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Post Xero cash balance to Slack

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How this automation works

Post your selected Xero account's current cash balance to Slack for quick team visibility. When the Maker webhook receives the event you name, the applet asks Xero for that account's current balance and posts a concise summary to Slack. Useful for finance and ops teams who want immediate Xero balance updates in Slack to monitor payments and cashflow. Note: Customize the message to fit your tone.

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Realtime trigger
Realtime Applets run after the trigger service notifies IFTTT of a new trigger event. Since IFTTT is notified proactively of new trigger events, realtime Applets normally run within a few seconds of a trigger event occurring.
This trigger fires every time the Maker service receives a web request to notify it of an event. For information on triggering events, go to your Maker service settings and then the listed URL (web) or tap your username (mobile)
EventName JsonPayload OccurredAt
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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.
This query returns the current balance of the bank account you select in the organisation you select.
AccountName ClosingBalance CurrencyCode AsAtDate
Then
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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 will post a message to the channel you choose in Slack.
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Services used in this Applet

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17 triggers, queries, and actions

Bill due soon

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 bill is due within the number of days you specify in the organisation you select.

Invoice overdue

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 sales invoice becomes overdue in the organisation you select.

Invoice paid

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 sales invoice is fully paid in the organisation you select.

New contact

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 contact is created in the organisation you select.

New sales invoice

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 sales invoice is created in the organisation you select.

Receive a web request

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Realtime trigger
Realtime Applets run after the trigger service notifies IFTTT of a new trigger event. Since IFTTT is notified proactively of new trigger events, realtime Applets normally run within a few seconds of a trigger event occurring.
This trigger fires every time the Maker service receives a web request to notify it of an event. For information on triggering events, go to your Maker service settings and then the listed URL (web) or tap your username (mobile)

Receive a web request with a JSON payload

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Realtime trigger
Realtime Applets run after the trigger service notifies IFTTT of a new trigger event. Since IFTTT is notified proactively of new trigger events, realtime Applets normally run within a few seconds of a trigger event occurring.
This trigger fires every time the Maker service receives a web request to notify it of an event. For information on triggering events, go to your Maker service settings and then the listed URL (web) or tap your username (mobile)

Get cash balance

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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.
This query returns the current balance of the bank account you select in the organisation you select.

History of web requests received

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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.
This query returns a list of times when the Maker service received a web request to notify it of an event. For information on querying events, go to your Maker service settings and then the listed URL (web) or tap your username (mobile)

Look up an invoice

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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.
This query returns the details of the sales invoice whose number you specify.

Make a web request

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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.
This query returns the status code from a request made to the provided URL. If the response body is in the correct format it will also return the body’s extracted values. Please see the documentation link on the Webhooks service page.

Make a web request with JSON response

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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.
This query returns the JSON response body. You can use filter code to parse it. Please see the documentation link on the Webhooks service page.

Create a bill

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 will create a bill payable to the contact you specify in the organisation you select. The contact is created in Xero if it doesn't already exist.

Create a sales invoice

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 will create a sales invoice for the contact you specify in the organisation you select. The contact is created in Xero if it doesn't already exist.

Create or update a contact

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 will create a contact, or update the matching contact, in the organisation you select. The contact name is the match key for updates.

Make a web request

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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 will make a web request to a publicly accessible URL. NOTE: Requests may be rate limited.

Post to channel

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 will post a message to the channel you choose in Slack.

Bill due soon

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 bill is due within the number of days you specify in the organisation you select.

Create a bill

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 will create a bill payable to the contact you specify in the organisation you select. The contact is created in Xero if it doesn't already exist.

Create a sales invoice

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 will create a sales invoice for the contact you specify in the organisation you select. The contact is created in Xero if it doesn't already exist.

Create or update a contact

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 will create a contact, or update the matching contact, in the organisation you select. The contact name is the match key for updates.

Get cash balance

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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.
This query returns the current balance of the bank account you select in the organisation you select.

History of web requests received

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.
This query returns a list of times when the Maker service received a web request to notify it of an event. For information on querying events, go to your Maker service settings and then the listed URL (web) or tap your username (mobile)

Invoice overdue

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 sales invoice becomes overdue in the organisation you select.

Invoice paid

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 sales invoice is fully paid in the organisation you select.

Look up an invoice

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.
This query returns the details of the sales invoice whose number you specify.

Make a web request

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.
This query returns the status code from a request made to the provided URL. If the response body is in the correct format it will also return the body’s extracted values. Please see the documentation link on the Webhooks service page.

Make a web request

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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 will make a web request to a publicly accessible URL. NOTE: Requests may be rate limited.

Make a web request with JSON response

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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.
This query returns the JSON response body. You can use filter code to parse it. Please see the documentation link on the Webhooks service page.

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