Back
Square New Order. YNAB (You Need A Budget) Create a transaction.

Create You Need A Budget transaction from Square order

Connect

How this automation works

Create You Need A Budget transactions automatically to keep your budget and sales records in sync. The Applet runs when Square processes a new order and adds a transaction to You Need A Budget with the order amount, payee, date, and memo. Ideal for small retailers using Square and You Need A Budget who want to reconcile sales, track income, and reduce manual bookkeeping.

If
Square icon
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when a new order is processed for the Square store
OrderId OrderStatus LocationName TotalMoney TaxMoney DiscountMoney TipMoney ServiceChargeMoney Currency LineItem1Name LineItem2Name LineItem3Name LineItem1Quantity LineItem2Quantity LineItem3Quantity CustomerFirstName CustomerLastName CustomerEmailAddress CustomerPhoneNumber CustomerAddressLine1 CustomerAddressLine2 CustomerAddressCity CustomerAddressState CustomerAddressZip CustomerAddressCountry CustomerId CustomerReferenceId CreatedAt
Then
YNAB (You Need A Budget) icon
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action creates a new transaction in your YNAB plan.
account_id amount payee_name category_id memo date

Services used in this Applet

Create your own YNAB (You Need A Budget) and Square workflow

Create custom workflows effortlessly by selecting triggers, queries, and actions. With IFTTT, it's simple: “If this” trigger happens, “then that” action follows. Streamline tasks and save time with automated workflows that work for you.

10 triggers, queries, and actions

Account balance is low

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when an account balance drops below your specified threshold.

Category overspent

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when spending in a category exceeds the budgeted amount for the current month.

New Customer

Pro icon
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when a new customer is created for the Square store

New Order

Pro icon
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when a new order is processed for the Square store

New transaction

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when a new transaction is added to your plan.

List accounts

Pro plus icon
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
Returns a list of accounts for a YNAB plan.

List categories

Pro plus icon
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
Returns a list of categories for a YNAB plan.

List plans

Pro plus icon
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
Returns a list of your YNAB plans.

Create a transaction

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action creates a new transaction in your YNAB plan.

Create Customer

Pro icon
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action creates a customer in the Square account

Account balance is low

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when an account balance drops below your specified threshold.

Category overspent

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when spending in a category exceeds the budgeted amount for the current month.

Create a transaction

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action creates a new transaction in your YNAB plan.

Create Customer

Pro icon
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action creates a customer in the Square account

List accounts

Pro plus icon
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
Returns a list of accounts for a YNAB plan.

List categories

Pro plus icon
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
Returns a list of categories for a YNAB plan.

List plans

Pro plus icon
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
Returns a list of your YNAB plans.

New Customer

Pro icon
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when a new customer is created for the Square store

New Order

Pro icon
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when a new order is processed for the Square store

New transaction

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when a new transaction is added to your plan.

Build an automation in seconds!

You can add delays, queries, and more actions in the next step!

More on YNAB (You Need A Budget) and Square

About YNAB (You Need A Budget)

YNAB is a personal budgeting app that helps you gain total control of your money, break the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle, and get out of debt.

Explore YNAB (You Need A Budget)

About Square

Square is the simplest way to accept credit card payments and has all the features you need to create a seamless payment experience between you and your customers.

Explore Square

More integrations with Square

IFTTT helps all your apps and devices work better together

Get started for free