Harvest Integration

by Ruben 3 Minutes

Integrating with Harvest has been one of the most highly requested features for a while. That’s why I’m very excited to be able to say that Bidsketch now works with Harvest!

Harvest makes time tracking and invoicing your clients extremely easy. If you haven’t tried it out it yet, this is a great time to check it out:

http://www.getharvest.com

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Now, let’s jump into the integration details.

A quick overview of what you can do:

  • Import all of your existing Harvest clients
  • View and create invoices from Bidsketch
  • Export proposals into invoices (you’ll love this)
  • Convert proposal fees into project tasks on export
  • Export clients to Harvest when creating an invoice
  • View a summary of invoice totals for a client

Setting up the integration…

To get your Harvest integration set up, you’ll want to go to the Account –> Integration page. From there, click to create a new integration and select Harvest from the list.

You’ll see a form where you can enter your Harvest account information:

Harvest Integration Form

 

After you submit the form, you’ll be redirected to Harvest so that you can authorize Bidsketch. You’ll then be redirected back to Bidsketch, and you’ll see your clients being imported if that option was selected:

 

Harvest Client Import

 

Clicking on the sync link on this page will also import your clients into Bidsketch. After that point, you shouldn’t need to sync your account because Bidsketch will automatically export clients to Harvest whenever you create an invoice from within Bidsketch.

Converting proposals to invoices…

To export your proposal and turn it into a Harvest invoice, just go the proposal details page and click on the “ADD INVOICE” button:

 

Harvest Proposal Details

 

Once you click on that button you’ll be shown a modal dialog that will give you the option of creating a Harvest project. If you select this checkbox, you’ll also have the option of converting proposal fees into project tasks.

 

Harvest Modal

 

Viewing invoice information…

When you view a Bidsketch client, you’ll see a Harvest section on the client overview page. This section will give you totals for invoices paid and pending:

 

Harvest Client Overview

 

You’ll also now see an “Invoices” tab. Clicking on this will give you a list of client invoices:

 

Harvest Invoices

 

And that’s everything you need to know about how the Harvest integration works. Remember to try it out if you don’t have an account yet!

Thanks and talk to you soon!

 

 

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by Ruben
Ruben originally founded proposal software, Bidsketch as a one-person company while working as a software developer for a billion dollar payroll company. Since its early days as a “company of one,” Bidsketch has grown to help over 2,000 paying customers win billions of dollars in new business and save thousands of hours in the process.