Is the money in Bill (Connect API) moving the way it should?
Feder reads payments received and payments received from Bill (Connect API) and feeds the Wins and Money signals. It only reads. It never changes anything in Bill (Connect API).
Would I notice if payments in Bill (Connect API) stopped for a day?
Feder reads what Bill (Connect API) collected each day. Supported readings are compared with your own history, and when there is enough history to judge a change, Feder says what needs a look.
What does Feder read from Bill (Connect API)?
- Payments receivedFeeds Wins
Counted for each day.
Researched from Bill (Connect API)'s own reference. See the reference.
- Payments receivedFeeds Money
The total Bill (Connect API) recorded for the day, read with its currency.
Researched from Bill (Connect API)'s own reference. See the reference.
How Feder counts it
- Wins counts the payments your customers made to you that day, by payment date.
- Money adds up only the payments Bill shows as paid, so scheduled and voided payments are left out. Refunds are not taken off.
- Bill hands back at most 100 payments at a time, so a busier day reads as at least 100.
- Each amount is in the payment's own currency.
What does a Bill (Connect API) reading look like?
Feder reads what Bill (Connect API) collected each day. Supported readings are compared with your own history, and when there is enough history to judge a change, Feder says what needs a look.
usual 15 to 21
What Feder would say Payments received in Bill (Connect API) came to 18 this week, inside your usual 15 to 21. Nothing to do.
Example numbers, made up to show the reading. They are not from a real business.
What does Feder check on Bill (Connect API)'s numbers?
- A day the app did not report shows as Not read. It is never shown as zero.
- A read that fails, or comes back in the wrong shape, is a failed read. It is never counted as zero.
- When a day fills a whole page of results, the count reads "at least" that many, so a busy day is never undercounted in silence.
How do I connect Bill (Connect API) to Feder?
In Bill (Connect API), make a new API key just for Feder. If Bill (Connect API) lets you choose, make it read-only. Press Connect. A secure window opens just for Bill (Connect API). Paste in what it asks for. Feder checks it straight away and shows Connected when the check passes.
When you connect Bill (Connect API), Feder checks the connection straight away and shows Connected only when that check passes. If a reading cannot be taken later, Feder shows it as not read, never as zero.
Where does Bill (Connect API) sit in Feder?
Bill (Connect API) lives with the Money connections, under Payments. See every connection.
- Striperevenue and successful payments
- PayPalpaypal checkout payments and revenue
- Chargebeerevenue and paid invoices
- Maxiorevenue and paid invoices
Questions owners ask about Bill (Connect API)
- Why don't my BILL payments received match my invoices?A credit memo lowers what a customer owes, so the money that comes in can be less than the original invoice total.
- Why did my BILL payments received drop?A payment you take outside BILL, such as a check, is an offline payment. It can be missing from BILL until someone records it.
- Why did my BILL payments received suddenly jump?Recurring invoices are made to collect regular payments, so payments can bunch up around the days those invoices go out.