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Integrating QuickBooks Desktop with Carrier TMS

Sam
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Introduction

Connecting QuickBooks Desktop to Carrier TMS syncs your invoices automatically. Every time you create and send an invoice in Carrier TMS, the same invoice is created in QuickBooks Desktop through the QuickBooks Web Connector.

Video: Integrating QuickBooks Desktop With Carrier TMS

This video shows how to connect QuickBooks Desktop to Carrier TMS, from opening the QuickBooks Integration settings to setting up the Web Connector. Every step is also written out below.

How to Connect QuickBooks Desktop

Step 1: Log In to Carrier TMS

  • Log in to Carrier TMS.
Animation of logging in to Carrier TMS from the Super Dispatch website

Step 2: Click the Profile Icon

  • Click the profile icon in the lower-left corner.
Carrier TMS left-hand navigation with an arrow pointing to the profile icon at the bottom

Step 3: Click Settings

  • Select Settings.
Carrier TMS profile menu open with an arrow pointing to Settings

Step 4: Click Quickbooks Integration

  • In the Settings menu, click Quickbooks Integration.
Carrier TMS Settings menu with an arrow pointing to Quickbooks Integration

Step 5: Click Show How to Connect

  • Under QuickBooks Desktop, click Show How to Connect.
Quickbooks Integration page in Carrier TMS with an arrow pointing to the green Show How to Connect button under QuickBooks Desktop

Step 6: Open QuickBooks Desktop

  • Open QuickBooks Desktop.
  • If you have more than one company, open the company file you want to connect to Super Dispatch.
Note: To switch companies, select File > Open Previous Company, then choose the company from the list.

Step 7: Download and Open the QWC File

  • Download and open the QuickBooks Web Connector (QWC) file. This file connects your Super Dispatch account to your QuickBooks Desktop company file.

Step 8: Approve the Security Window

  • In the first security window, click OK.
QuickBooks Web Connector authorization window showing the Super Dispatch application details and certificate, with OK and Cancel buttons

Step 9: Allow Access When the Company File Is Open

  • Select Yes, whenever this QuickBooks company file is open. This lets Super Dispatch send data to your company file and keep it in sync whenever the file is open.
  • Click Continue.
QuickBooks Application Certificate window with Yes, whenever this QuickBooks company file is open selected and the Continue button highlighted

Step 10: Confirm Access

  • In the Access Confirmation window, click Done.
QuickBooks Access Confirmation window granting Super Dispatch access to the company file whenever it's open, with Done and Go Back buttons

Step 11: Enter the Password

  • In the QuickBooks Web Connector, enter the 4-digit password 6343 in the Password field and press Enter.
  • Choose to save the password when prompted.
QuickBooks Web Connector window with an arrow pointing to the Password field for the Super Dispatch application

Step 12: Select the Super Dispatch Application

  • Check the box to the left of the Super Dispatch application.
  • Click Update Selected.
QuickBooks Web Connector window with arrows pointing to the checkbox next to the Super Dispatch application and the Update Selected button

Step 13: Turn On Automatic Updates

  • Check the box under Auto-Run.
  • In the Every-Min field, enter how often, in minutes, the Web Connector should sync. For example, enter 10 to sync with Super Dispatch every 10 minutes.
QuickBooks Web Connector window with arrows pointing to the Auto-Run checkbox and the Every-Min field for the Super Dispatch application

QuickBooks Desktop is now connected to Carrier TMS.

Next Steps

You're connected. Learn how to send your first invoice from Carrier TMS to QuickBooks Desktop.

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