The Xero Expense Data integration is an add-on to the Xero Bank Feed integration which enables you to: 

1. Import your expense information (e.g., chart of accounts, tracking categories etc) from Xero into Airwallex and;
2. Sync expenses and receipts back to Xero for reconciliation against the bank feed. 

Importing information like your chart of accounts into Airwallex allows you to delegate tasks such as expense categorisation and receipt upload to your cardholders. They can log in to Airwallex to categorise expenses and upload receipts. When the expense syncs to Xero, it will display all the relevant expense information and receipts.

To configure the Xero Expense Data integration, customers must first enable the Xero Bank Feed integration.

What happens after an expense is approved?

Once an expense is approved, it will automatically begin the syncing process to Xero. The expense will be synced to Xero as a bank transaction and will include the following information:

1. Transaction details
2. Attached receipts (if any)
3. Merchant selection (if any)
4. Description (if any)
5. Expense category selection (chart of account)
6. Tracking category selection (if any)
7. Tax rate selection (if any)
8. Comments (if any)

To check the status of the expense sync to Xero, refresh the page. If the expense status is “Synced”, then the expense has completed syncing to Xero. If the expense status is “Sync failed”, then there was an issue that prevented the expense from syncing to Xero.

Important notes: 

1. Expenses that are still pending when approved will only begin syncing to Xero once the transaction settles.
2. Note when importing assets from your chart of accounts to Airwallex, you cannot import accounts that are marked with the “Inventory” asset type in Xero
3. When syncing expenses to Xero, if the expense is assigned to an existing Xero contact, the expense will be synced to the selected contact. If a new merchant value is entered that is not an existing Xero contact, the expense will sync to a default “Airwallex Expenses” contact.
4. Individual comments synced to Xero will be displayed at the bottom of the bank transaction, under History & Notes.