The following are instructions for importing the Concur Employee Expense Reimbursement Report into QuickBooks Online using Rightworks Transaction Pro Importer.

 

After downloading an Employee Expense Reimbursement Report from Concur, log into Transaction Pro and select to IMPORT.

 

 

CHOOSE IMPORT TYPE: Select BILLS as your import type by clicking on the box, which take you to the next window.

 

 

UPLOAD FILES: On this window, either DRAG AND DROP into the gray box your file to import or click in the gray box to BROWSE AND ATTACH your import file. Importer can import any flat file format into QuickBooks Online such as .csv and Excel.

 

BEFORE ATTACHING FILE

 

AFTER ATTACHING FILE

 

 

NOTE: If any changes are made to the import file after it has been attached to Importer, the file will need to be re-attached for Importer to recognize the changes.

 

Click SELECT FILE AND SHEET in the lower right-hand corner to proceed to the next window.

 

SELECT FILE AND SHEET: If your workbook has multiple worksheets (tabs) and/or if you have attached multiple files, you will see a list of the all available options to import. You can only work with one worksheet in one workbook at a time. Therefore, select the workbook and worksheet combination that contains the data that you wish to import by clicking the SELECT SHEET button next to the correct one.

 

 

MATCH COLUMNS: On this window, you will tell Importer what columns in your import file contains what data for available QuickBooks Online fields.

 

Any field that has a blue asterisk (*) is a required field that must either be included in your import file or have a default value assigned to the field.

 

Each field has two options for mapping. You can enter information in either column but never both.

 

• The first column is to map the info that is in the import file. Your import file column headers will be available on the dropdown menu for each field under the IMPORT COLUMN column.

• Any data that is not in your import file, needs to be included in the import, and has the same value for all imported transactions can be entered as a default value under the DEFAULT VALUE column.

 

For the mapping shown below, the following sample data file is being used:

 

 

The suggested fields to map at minimum to import the expense reimbursement information from Concur are:

 

• REFNUMBER: This is a required field. It is the number (can be alphanumeric) that is assigned to the imported Bill in QuickBooks Online. It is also the field that allows Importer to know where a transaction begins and ends, which allows Importer to group detail lines together that belong on the same transaction. The Reference Number can be up to 21 characters. With TPro for QuickBooks Online, there is no truncate option. Therefore, it will need to be decided which data to use for the Reference Number that is unique for each transaction. If the data is selected is more than 21 characters, an additional column may need to be added or the Expense ID shortened to 21 characters.

• VENDOR: This is a required field and will be the Employee that is to be reimbursed. The Employee ID can be entered into the Vendor Account Number field and used to cross-reference the Vendor (Employee) Name. See this article for more information about the cross-reference option. Otherwise, a column will need to be added to the import file to combine the Employee's first and last name together, as it appears in the Vendor list.

• TXNDATE: This is the Date that will be assigned to the Bill. This is not a required field; however, if no Date is provided in the import file or as a static value, then the Date will default to the Date that the import is performed.

• DUEDATE and SALESTERMS fields are not required. If nothing is imported for either of these fields, QuickBooks Online will use the default Term assigned the Vendor to calculate the Bill’s Due Date.

• EXPENSEACCOUNT: This is the Expense Account in QuickBooks Online. It must match QuickBooks Online exactly (spelling, punctuation, capitalization, spacing, etc).

  • The import data should include either the Account Name or Account Number but not both.

  • If posting to a sub-account and using Account Numbers, the import should include only the sub-account to which to post.

  • If posting to a sub-account and using Account Names, the import must include the entire path with each level separate by a colon with no space before or after the colon.

  • EXAMPLE: Main Account:Sub Account:Sub Account 2

• EXPENSEDESC: Any comment or memo explaining the reason for the expense.

• EXPENSEAMOUNT: This is the dollar amount for the expense detail line that is to be reimbursed. QuickBooks Online will automatically add all detail lines together for the total of the Bill.

• EXPENSEBILLABLESTATUS: This indicates if the expense that is being reimbursed should be billed to a customer.

• EXPENSEBILLABLEENTITY: This specifies the customer or customer and job for which the expense was incurred. If the previous field is marked as Y for being reimbursable, this is the customer or customer and job to which the expense will be billed.

