1.Introduction
This is the manual for the integration between Shopify and Twinfield.
Are you using the Shopify POS then the sales from this POS of one day can be placed as one journal entry in Twinfield. This option can be requested via webcare@webwinkelfacturen.nl. Additional costs are associated with this option. It is also possible to process payments for the Shopify orders to Twinfield. This can be requested via webcare@webwinkelfacturen.nl.
The option processing of payments is only available if the orders are processed to Twinfield draft entries. This option is not available for Twinfield invoices. Additional costs are charged for this option.
- This integration is a financial integration. It is not a logistics integration. The integration is not suitable for updating customers in Twinfield, printing packing slips, or synchronizing products/inventory. The integration works only with the payment status in the Shopify order, where you can configure which statuses should trigger forwarding the order (for example 'processing', 'paid' / 'refund'; multiple statuses are possible).
- An order is forwarded to Twinfield only once. Changes made after the order has been forwarded will not be applied in the accounting system. Any adjustments must therefore be handled via the refund process in Shopify or updated manually in Twinfield.
- This integration does not replace the work of an accountant. It saves time because you no longer have to retype documents. The accountant is still needed for advice, expertise, and control.
- Tip: Other customers using this integration found the tips in the FAQ for Shopify and in the FAQ for Twinfield.
You install this integration from the Shopify App store. If you search for webwinkelfacturen, our apps will appear automatically. You can recognize us as a supplier by the blue gear icon. If you click on the App, you will see a description and the Add app button. Upon activation, you will be automatically guided through the configuration screens.
When you click the Add app button, you must first authorize the integration to read and possibly even write data from your webshop. This is indicated in the next screen. You also need to approve the monthly fee for the integration. Once you have approved the monthly fee, the connection with Shopify is established and you will be automatically redirected to your personal dashboard.
The installation is complete when both connection dots are green, and the settings in the Configuration tab have been entered and saved.
Important: Once the integration is installed, always log in to the dashboard via https://uwkoppeling.webwinkelfacturen.nl, and not via the appstore
There is a 30-day free trial.
The integration is a real-time integration. Once an order has reached a certain status, it will be processed to your accounting system as quickly as possible.
If you want to install another integration, you can do so in the same way. Make sure you are logged out of the integration dashboard and preferably start the new installation in an incognito browser.
If you want to terminate the integration, you can simply remove the app from the app store in your backend.
Are you switching to another accounting system and want to create a new integration? You can install the new app from the app store in your backend. Make sure you are logged out of the dashboard of the old integration and preferably start the new installation in an incognito browser.
Are you switching to another webshop system? Via our integrations page you can see whether you install it from the relevant app store, or by means of an installation link.
Has the installation been successful, but do you see in the dashboard of the integration the old license key still present when you click the dropdown arrow next to the key (even though that app/key has been deleted)? If so, please send us an email requesting that the old key be removed.
2.How the integration works
It is also possible to process the payments based on the orders from to Twinfield. This is only available if the orders are processed to Twinfield draft entries. For Twinfield invoices, this option is not available.
Shopify works with webhooks. We receive a notification whenever a new order is created in your webshop or when an order is changed. If the order order can be processed—this depends on the status—the integration places the order order in the processing queue. Depending on the processing queue's volume, the order will be processed quickly or slightly later. Generally, queues move quickly.
In addition to the webhooks, a sweep is done daily. This means that the integration checks daily whether all webhooks have been received correctly. If any webhooks are missed, those orders are still retrieved and forwarded.
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When processing daily revenue, the integration creates a journal entry containing the sales and payments of the previous day. This can be split by VAT rates or based on categories.
Note: Foreign orders are never part of the daily invoice. Foreign orders are orders delivered outside the country of the webshop. If a daily invoice is chosen, payments can no longer be processed separately. That option will no longer be available.
At the start of processing an order, we perform a number of checks on the Shopify order:
- It is checked whether the total of the Shopify order is equal to the sum of the amounts in the order lines plus the shipping cost amount.
- If the order is an ICP order, the VAT number is checked.
- It is checked whether a corresponding VAT code exists in Twinfield for the VAT in each line.
- It is checked whether the order has not already been processed.
