Guide
Quick start guide
Registration, connecting your accounting system, and the three upload options.
Resources
Videos, guides and articles
Everything for setting Cosmic Bills up and getting the most out of it, in one place.
Start here
The three things worth reading first
Guide
Get started for Xero users
The Xero authorisation flow in detail, including what to do when the organisation picker will not cooperate.
Knowledge base
All user guides
Searchable help covering setup, coding, subscriptions and data handling.
Videos
Tutorial videos
Short walkthroughs of the parts people ask about most: connecting, mapping, editing and approving.
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How to register Cosmic Bills to a Xero data file
Connecting Cosmic Bills to a Xero organisation for the first time.
How to register Cosmic Bills to a Xero data file (newer version)
An updated walkthrough of the same registration flow.
How to register Cosmic Bills to a Xero data file
The registration walkthrough used on the regional Xero pages.
How to map suppliers into a chart of accounts for Xero
Setting the account code a supplier's bills should code to.
How to map suppliers to a chart of accounts
Supplier mapping, covered in more detail.
How to edit bills in detail and manage duplicated bills
Working through the review screen, and what happens with duplicates.
How to split line items and add another line item
Turning one line on an invoice into several, and dividing the cost.
How to do product mapping
Mapping product codes on your bills to the accounts they belong to.
How to approve your bills, the easy and simple way
The approval step, and choosing which bills to post.
How to send bills by email from a phone or PC to Xero
Getting documents into Cosmic Bills without opening the portal.
Blog
Latest articles
Longer pieces on accounts payable automation and how document extraction works.
Accounts payable
Why accounts payable is the process worth automating first
Of everything a finance team does, accounts payable is high-volume, rule-driven and slow to optimise. That is why it goes first.Xero
The Cosmic Bills features Xero users get the most out of
Scan history, PDF preview, supplier mapping and line splitting — the parts people actually use every week.Accounts payable
How much time does bill entry actually take?
Manual entry of a dozen multi-line bills is slow enough to be worth measuring. Here is how to work out what yours costs.
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