# Xero

### Connect Xero with MESA <a href="#connect" id="connect"></a>

When you're setting up your first workflow with Xero, you will need to connect Xero with MESA. Click on the **Connect with Xero** button.

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You will brought to a screen with MESA asking for permissions. Click on **Allow access**.

Afterwards, you will be brought back to your current workflow and you are all set! MESA is now connected with your Xero account.

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{% hint style="info" %}
If you are seeing a *Could not identify your Xero account* error when your workflow runs, you will want to make sure that you only have one Xero connection per Xero account in MESA at a time. This indicates that you might have more than one Xero connection.
{% endhint %}

1\. To resolve this, login into your Xero account: <https://login.xero.com/>

2\. From the top right hand corner, click on the 9 dotted icon and **Manage app connections**.

3\. Locate the connected app MESA and click to **Disconnect** it and confirm to **Disconnect** it again.

4\. Once MESA is no longer a connected app, you will want to [connect Xero with MESA](#connect) again.

### Technical Notes <a href="#configuring" id="configuring"></a>

### I don't see my Xero workflow activating when I update something in Xero? <a href="#trigger" id="trigger"></a>

MESA workflows that contain Xero [Triggers](/workflow-builder/triggers.md) (such as **Contact Updated**) will run on a polling system. Meaning, on every hour or whatever the selected frequency is selected in your MESA workflow, MESA will look for any recent activity in Xero. As a result, you may not see immediate activity in your MESA workflow until the frequency hits.

In Xero triggers, you can find the polling system by selecting the **More Options** button, then the **Schedule** field.

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You can keep the default frequency or adjust it. Once the frequency hits, MESA will process every single task that has accrued within the previous timeframe.


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