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# 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](/guides/integrations/setting-up-integrations/configuring-quickbooks-integrations).

<Tip>
  **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.
</Tip>

**To create QuickBooks integration Credentials:**

1. Select **m3sh**:

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The **Workflows** page opens.

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

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The **Create** pages opens.

5. 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>
  **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*.
</Tip>

6. 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.
7. Use your browser back button to return to the **Create** page.
8. 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](/guides/integrations/setting-up-integrations/configuring-quickbooks-integrations#setting-up-authentication-for-the-integration).

<Warning>
  **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)**.
</Warning>