XERO Mappings



The Xero mapping section allows you to connect your instance to Xero (using the connect button in the top right) as well as change the default mappings between Brevity and Xero.

These are the topics on this page:



1. To sync data to and from your Xero account, there are templates to use in order for the data to be saved on correct tables and fields.

2. Mappings

a. Xero entity name

b. Brevity system entity/table

c. Xero entity fields

d. Brevity system entity fields

e. Primary Brevity entity

f. Key fields

3. Steps to setup new mapping

a. Select primary entity from the dropdown list (e)

b. Select system entity (b), you will see that its fields will be auto populated in (d) dropdowns

c. Map Xero entity fields with Brevity entity fields (c) --> (d), select appropriate fields from the list, also note that fields marked with * are mandatory while others can be skipped.

d. If for any reason you are not able to map Brevity field to Xero field, then there is optional static input field present besides (d), you can enter/select your static value and that will be used when data is synced.

e. Key fields act as primary fields that determine the uniqueness of the records while the data is synced so that there are no duplicate records in the system, these key fields are used to determine whether to update or insert record while the data is synced to/from Xero.

f. Save mappings once all the fields are mapped.

g. You can anytime come to this section to modify the entity mappings.

4. Go to the Brevity website to sync data in Xero.


Field Mappings: Brevity to Xero

The following table outlines the default mappings when transferring data from Brevity to Xero. 

Brevity FieldXero Field


I. Client
a. Namea. Name
b. Email addressb. Email address
c. Client idc. Client Id
d. Addressd. Address
e. Phone numbere. Phone number


II. Employee
a. Namea. Name
b. Date of birthb. Date of Birth
c. Email addressc. Email address
d. Start dated. Phone number
e. Phone number
d. Address


III. Invoice
a. Datea. Date
b. Due dateb. Due date
c. Total c. Total
d. Total Taxd. Total Tax
e. Invoice ide. Invoice Id
f. Client Idf. Client Id


IV. Funding Claim
a. Datea. Date
b. Due dateb. Due date
c. Totalc. Total
d. Total taxd. Total tax
e. Client ide. Client id


V. Timesheet
a. Start datea. Start date
b. End dateb. End date
c. User idc. User id


When importing information, we need to make sure that the required data are filled in order for the import to be successful.

You can connect your Xero account with Brevity in order to import clients, employees, invoices and timesheets data or vice versa. In order to sync data, we go to Administration>Sync Xero. Choose the data you would want to sync and it would transfer all information. All information from Xero would now be found on Brevity.

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Field Mappings: Xero to Brevity

The following table outlines the default mappings when transferring data from Xero to Brevity.

Xero FieldBrevity Field


I. From Account
a. Namea. Name
b. Codeb. Code
c. UIDc. UID


II. From Customer
a. Namea. Name
b. Email addressb. Email address
c. Phone numberc. Phone number


III. From Employee
a. Namea. Name
b. Date of Birthb. Date of Birth
c. Emailc. Email
d. Start dated. Start date
e. Phone numbere. Phone number
f. Addressf. Address


IV. From Tax
a. Namea. Name
b. Tax typeb. Tax type


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