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Setup for Visma Payroll Import

When "Leap Visma Payroll Import" is installed on your Business Central environment, a setup must be completed before the product can be used.

Set Permissions

1. Open user list

Click search in Business Central and search for "Users".

2. Select users

In the list of users, click on the user(s) who should have access to Leap Visma Payroll Import.

3. Assign permission sets

Under User Permission Sets specify:

Permission SetDescription
LEAPIBASICFor those who should have access to use the import and change mappings
LEAPIFULLFor those who in addition to use and mapping should do setup for connection to Visma Payroll

Open the setup

Via assisted setup

  1. In Business Central click settings in the top right
  2. Select "Assisted Setup"
  3. Under "Connect to other systems" see "Configure Leap Visma Payroll import"
  4. Click on this to start the setup

Alternative access

Search for "Setup for Visma payroll import" directly in Business Central.

Basic setup

FieldDescription
EnabledDetermines whether import from Visma Payroll should be activated. When this is enabled, the menu item for import will be visible in the system
Access KeyA key that gives the system access to communicate with Visma Payroll. This should be received when ordering Leap Visma Payroll Import
Visma IdUnique id from Visma that identifies the company in Visma that the connection should be made to. (In the top right corner of Visma App Store click on the dropdown icon and copy the value in Tenant ID)

Dimension settings

FieldDescription
Import dimensionsDetermines whether dimensions on payroll transactions should be imported from Visma Payroll to Business Central. If this is disabled, dimensions will not be shown in the payroll transactions view
Handling when dimension missing: DimensionSpecifies what the system should do if a dimension is missing in Business Central
Handling when dimension missing: Dimension ValueSpecifies what the system should do if a dimension value is missing in Business Central

Options for handling missing dimensions

OptionDescription
Give error messageStops import and shows error message if dimension/value is missing
SkipIgnores missing dimensions and continues import
CreateAutomatically creates missing dimensions/values

VAT settings

FieldDescription
Import VAT NumbersDetermines whether VAT numbers should be imported from Visma Payroll. When enabled, the system will fetch VAT codes for transactions that support VAT registration. Warning: This feature requires additional permissions and will slow down imports as the system needs to make extra API calls for each applicable transaction

Transaction settings

FieldDescription
Group transactionsSpecifies whether the system should group transactions that share account number and dimensions. This will reduce the number of transactions posted in Business Central

Actions in setup

ActionDescription
Test connectionBy clicking here an attempt is made to connect to Visma Payroll to verify that the setup is correct
Account mappingUsed to create mapping between general ledger account in Visma and general ledger account in Business Central where these do not match or you want to override account number in Business Central
Dimension mappingUsed to create mapping between dimension in Visma and dimension value in Business Central where these do not match or you want to override account number in Business Central
VAT Number mappingUsed to create mapping between VAT numbers in Visma Payroll and VAT numbers in Business Central where these do not match or you want to override VAT numbers in Business Central