Overview

This article covers account syncing between Emersion and Xero. It provides a list showing which data is pushed into Xero.

Do not update account information in Xero once a link has been established. Any changes made in Xero to a Xero contact will not be pushed back to Emersion.


Emersion Account To Xero Contact Data Mapping

The following table shows which data is transferred to Xero when the user invokes the system to create a Xero contact from Emersion or is linked to an existing Xero contact.

Xero FieldEmersion Data Field or Activity
Name

Individual Accounts: first name + surname of the primary contact.

Organisations: Trading name (if set) or legal registration name .

AccountNumber

Account ID

ContactStatus

Sets to Activ

TaxNumberABN

ContactPerson(s)

A Xero contact can have a maximum of 5 Contact Persons. This collection is left blank. The Xero API does not support updating or removing from this collection.

FirstName

The first name of the contact.

LastName

The surname of the contact.

EmailAddress

The email address of the contact.

IncludeInEmails

This flag is set to TRUE.

PhoneType: DEFAULT

The primary phone number of the contact.

PhoneType: FAX

The primary fax number of the contact.

PhoneType: MOBILE

The mobile number of the contact.

IncludeInEmails

This flag is set to TRUE.

Addresses

Xero has 3 address types: POBOX, STREET and DELIVERY.

  • The physical address of the primary contact will be saved to the STREET address.
  • The physical address of the billing contact will saved as the POBOX address.
  • If a contact is flagged as both Primary and Billing, it will save it to both.

AddressLine 1,2,3,4

Emersion STANDARD, COMPLEX and UNSTRUCTURED address formats will be formatted to fit within the Xero 4-LINE address structure.

City

Suburb

Region/State

State

Country

Country

PostalCode

Postcode