A payment is only added if the status of the payment is succes. A payment is only processed if the corresponding order has been processed first.
Processing a Shopify order to Twinfield takes place in two steps:
- It is checked if the customer already exists in Twinfield. If not, the customer is created. Matching is based on the email address.
- The Twinfield transaction (draft entry, invoice) is created and processed.
When processing a payment, the integration first looks up the draft entry in Twinfield that belongs to the payment. The integration uses the following criteria to search for the draft entry:
- A match is performed on the amount
- If a customer email address is available, a match is performed on this email address
- A match is performed on the order number and the description in the payment
After processing the payment, the integration will reconcile the payment and the draft entry against each other.
After the order has been forwarded and a success message from Twinfield has been received, the order is marked as handled. The Shopify order appears at the Reporting tab on the dashboard.
If Twinfield returns an error while processing the order, the order appears in the Errors tab on the dashboard. Via the yellow button More info more information about the problem can be found. Via the red button Report problem can the order with all necessary information easily be submitted to us after you have tried to resolve the problem yourself. If the problem is solved, in some cases the orders can be processed again with the blue Process button.
When forwarding the payment, the payment is also registered so that it cannot be processed again. Payments can also be reviewed via the dashboard.
Data
Information about the data that is processed can be found in the section Day-to-day: To Twinfield later in the manual.
3.Preparation Twinfield
To connect with Twinfield, your own username/password is required to log in. The connection must be established using this username/password.
When using an accountancy username/password, the integration gains access to all records under the accountant's responsibility. This is highly undesirable. The consequence may be that the integration posts to the wrong record. Additionally, the integration has access to all records covered by the accountancy license. This is undesirable from a security perspective and is contrary to GDPR regulations.
For more information, see: FAQ.
4.Installation
Activating the integration now continues with:
1. Accepting the terms and conditions.
2. Establishing the connection with Twinfield. This authorizes the integration to write transactions to your Twinfield administration and read information.
3. The configuration itself.
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Before the integration can be used, the terms and conditions must first be accepted. The terms and conditions are based on the general ICT Terms and Conditions (industry organization) and the general GDPR guidelines.
Twinfield connection
The connection with Twinfield is handled via OAuth. Ensure you are logged out of Twinfield before starting the connection. Now click the red Connect button. A login screen for your Twinfield account will automatically appear. Once you log in, you will see a screen asking if you allow the connection. If you confirm this, the connection with Twinfield will be established.
If you want to re-establish the connection at a later time - for example because you want to use a different one - you can do so by clicking the Connect button.
You can specify which statuses orders should be processed to Twinfield. You can select multiple statuses. The integration will never forward orders twice. The integration is protected against this.
It is important that after establishing the connection with Twinfield, you first set the administration code of your Twinfield administration. You can also change the debtors dimension. The default in Twinfield is a debtors dimension 1300.
When configuring the VAT rates and general ledger accounts, a link is created between the VAT rates in webshop and the VAT codes and revenue accounts in Twinfield. You can always make changes by clicking the blue 'Edit' button and selecting an option from the drop-down menus.
In the VAT rates, the integration shows a standard list of VAT rates and all EU countries. By default, the Dutch or Belgian VAT rates are filled in. The VAT percentages can be adjusted. For example, in the case of OSS, the German high VAT percentage can be adjusted to 19%.
It is possible to work with the VAT rates in the webshop. You can adjust this at the Configuration tab of the dashboard, under the option All Settings > Contract. Intra-Community (ICP) and international deliveries
The Intra-Community supplies / ICP option is intended for business-to-business deliveries within the EU. These sales are invoiced with 0% VAT. A VAT number from the customer is required. The International option applies to deliveries outside the EU. For these sales, the integration expects 0% VAT; otherwise, the sales cannot be processed. Separate VAT codes and general ledger accounts can be configured for both ICP and international deliveries.
Once the VAT settings have been configured and saved, you will always see the selected VAT rates. If you want to start over, you can use the grey 'Remove VAT settings' button. Your current settings will then be deleted and you can begin again.
When processing orders without processing payments, a link can be established for each payment method in with a fixed debtor. The list of debtors contains the Twinfield debtors with the specific substring WWF_. See this faq for more information, if the list is empty.
