Provider connections

QuickBooks, Xero, and other connections: what they read, what they write, and how a stale connection shows up as drift.

How-toFor Firm staff, Bookkeepers

What a connection is

Provider Connections is the list of accounting and bank connections for this client. A connection has a status. Failed, stale, or mismatched attempts show on Review as provider or drift items — they do not silently change the ledger.

Common questions

Does connecting QuickBooks keep QBO as the books?

No. myBBS is the system of record. A QuickBooks connection is for migration and for reading source reports, not a second live ledger.

See alsoWhat myBBS is (and how it thinks)Bringing your existing books over

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