## Creating QuickBooks Integration Credentials

This topic explains how to create Integration Credentials which you can then use to connect your QuickBooks Integrations with your QuickBooks system. See [Configuring QuickBooks Integrations](https://docs.m3ter.com/guides/integrations/setting-up-integrations/configuring-quickbooks-integrations).

**Tip: QuickBooks or QuickBooks (Sandbox Mode)?** The steps to create a Credential for authenticating an integration with your QuickBooks _Sandbox environment_ are the same, except you’ll need to select **QuickBooks (Sandbox Mode)** as the destination.

**To create QuickBooks integration Credentials:**

1. Select **Integrations**:

The **Integrations** page opens.

2. Select **QuickBooks**. The **QuickBooks Integrations** page opens.
3. On the **Credentials** panel, select **Configure new credentials**:

The **Create** page opens.

4. Under **Credential details** enter:
   - **Name**. Descriptive name for the Credential.
   - **Destination**. This will be pre-selected for **QuickBooks**.

When you enter a name, the form adjusts to show an information panel under **Destination**, which advises you that you’ll need to provide authentication details on the QuickBooks website.

**Tip: QuickBooks Sandbox Environment?** Alternatively, select **QuickBooks (Sandbox Mode)** for **Destination** if you want to use the Credential to authenticate with your QuickBooks _Sandbox environment_.

5. Select **Go to QuickBooks**. You are taken to a **Sign in** page where you can use your Intuit account credentials to sign in to QuickBooks and approve access for m3ter.
6. Use your browser back button to return to the **Create** page.
7. Select **Create credential**. You are returned to the **QuickBooks Integrations** page where the new Credential is listed on the **Credentials** panel.

- The Credential is now available for connecting your Integrations with your QuickBooks system. See [Configuring Chargebee Integrations>Setting Up Authentication for the Integration](https://docs.m3ter.com/guides/integrations/setting-up-integrations/configuring-quickbooks-integrations#setting-up-authentication-for-the-integration).

**Warning: Authentication with QuickBooks not completed!** If you fail to complete authentication with your QuickBooks instance promptly, a time-to-live (TTL) of ten minutes is imposed after which the Credential is removed and you’ll have to start again. If you return to the **Quickbooks Integrations** page within that TTL, any **Credentials** waiting for authentication completion will have a suffix of “Incomplete” attached, such as: **Quickbooks Credential 1 (Incomplete)**.