Dental4Windows (D4W) with Xero Integration
Dental4Windows (D4W) integrates with Xero so your receipt totals can be synchronised to your Xero Bank Feed. Read the details below carefully to select suitable options for the practice.
Integration
About the integration
The D4W integration ONLY sends the Receipt Totals to Xero: No receipt-level details are included
This is a one-way integration: Data entered in Xero will not flow back to D4W
Any backdated receipts will NOT be included in the daily synchronisation and must be manually entered into Xero
If you delete or adjust a receipt in D4W after the receipt totals have been synchronised, you must manually update your Xero account accordingly
Each practice location must be individually mapped
You can send receipts from each location to a separate Xero organisation or all locations to the same organisation

Integration Methods
D4W offers four (4) methods to choose from for totalling your receipts.
All receipts are totalled for the location and sent to one Xero account
Receipts are totalled by the payment method and sent to different Xero accounts
Receipts are totalled by the provider and sent to different Xero accounts
Receipts are totalled by the provider and payment method and sent to different Xero accounts
Important: Before You Start
An active Xero subscription is required to use this integration If you don't have one, visit www.xero.com to subscribe.
Choose the integration method that best suits your needs. We recommend consulting your accountant or bookkeeper to ensure your bank accounts are correctly set up.
Your accountant or bookkeeper can advise you on the appropriate Sales/Revenue account and default bank account for the integration.
With this information handy, you are now ready to set up the Xero integration.
Dental4Windows Setup
Security
To ensure that only authorised users can make modifications to your Xero configuration, you can select which users/groups are allowed to do so.
Go to Location Setup > Security tab
Select the User or the Group
Select Banks from Modes/Actions list
Tick Allow Modifications in Xero
Xero Management
To access the Xero Management screen
Go to Location Management > Banks tab
Menu Bar name: Operations > Xero Management
- To make any changes, tick the Allow Modifications checkbox
Connecting to Xero
Open the Connections tab
Click Connect to Xero to open the Xero login page in your browser
Enter the Xero account email and password
Click Log in
Click Allow access to authorise D4W to access the data in Xero to enable the integration
Account Mapping
Once access has been granted, you can map your Xero accounts using your selected integration method.
Highlight the Practice Location
Click Mapping
Select your Xero Organisation from the list
Select the Xero Banking Method:
All Receipts for this Location go into one Account: All receipts are totalled for the location and sent to one Xero account
If you cannot see any accounts in the Sales/Revenue Account or Bank Accounts lists, click Retrieve Accounts from Xero
Tick Include this Mapping in the Daily Synchronisation
Click Update and Exit
All Receipts for this Location go into different Accounts by Payment Type: Receipts are totalled using the payment method and sent to different Xero accounts
- If you cannot see any accounts in the Sales/Revenue Account or Bank Accounts lists, click Retrieve Accounts from Xero
- Against the relevant bank accounts, click Methods of Payment button
- Tick the payment methods and click OK
- Select the Default Account for any unmapped payment methods. This is an important step to catch any payment methods that you may add in the future that don’t get mapped
- Tick Include this Mapping in the Daily Synchronisation
- Click Update and Exit
All Receipts for this Location go into different Accounts by Provider: Receipts are totalled by the provider and sent to different Xero accounts.
- If you cannot see any accounts in the Sales/Revenue Account or Bank Accounts lists, click Retrieve Accounts from Xero
- Against the relevant bank accounts, click Providers button
- Tick to select the Providers to include and click OK
- Select the Default Account for any unmapped providers. This is an important step to catch any providers that you may add in the future that don’t get mapped
- Tick Include this Mapping in the Daily Synchronisation
- Click Update and Exit
All Receipts for this Location go into different Accounts by Payment Type and Provider: Receipts are totalled by the provider and payment method and sent to different Xero accounts
If you cannot see any accounts in the Sales/Revenue Account or Bank Accounts lists, click Retrieve Accounts from Xero

This process is similar to Dental4Windows Bank Redirections:
- Select the relevant Bank Account
- Tick box to select the payment method
- Select the providers
- Click Add
Repeat steps c, d, e for all the payment methods for this account
Repeat steps b, c, d, e for all relevant Bank Accounts. Select the Default Account for any unmapped providers. This is an important step to catch any providers that you may add in the future that don’t get mapped
Tick Include this Mapping in the Daily Synchronisation
Click Update and Exit
- Select the Sales/Revenue Account
- This location is now set up. Repeat the process for any additional locations.
Enable Daily Synchronisation
Once all the locations are configured, you can select the appropriate time of day to enable the synchronisation
- Select time (24hr)
- Click Enable Sync
Your Xero synchronisation is now ready
Email Notifications
You can setup email notifications to advise you of the daily synchronisation status
- Click Setting
- Tick Notifications and enter the E-mail addresses
- Click OK
Disconnecting from Xero
If you no longer need the integration between D4W and Xero, you an disconnect D4W from Xero
Click Disconnect from Xero
Select the organisation that require disconnection
Click Disconnect

Link to Using Xero Features
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