Getting Started with Reckon Accounts Hosted

1. Create a Payreq Account. Click here for instructions

2. Setup your Reckon Accounts Hosted Company

2a. Go to Reckon Accounts Hosted and login as Admin in the Reckon Accounts Hosted company file that you will connecting to.

2b. To find your Company File location press Ctrl + 1. Click the Copy button and save the Company file path for use in 3c below.

2c. Create a designated Payreq API User for the Reckon Account Hosted company file. This user should never be used to login the Reckon Accounts Hosted company file.

i. Click Company > Users > Set Up Users and Roles...

ii. Click the "New..." button

iii. Enter the User Name "Payreq", a password and add the role "Full Access" then click "OK"

2d. Change the Reckon Accounts Hosted company file to Multi-user mode if it is not already. (File > Switch to Multi-user Mode)

2e. Close the Reckon Accounts Hosted company and log off. (File > Close Company/Logoff)

3. Connect Payreq to your Reckon Accounts Hosted Company

3a. Go to https://go.payreq.com and login

3b. Click the spanner on the top right of the navigation bar and select 'Account settings'.

3c. Enter you Reckon Accounts Hosted Company file details

i. Select your Reckon Product Country

ii. Enter your Reckon company file name from Step 2b

iii. Enter your Reckon Accounts Hosted company file username of the user you created in step 2 (This user should be called Payreq unless you entered a different username)

iv. Enter your Reckon Accounts Hosted company file password of the user you created in step 2

3d. Click the 'Connect to Reckon Accounts Hosted' button

3e. Log into Reckon Accounts Hosted using your User ID

To find your User ID logon to Reckon Accounts Hosted > Click 'CONTROL PANNEL' > Click 'Manage Users'. From Mananage Users you can see all user accounts including your own.The format for a user ID is 654321-1

3f. Allow Payreq All access to your Reckon Accounts Hosted company

3e. When the connection is successfully established the Connected Since date will be displayed. If the connection is unsuccessful the 'Connect to Reckon Accounts Hosted' button will be displayed, please repeat steps b to f.

4. Subscribe to receive invoices from a Payreq biller into your connected Reckon Accounts Hosted Company.

Register to receive invoices from a Payreq biller into your MYOB In Tray.

4a. Click on 'Subscriptions' in the top menu bar

4b. Click on the 'Subscribe' button

4c. Search and select the mailer you would like to receive your invoices from by name or the BPAY Biller Code.

4d. Select Reckon Accounts Hosted as the delivery method (note: delivery methods may vary between billers)

4e. Enter the following information

i. The verification information to allow the biller to verify you are able to receive the invoice. In the screenshot below enter the Account Number and Exact Customer Name as it appears on the bill. Note:// these fields may change from biller to biller.

ii. Select an invoice supplier or if one doesn't exist click "Yes" under "Would you like us to create a Supplier in Reckon for you?" then follow the prompts

iii. Select the Supplier Tax Code or use the Tax Code listed on the Supplier in the Reckon Accounts Hosted Company

iv. Select the default Reckon account code

v. Select if the amount payable is the total invoice amount or minimum/installment amount

vi. Click the check box to accept the Terms and Conditions

4f. The subscription has been created and is pending biller review/approval

4g. You will receive an email once the biller has reviewed your subscription

5. Sit back and wait for your invoices to arrive in Reckon Accounts Hosted, ready for you to pay and reconcile.

6. If later you need to update the Reckon Accounts Hosted invoice fields of an active subscription click into the subscription and edit the Reckon Account Hosted invoice defaults.