How Blockpath decides to import transactions into your QuickBooks account is managed by the user controlled Transaction Rules system. The rules each have customizable triggers and actions to decide when and how to apply the rules you create. Blockpath supplies default rules, which create the correct transaction for most users, but additional rules can be created to give you more control over your accounting.

Rule Manager

The rule list manager is found on the QuickBooks Dashboard tab.

Rule List Manager Button

Rule Manager

The rules for the chosen transaction type are displayed in the table. There are 3 transaction types: "Payment" when your address receives Bitcoin; "Send" when your address sends Bitcoin; and "Transfer" when Bitcoin is sent between multiple addresses you own.

Rule Priority

For each Bitcoin transaction, Blockpath decides which rule to apply by testing the triggers for the top-most rule first. If the transaction does not satisfy the rule's trigger, the next rule down is tested.

The default rule will be always be triggered if the preview rules do not trigger. So, rules lower than the default will never be triggered automatically. To have your custom rule able to be automatically applied, they must be above the default rule.

To change rule priority, click and drag the blue arrows on the left side of the rule and place the rule higher/lower in the list.

Placing rules below the default can be useful if you want use the rule manually from the transaction page.

Change an individual transaction's rule

Create/Edit Rule

Create a new rule with the "+ Create New Rule" button, or edit an existing rule by clicking on it.

The "Name" field will be used as the name of the tags attached to transactions that use this rule.

Triggers

The "Triggers" section lists the possible criteria that can activate a rule. The transaction must satisfy all of the triggers to activate a rule. The "address" trigger itself will be satisfied if ANY of the addresses are found.

For example in the picture above, the first rule will be used if the value received is greater than 1 BTC, AND the Bitcoin is sent to EITHER the "1LTVYhbpu..." OR "1JDDKeqHD..." address.

Actions

The "Actions" section shows the options for actions to be taken once the rule is used.

In the example above, the first rule creates a Sales Receipt from the customer "AdNetwork".

For Payments, the "Customer" dropdown menu will be auto-populated by all customers in your QuickBooks that have Bitcoin (BTC) selected as their payment currency. To add your own customer here, manually create the customer in QuickBooks, select Bitcoin as their currency, and re-open the rule editing window to see the customer in the dropdown.

Conclusion

By utilizing Blockpath's rule system, you can automate even more of the accounting process so you can continue to focus on higher value activities.

We add new options for triggers/actions based on feedback from users like you. If you would like new options for your use-case, please send us a quick message from the feedback form on the QuickBooks Dashboard tab, or in the comment section below.