How to Connect to Quickbooks

QuickBooks Import Using Web Connect

Using Web Connect, Prairie's business customers can manually import transactions from your online business banking accounts.

First, you need to download a transaction file (.qbo) from Prairie's website. Then you import that file into QuickBooks. To use Web Connect, you must have the customer ID and password you use to sign in to your online account at PrairieCommunityBank.com.

The first time you use Web Connect, you must go through a setup process, but after the first time, you can skip the setup process.

To use Web Connect for the first time, log into your QuickBooks Online account.  Then:

  1. Choose Banking > Online Banking Setup.
  2. Select Prairie Community Bank from the list and click Next.
  3. Enter the login and password that you use to login to your online banking account at PrairieCommunityBank.com.
  4. On PrairieCommunityBank.com, find the download area for your account and choose the QuickBooks Web Connect option to download your account statement. Your financial institution may call the option “Download account activity,” “Download account history,” or something similar. Follow the onscreen instructions to download the file, which will have a .qbo file extension. Contact your financial institution for more information.
  5. In QuickBooks, choose File > Import > From Web Connect, select the .qbo file you want to import, and then click Open.
  6. For each account shown in the Web Connect file, select the QuickBooks account you want to associate with it, and then click Continue. The account pop-up menu shows available QuickBooks banking accounts if the account you are importing transactions from is:
    • a checking, savings, or money market account
    • available QuickBooks credit card accounts (if you are importing transactions from a credit card accounts
    • available QuickBooks Other Current Liability accounts if you are importing transactions from a line of credit account

      The account pop-up menu will not show a QuickBooks account that is already associated with a Web Connect file. If nothing appears in the account pop-up menu, create a bank, credit card, or Other Current Liability account first.

  7. When QuickBooks finishes importing transactions, click OK. QuickBooks displays the transactions in the Downloaded Transactions window.
  8. (Optional) Click Align Windows to display the Downloaded Transactions window and its corresponding account register. You can also display the windows side-by-side by customizing the Downloaded Transactions window toolbar.
  9. Now you can update your register.

Now that you’ve used Web Connect the first time, the next time will be easier. All you have to do is:
  1. Choose Banking > Downloaded Transactions.
  2. Choose an account from the pop-up menu.
  3. Click Download to log in to Prairie's website and download a Web Connect file.
  4. Click Import File to import the Web Connect file into QuickBooks.











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