Xero API reporting

Prepare Xero data for finance dashboards and Power BI—locally

Authorise a Xero organisation, pull reporting data through the Windows app, then use documented finance grains for local dashboards or BI-ready exports.

Choose the grain first

Xero reporting tables matched to the finance question

Datplan keeps invoice, payment and accounting-summary views separate so each report uses the right measure for the question being asked.

Reporting grainOne row representsUse it forDo not use it for
Financial SummaryOne Trial Balance-derived account and reporting-date summaryP&L, balance sheet, revenue, expenses and month-end account movementCustomer, item, invoice or payment drill-down
Financial ActivityOne reconstructed accounting activity lineAccount movement, source type, line role and tracking analysis where official journals are unavailableOfficial-journal analysis
Invoice SummaryOne live invoice or billTotals, due dates, paid amounts, outstanding balances and contact valueP&L or balance-sheet reporting
Invoice LinesOne live invoice or bill lineItem, product, tracking, net, tax and gross analysisAgeing or payment settlement
PaymentsOne authorised paymentReceipts, supplier payments, settlement timing and payment accountsRevenue or expense recognition
Official Ledger LinesOne Xero journal lineLedger reporting where journal access is available in the purchased tierTenants or tiers without journal access

Reporting examples

Questions Datplan prepares Xero data to answer

Month-end finance

Revenue and expenses by month, net P&L movement, balance-sheet sections and account-level Trial Balance summaries.

Invoice and debtor review

Sales invoices by month, outstanding value by due month, customer totals, supplier bill analysis and paid versus outstanding amounts.

Product and tracking analysis

Sales by item, invoice-line net value, tax and gross amounts, tracking option 1 and tracking option 2.

Payment timing

Receipts and supplier payments by date, account and contact without treating settlement movement as recognised revenue.

Xero Audit Analytics

Apply seven repeatable audit analyses and inspect the records behind each result

Review Benford patterns, exceptional and round values, period-end activity, possible duplicates, post-period reversals and rare high-value counterparties using the same conceptual test set as QuickBooks.

Local Xero reporting

Keep the last successful reporting dataset available on the Windows PC

Use it for dashboards, Excel analysis and prepared BI files without routing the source dataset through a Datplan reporting warehouse.

Offline dashboard access

Open saved Datplan dashboards from the latest successful local sync. New Xero data still requires an online refresh.

Understand offline reporting →

Scheduled refreshes

On supported plans, schedule the selected workspace, source and organisation once, daily, weekly or monthly and write exports to a stable folder.

Schedule Xero exports →

Independent reporting copy

Keep authorised reporting data and user-created exports locally for analysis, reconciliation and continuity. A reporting copy is separate from a tested restore backup.

Compare copy and backup →

Xero source plans

Choose capacity for the reporting workload

Purchase inside the signed-in app. The free download and demo do not require a Xero plan.

Xero Solo

£49/month

£530/year when billed annually

  • 250 MB/month
  • 5/day pull credits
  • 1 connected client
  • 5 dashboards
  • Scheduler: No
  • CSV, JSON, Fact + Dim star-schema

Xero Pro

£179/month

£1,935/year when billed annually

  • 2 GB/month
  • 50/day pull credits
  • 10 connected clients
  • 50 dashboards
  • Scheduler: Yes
  • CSV, JSON, Fact + Dim star-schema

Xero Heavy

£399/month

£4,310/year when billed annually

  • 5 GB/month
  • 150/day pull credits
  • 50 connected clients
  • 250 dashboards
  • Scheduler: Yes
  • CSV, JSON, Fact + Dim star-schema
PlanMonthlyAnnualAllowancePullsClientsDashboardsScheduler
Xero Solo£49/month£530/year250 MB/month5/day15No
Xero Growth£89/month£965/year1 GB/month15/day315Yes
Xero Pro£179/month£1,935/year2 GB/month50/day1050Yes
Xero Heavy£399/month£4,310/year5 GB/month150/day50250Yes

Datplan is not currently VAT registered, so no VAT is added to the prices shown. Prices and allowances shown in the signed-in app apply at purchase. Allowances do not roll over. Provider API limits and activity from other integrations can also affect available pulls. Incremental pulls use saved checkpoints where the provider and endpoint support them.

Xero questions

Know the data and plan boundaries

Is Xero live-source access included with the free app?

No. The app and Datplan Demo are free. Choose and purchase a Xero source plan inside Datplan DataPull when you are ready to connect a live account.

Do unused allowances roll over?

No. Monthly data allowances and daily pull credits do not roll over.

Can provider limits stop a pull?

Yes. Datplan allowances remain subject to provider API limits, source permissions, service availability and quota already consumed by other apps, integrations or users.

What is an incremental pull?

It refreshes from the last saved checkpoint where the provider and endpoint support that behaviour. It can reduce repeated download volume but does not bypass Datplan or provider limits.

Can I use Xero data in Power BI?

Yes. Datplan can export stable local files, fact-and-dimension tables and BI setup guidance for Power BI. The initial model setup is manual; Datplan is not a native real-time Power BI connector.

Can I view my last synced Xero reporting dashboard offline?

Yes. Once a successful Xero sync has prepared the local reporting data, saved Datplan dashboards can be opened without an internet connection. Internet access is required to connect or reauthorise Xero and retrieve newer data.

Is the local Xero reporting copy a complete Xero backup?

No. It is an independent local reporting dataset and export workflow for analysis, continuity and BI use. A full Xero restore backup requires broader source coverage and a tested recovery process.

See Datplan with real reporting data—without connecting a live account

The Windows app is free to download and includes Datplan Demo data, so you can test sync, dashboards, reporting grains and exports first.