• EXPENSECLASS:  If using Classes in QuickBooks Online, then the Class will need to be mapped to this field for the transaction.

 

 

If you wish to use it, there is a map file attached to this article that matches the mapping shown above. To use this map, download the attached .map file. In TPro Importer on the mapping screen, click the UPLOAD MAPPING OPTIONS button on the left-hand side of the mapping screen and select the .map file that you download. You can then make changes to the map, if needed.

 

Once you have completed your map (if not using the included map) or if you have made changes to the uploaded map, click SAVE MAPPING OPTIONS on the left-hand side of the window. You may save the map as any name that you choose. If you wish to replace a previous version of the map, save it as the same name to override the previous map. You may save an infinite number of different maps for each import type and access the different maps by selecting the drop-down button for CHOOSE SAVED OPTIONS.

 

 

 

Click PREVIEW AND IMPORT to proceed to the next window.

 

PREVIEW AND IMPORT: This window provides you with a preview of your data, showing what data is importing into which QuickBooks Online field.

 

You may deselect any data row that you do not wish to import by clicking the box in the first column for the row.

 

You may select OPTIONS for your import, if necessary.

 

To select OPTIONS, click on the last button above the import preview.

 

The OPTIONS that you may want to select are:

 

• ENABLE ACCOUNT NUMBERS ON TRANSACTIONS: If importing Account Numbers and not Account Names, this option must be selected.

• CROSS REFERENCE VENDOR NAME WITH ACCOUNT NUMBER ON PURCHASE TRANSACTIONS: If using the cross-reference option to look up the Employee ID to find the Vendor Name for the import, this option must be selected. Read more about the cross-reference option HERE.

• DO NOT AUTOMATICALLY ADD ACCOUNTS FROM YOUR IMPORT DATA THAT ARE NOT IN QUICKBOOKS: This option will stop Importer from creating a new General Ledger Account if it encounters an Account that does not currently exist in QuickBooks Online. Instead, that record will fail to import, allowing you to manually set up the Account in QuickBooks Online.

• DO NOT AUTOMATICALLY ADD VENDORS FROM YOUR IMPORT DATA THAT ARE NOT IN QUICKBOOKS ONLINE: This option will stop Importer from creating a new Vendor account if it encounters a Vendor that does not currently exist in QuickBooks Online. Instead, that record will fail to import, allowing you to manually set up the Vendor in QuickBooks Online. Note: If using the Vendor cross-reference option, the Vendor has to already exist in QuickBooks Online before the import; and therefore, this option does not have to be selected. It can be selected, though, for extra assurance that a new Vendor will not be set up during import.

 

Be sure to click the SAVE button at the bottom of the OPTIONS window to save the options that were selected.

 

 

Return to the TRANSACTION TO IMPORT by clicking on the tab along the top of the window.

 

Click IMPORT in the lower right-hand corner to begin the import into QuickBooks Online.

 

A confirmation window will appear to confirm that you are ready to import. Click YES to import or NO to return to Importer to make changes.

 

If the data imports without any issues, the data will move to the IMPORTED TRANSACTIONS tab with a message displayed in green along the top saying your import was successful.

 

You may download an import log by clicking on either the EXPORT TO EXCEL tab or SEND TO EMAIL tab.

 

If Importer finds any issues with your import data while validating with your QuickBooks Online data, a message will appear along the top of the TRANSACTION TO IMPORT tab in red, explaining what issue has been found. Be sure to click on one of the highlighted cells (highlighted either red or yellow) to receive the specific error message.

 

 

It could be possible that some data will import, and other data will not. If this is the case, all data that imported successfully will be moved to the IMPORTED TRANSACTIONS tab, and only the data that failed to import will be found on the TRANSACTION TO IMPORT tab.

 

You can make changes directly to the import data on the TRANSACTION TO IMPORT tab, correcting any data as necessary.

 

Once you have corrected the data that did not import, you may click IMPORT again to import only the data on the TRANSACTIONS TO IMPORT tab. The data on the IMPORTED TRANSACTIONS tab will not re-import.

 

Verify in QuickBooks Online that your Employee Expense Reimbursements imported correctly. You can find the most recent transactions entered or imported into QuickBooks Online by click on the magnifying glass in the upper right-hand corner of the QuickBooks Online window.