If the payments are processed, a link is established between payment methods in webshop and clearing accounts from Twinfield. The possibility to assign payment methods to fixed debtors will then lapse. Processing payments is only possible if the orders are processed to Twinfield draft entries. It is not possible if the orders are processed to Twinfield invoices.
Please note: Unfortunately, Shopify does not allow us to read the payment methods you use in your webshop. Therefore we work with a fixed list of payment methods. It may be that there are payment methods listed that you do not use and that there are payment methods not listed that you do use. There is a workaround for this, described in this faq.
It is possible to process revenue based on product categories. You can configure the general ledger accounts here. We recommend a maximum of 40 categories, and there is a technical maximum of 99 categories. When accounts are configured at the category level, they take precedence. The revenue accounts set under the VAT rates will no longer apply.
5.Day-to-day: From Shopify
Once an order has been processed, it cannot be processed again. Any order changed in the webshop after it has been processed will not be updated in Twinfield.
The integration performs an extra check for orders in the Shopify webshop that are loaded from Bol.com or Amazon. This loading happens via an external app that the Shopify merchant can enable. For these imported orders, the integration performs an extra check whether the VAT is present in the order. If not, the order will not be processed. See our FAQ for more information.
Old orders processing
It is possible to process orders that are already in the Shopify webshop via a migration. You can request this via webcare@webwinkelfacturen.nl. We ask a modest fee for this. We cannot process orders from more than two years ago.
Note: Because the Shopify integration works with webhooks, you should not import orders retroactively in your Shopify webshop after activating the integration. If you do this and for example import 500 orders at once or change the status of 500 orders, our platform will receive all these changes and start processing them. This creates a disproportionate load on our network.
Processing daily revenue
When processing daily revenue, the integration retrieves the receipts from the previous day from the POS system in the morning. The integration combines these receipts into one journal entry and places it in Twinfield.
Payments (if activated)
When processing payments, the integrations checks daily the Shopify orders that have been successfully processed to Twinfield. If the order has a valid payment—a transaction with the success status—then that payment will also be processed to Twinfield. Checking Shopify orders is performed six times per day.
Note: The integration does NOT process payments for returns. This is because returns often don't go through the payment integrations, resulting in incorrect payments being processed in Twinfield.
If you want the integration to process refunds in addition to orders, you can enable the status refund or partially_refunded in the Configuration tab under Status process sales. Refunds must be created correctly in Shopify, meaning the refund must be applied to the order lines. Unfortunately the integration cannot process a refund that only contains an amount. For more information see: FAQ.
Please note: For refunds, the integration goes back a maximum of 30 days in time. Also, the integration only processes a refund if the integration has previously processed the order to which the refund relates.
The integration will not read or pass many fields from a Shopify order to Twinfield. In particular, the note_attribute fields and the custom fields are not included. This is because different webshops use these fields differently. Because our integrations must work for all webshops, we cannot configure this for individual merchants.
Pay special attention to fields that are added via a plugin. There is a significant chance that the integration will not process these fields.
