## Creating Xero Integration Credentials

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

**To create Xero integration Credentials:**

1. Select **Integrations**:

The **Integrations** page opens.

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

The **Create** pages opens at **Stage 1: Select a system and name**.

4. Under **Credential details** enter:
   - **External system**. This will be pre-populated for **Xero**.
   - **Name**. Descriptive name for the Credential.

5. Select **Next**. The page adjusts to show **Stage 1** as checked-off and completed and shifts focus to **Stage 2: Configure and create**.
6. Under **Xero Connection**, an information panel shows advising that you’ll need to provide authentication details on the Xero website.
7. Select **Go to Xero**. You are redirected to the **Log in to Xero** page:

8. Log into your Xero Account.

**Important!** Ensure that the Xero org you are logged into to is the one you need to create the Credential for and which you’ll use to connect your integration to Xero.

9. Grant access to your Xero organisation for the m3ter integration Credential:
   - If you have multiple Xero organisations set up, select the one you want the m3ter integration Credential to access and then select **Continue**:
   - If you have a single Xero organisation set up, select **Allow access** for the m3ter integration Credential:

> You are redirected back to m3ter.

10. Select **Create credential**. You are returned to the **Xero Integrations** page where the new Credential is listed on the **Credentials** panel:
   - The Credential is now available for connecting your Native Integration with Xero. See [Configuring Xero Integrations>Setting Up Authentication for the Integration](https://docs.m3ter.com/guides/integrations/setting-up-integrations/configuring-xero-integrations#setting-up-authentication-for-the-integration).

**Warning: Authentication with Xero not completed!** If you fail to complete authentication with your Xero 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 **Xero Integrations** page within that TTL, any **Credentials** waiting for authentication completion will have a suffix of “Incomplete” attached, such as: **Xero Credential 1 (Incomplete)**.