in Vantagepoint

In Vantagepoint Result
Enter, approve (optional), and post timesheets. Timesheet hours are added to QuickBooks Online for processing payroll.
Enter, approve (optional), and post employee expense reports. Expense reports are added as vendor bills in QuickBooks Online.
Enter and post billing invoices. Billing invoices are added to QuickBooks Online.
Enter billing transfers. Journal entries are added to QuickBooks Online.
Enter and post accounts payable vouchers. AP vouchers are added as vendor bills in QuickBooks Online.
Enter and post journal entries. Journal entries are added to QuickBooks Online.
Enter and post consultant accruals. Journal entries for consultant accruals are added to QuickBooks Online.
Enter and post units. Journal entries for unit costs are added to QuickBooks Online.
Run revenue generation and post it. Revenue generation journal entries are added to QuickBooks Online.

Transactions You Enter in QuickBooks Online

In QuickBooks Online Result
Process payroll using hours from Vantagepoint. No data is updated in Vantagepoint.
Pay the vendor bills for employee expense reports from Vantagepoint. Expense report payments are added to Vantagepoint.
Enter payments received from customers for billing invoices. Billing invoice payments are added to Vantagepoint.
Pay the vendor bills for accounts payable vouchers from Vantagepoint. AP payments are added to Vantagepoint.
Enter journal entries. Journal entries are not added to Vantagepoint.