| Below is an elaboration at field level when retrieving orders. The general values in the order and the order rules are discussed, the shipping costs and the debtor details. | ||
| Name field | Values from Shopify order | |
| Order-identifier | [id] | |
| Order number | Is determined as follows:
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| Invoice number | Is determined as follows:
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| Booking date | [created_at] | |
| Order date | [processed_at] | |
| Status order | [financial_status] | |
| Payment status | if the status of the order is paid then paid, otherwise no payment status | |
| Payment reference | [order_number] | |
| Affiliate number | Is determined as follows
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| Valuta | [currency] if present | |
| Payment method | field [gateway] in [transactions] | |
| Order total incl. VAT and discounts | [total_price] | |
| Total VAT order incl. discounts | Value in [total_tax], or, if that value is 0, the value from [current_total_tax]. When using [current_total_tax], there's an additional check. The VAT lines in the order must add up to the value in [current_total_tax]. | |
| Order total excl. VAT and discounts | Difference between the two lines above | |
| ICP indication | The integration determines as follows whether it concerns an ICP order:
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| International indication | The integration determines as follows whether it concerns an international order:
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| Discounts |
Discounts are determined as follows:
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| To read the order lines, the integration retrieves the [line_items] field. Multiple order lines can be included in the order, and the integration reads these lines one by one. | ||
| Name field | Values from Shopify order line | |
| Productid | [product_id] | |
| categoyid | Category associated with the product | |
| Amount | [quantity] | |
| SKU | [sku] | |
| Description | [name] | |
| VAT percentage |
The VAT percentage is determined as follows:
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| Amounts excl. VAT |
The amounts excluding VAT are determined as follows:
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| Amounts incl. VAT |
The amounts including VAT are determined as follows:
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| Discount in order line |
The discount in the order line is determined as follows:
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| VAT code and accounts Twinfield | These are determined based on the settings, the VAT percentage and the delivery country. This also takes into account whether it is an ICP or international order. When processing by categories, the revenue account of the category is used. This can be set via the dashboard. | |
| To read the shipping costs, the integration uses the field [shipping_lines]. There can be multiple shipping lines. For the name and VAT percentage only the first line is used, while the amounts from all shipping lines are summed. In most cases there will be only one shipping cost line. | ||
| Name field | Values from Shopify order line | |
| Description | [title] from the first shipping cost line | |
| VAT percentage | Sum of the values in field [rate] from the [tax_lines] in the first shipping cost line. | |
| Shipping costs excl VAT |
The shipping costs excluding VAT are determined as follows:
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| Shipping costs incl VAT |
The shipping costs including VAT are determined as follows:
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| VAT code and accounts Twinfield | These are determined based on the settings, the VAT percentage and the delivery country. It also takes into account whether it is an ICP or international order. | |
| Name field | Values from Shopify customer |
| If present [email] otherwise [contact_email] | |
| Invoice address |
If present based on [billing_address] in the Shopify order
If there is no billing address and no shipping address, the information in [customer] and [customer][default_address] is checked. |
| Shipping address |
If present based on [shipping_address] in the Shopify order
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| VAT number |
The VAT number is determined as follows:
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| This is used when payments are processed separately to Twinfield. This option can be requested via webcare@webwinkelfacturen.nl. Additional costs are associated with this option. | |
| To determine the payment details, the integration uses the field [transactions]. Multiple payments may have been made for an order, so with multiple payment methods. At this moment, only the first payment is used, so [transactions][0]. | |
| Name field | Values from Shopify order |
| The paid amount | [amount] |
| Valuta | [currency] |
| Payment method | [gateway] |
| Status | [status] |
| Transaction-id | [authorization] |
| Payment date | [processed_at] |
6.Day-to-day: To Twinfield
For orders in Shopify, draft entries or invoices can be created in Twinfield. The option draft entry is default and is used most often. The option invoices can be requested from us. For the invoices option, you need the paid invoice module, see also the FAQ. If you are in doubt between draft entries (financial transactions) or invoices, we recommend draft entries / transactions.
Create debtors
When processing customer information, it is first checked whether the customer has been processed before. If so, this Twinfield debtor is used as the debtor for the Twinfield transaction. If the customer is not yet known, they are added to Twinfield. Matching is based on email address.
Please note: The integration only creates debtors. The integration does not modify debtors.
Payments from Shopify are imported into as memo entries. A memo entry consists of two lines, one line for the payment and one for the associated sales entry. If the sales entry for the payment cannot be found, the memo entry cannot be created.
Please note: we can only process payments if they are processed to draft sales entries, not with invoices. Additionally, the invoice number that is in the outstanding sales entry in Twinfield must be present in the payment transaction of the sale.
Reconcile
After processing the payment, the integration will perform an additional action to reconcile the payment and sale.
The integration cannot automatically have Twinfield invoices or draft entries sent from Twinfield.
