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Introduction
Visma eAccounting is cloud accounting software from Visma, used by small and medium-sized businesses and their accountants in the Netherlands. It covers invoicing, expense tracking, bank reconciliation, and VAT reporting.Activate Visma eAccounting
Partner keys
You can use Chift’s app, or register your own with Visma.Use Chift's app
Reach out to your Chift point of contact, who activates it for you. No developer account needed. The app appears under the Chift name on the end user’s Visma eAccounting account.
Use your own app
Register a partner account with Visma and request production access. End users see your app’s name on the consent screen.
Register your own app with Visma
Register your own app with Visma
1
Create a partner account
Register at Visma’s Developer Portal. Visma emails your sandbox Client ID, Client Secret, and other sandbox access tokens.
2
Activate the connector with sandbox keys
Enter the Client ID and Client Secret when you activate Visma eAccounting in your Chift account. Sandbox keys connect to your Visma sandbox company only.Real customer companies need the production keys, which you get once Visma approves your request.
3
Request production access
Send an email request to your country’s contact, with the application details below.
Include in the email:
- Application name: your app’s name, as end users will see it on the consent screen
- Company name: your company, with a 2-line description of what your product does
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Redirect URI(s):
https://chift.app/oauth2/redirect -
Requested scopes:
Activate Visma eAccounting in your Chift account
In Connectors, enter your client ID and client secret.
Connector settings
No connector-specific settings.Test Visma eAccounting
Vendor fees
No vendor fees, for you or your end users.
Connect Visma eAccounting
Visma eAccounting setup guide for end users
The full step-by-step, with screenshots.
- authorization in Visma eAccounting to approve the connection
- a Visma eAccounting plan that includes bookkeeping (not the invoicing-only plan)
- name the connection
- sign in with their Visma eAccounting credentials and authorize access
Rate limits
Visma eAccounting allows 600 requests per minute, counted per client (app) and per endpoint. When the limit is exceeded, Visma returns HTTP429 Too Many Requests.
Chift automatically manages these limits to optimize performance and prevent interruptions. However, once the API rate limit is reached, Chift cannot bypass these limitations.
See Visma’s rate limit documentation.
Limitations & specificities
Numbering
Numbering
Every invoice needs an invoice number. On customer invoices and refunds, it can only contain digits.
Invoices
Invoices
Visma eAccounting rejects a customer invoice or refund unless the customer is domestic and invoiced in the company’s domestic currency.
Contacts (clients & suppliers)
Contacts (clients & suppliers)
For Swedish companies, a supplier linked to a foreign currency needs a bank account configured for that same currency in Visma eAccounting. Without one, supplier creation fails.