Field-level specification Twinfield
| Name | Example | Note | |
| @attributes | |||
| destiny | temporary | ||
| raisewarning | true | ||
| header | |||
| code | VRK | ||
| office | 300333 | ||
| invoicenumber | 5869 | order number or invoice number | |
| date | 20230203 | order date | |
| Currency | EUR | Default, variable on request. | |
| Totalline | |||
| type | total | ||
| id | 4 | debtor id | |
| dim1 | 1600 | Debtor dimension | |
| dim2 | 4539 | Debtor dimension | |
| debitcredit | debit | ||
| value | 82.20 | Total price Incl. VAT | |
| basevalue | 82.20 | Total price Incl. VAT | |
| description | 4121 | Description: order number, or invoice number - this cannot be adjusted. | |
| Detaillines | |||
| @attributes | |||
| type | detail | ||
| id | 5 | ||
| dim1 | 2000 | Debtor dimension | |
| debitcredit | credit | ||
| basevalue | 33.47 | Line price Excl. VAT | |
| value | 33.47 | Line price Excl. VAT | |
| description | 24 pcs Prof. drawing paper. | Product description, max length 35. | |
| vatvalue | 7.03 | VAT amount | |
| vatcode | VH | VAT code | |
| Cost center | 1 default cost center per integration. | ||
| ICP | If it is an ICP entry: | ||
| Performancetype | goods | ||
| Performancecountry | [isocountry] | Country of delivery | |
| Performancevatnumber | [vatnr] | VAT number | |
| In the VAT amounts, any rounding difference is processed if the rounding difference is at most 5 cents. | |||
| Name | Example | Note |
| header | ||
| office | KJ903932 | |
| invoicetype | INVOICE | This cannot be adjusted. |
| invoicedate | 20230308 | order date |
| headertext | Order 3234002342 |
If the invoice number is equal to the order number: Order order number Otherwise Invoice invoice number. |
| customer | 9023 | Customer code |
| currency | EUR | Default, variable on request. |
| status | draft | |
| Payment method | Bank | |
| Detailline | ||
| @attributes | ||
| id | 4 | |
| article | 0 | |
| description | 70 x 70 painter's canvas | Description |
| quantity | 9 | quantity |
| units | 1 | |
| unitspriceexcl | 21.50 | unit price excl. VAT |
| dim1 | 3456 | Ledger account |
| vatcode | VH | VAT code |
| Name | Example | Note |
| name | [name] | |
| website | ||
| Cocnumber | [coc] | |
| VATnumber | [VATnr] | |
| Address | ||
| contact | [firstname][lastname] | |
| Country | [isocountry] | |
| City | [city] | |
| Postal code | [zipcode] | |
| Phone number | [telnr] | |
| [email] | not longer than 200 characters. | |
| Name | Example | Note |
| Payment line | The information of the payment. | |
| Suspense account | As set in the configuration tab of the dashboard. | This is the field dim1 in Twinfield |
| Type | debit | This is the field debitcredit in Twinfield |
| Description | [transaction_id] payment | |
| Invoicenumber | [ordernumber] | If the length > 40, the last 40 characters are shown. This is to keep the invoice numbers unique. |
| Amount | Amount from the payment | |
| Sales line | The information from the sales entry. | |
| Debtors-account | 1300 | This is the field dim1 in Twinfield. This is usually 1300 but can be adjusted in the configuration tab of the dashboard. |
| Customer code | [Debtor code] | This is the field dim2 in Twinfield |
| Type | credit | This is the field debitcredit in Twinfield |
| Description | [ordernumber] | If the length > 40, the first 40 characters are shown. |
| Invoicenumber | [ordernumber] | If the length > 40, the last 40 characters are shown. This is to keep the invoice numbers unique. |
| Amount | Amount from the sale | |
7.Support
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Explanation tabs dashboard
On the Dashboard >> Report you can see which orders from your Shopify webshop, and when, have been transferred to Twinfield.What if orders are missing in Twinfield
If orders are missing in Twinfield we recommend following the steps below:- Log in to the dashboard: https://uwkoppeling.webwinkelfacturen.nl. The username and password are included in the registration email.
- Go to the Errors tab and check if order is there. You may need to adjust the search period if the
order is from a previous month. If you find order in this overview:
- Check the error code and verify whether you can resolve it yourself.
- If yes resolve the issue and click the blue Process button to resubmit the order.
- If not use the red Report problem button to create a ticket with us.
- Note if there are multiple errors, please create only 1 or 2 tickets. We will automatically see the other issues.
- Go to the Report tab and see if order is listed there. If so, you'll often see an identifier for Twinfield (in the purple section of the overview) that you can use to search for order.
- Go to the Open tab and check if order is there.
- If you cannot resolve the issue, you can always create a ticket via the green Ask us button.