Copy data from Xero using Azure Data Factory or Synapse Analytics

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This article outlines how to use the Copy Activity in an Azure Data Factory or Synapse Analytics pipeline to copy data from Xero. It builds on the copy activity overview article that presents a general overview of copy activity.

Note

The Xero connector requires OAuth authentication and is not intended for server-to-server use.

Important

The Xero connector version 2.0 provides improved native Xero support. If you are using Xero connector version 1.0 in your solution, please upgrade the Xero connector before March 31, 2026. Refer to this section for details on the difference between version 2.0 and version 1.0.

Supported capabilities

This Xero connector is supported for the following capabilities:

Supported capabilities	IR
Copy activity (source/-)	① ②
Lookup activity	① ②

① Azure integration runtime ② Self-hosted integration runtime

For a list of data stores that are supported as sources/sinks, see the Supported data stores table.

Specifically, this Xero connector supports:

OAuth 2.0 authentication.
All Xero tables (API endpoints) except "Reports".
Windows versions in this article.

Note

Due to the sunset of OAuth 1.0 authentication in Xero, please upgrade to OAuth 2.0 authentication type if you are currently using OAuth 1.0 authentication type.

Getting started

To perform the copy activity with a pipeline, you can use one of the following tools or SDKs:

Create a linked service to Xero using UI

Use the following steps to create a linked service to Xero in the Azure portal UI.

Browse to the Manage tab in your Azure Data Factory or Synapse workspace and select Linked Services, then click New:
- Azure Data Factory
- Azure Synapse
Search for Xero and select the Xero connector.
Configure the service details, test the connection, and create the new linked service.

Connector configuration details

The following sections provide details about properties that are used to define Data Factory entities specific to Xero connector.

Linked service properties

The Xero connector now supports version 2.0. Refer to this section to upgrade your Xero connector version from version 1.0. For the property details, see the corresponding sections.

Version 2.0
Version 1.0

Version 2.0

The Xero linked service supports the following properties when applying version 2.0:

Property	Description	Required
type	The type property must be set to: Xero	Yes
version	The version that you specify. The value is `2.0`.	Yes
host	The endpoint of the Xero server (`api.xero.com`).	Yes
consumerKey	Specify the client ID for your Xero application. Mark this field as a SecureString to store it securely, or reference a secret stored in Azure Key Vault.	Yes
privateKey	Specify the client secret for your Xero application. Mark this field as a SecureString to store it securely, or reference a secret stored in Azure Key Vault.	Yes
tenantId	The tenant ID associated with your Xero application. Applicable for OAuth 2.0 authentication. Learn how to get the tenant ID from Check the tenants you're authorized to access section.	Yes
refreshToken	The OAuth 2.0 refresh token is associated with the Xero application and used to refresh the access token; the access token expires after 30 minutes. Learn about how the Xero authorization flow works and how to get the refresh token from this article. To get a refresh token, you must request the offline_access scope. Know limitation: Note Xero resets the refresh token after it's used for access token refresh. For operationalized workload, before each copy activity run, you need to set a valid refresh token for the service to use. Mark this field as a SecureString to store it securely, or reference a secret stored in Azure Key Vault.	Yes
connectVia	The integration runtime to be used to connect to the data store. If no value is specified, the property uses the default Azure integration runtime. You can use the self-hosted integration runtime and its version should be 5.61 or above.	No

Example:

{
    "name": "XeroLinkedService",
    "properties": {
        "type": "Xero",
        "typeProperties": {
            "host": "api.xero.com",
            "consumerKey": "<client ID>",
            "privateKey": {
                "type": "SecureString",
                "value": "<client secret>"
            },
            "tenantId": "<tenant ID>", 
            "refreshToken": {
                "type": "SecureString",
                "value": "<refresh token>"
            },
            "authenticationType":"OAuth_2.0", 
            "version": "2.0"         
        }
    }
}

Version 1.0

The Xero linked service supports the following properties when applying version 1.0:

Property	Description	Required
type	The type property must be set to: Xero	Yes
connectionProperties	A group of properties that defines how to connect to Xero.	Yes
Under `connectionProperties`:
host	The endpoint of the Xero server (`api.xero.com`).	Yes
authenticationType	Allowed values are `OAuth_2.0` and `OAuth_1.0`.	Yes
consumerKey	For OAuth 2.0, specify the client ID for your Xero application. For OAuth 1.0, specify the consumer key associated with the Xero application. Mark this field as a SecureString to store it securely, or reference a secret stored in Azure Key Vault.	Yes
privateKey	For OAuth 2.0, specify the client secret for your Xero application. For OAuth 1.0, specify the private key from the .pem file that was generated for your Xero private application. Note to generate the privatekey.pem with numbits of 512 using `openssl genrsa -out privatekey.pem 512`, 1024 is not supported. Include all the text from the .pem file including the Unix line endings(\n), see sample below. Mark this field as a SecureString to store it securely, or reference a secret stored in Azure Key Vault.	Yes
tenantId	The tenant ID associated with your Xero application. Applicable for OAuth 2.0 authentication. Learn how to get the tenant ID from Check the tenants you're authorized to access section.	Yes for OAuth 2.0 authentication
refreshToken	Applicable for OAuth 2.0 authentication. The OAuth 2.0 refresh token is associated with the Xero application and used to refresh the access token; the access token expires after 30 minutes. Learn about how the Xero authorization flow works and how to get the refresh token from this article. To get a refresh token, you must request the offline_access scope. Know limitation: Note Xero resets the refresh token after it's used for access token refresh. For operationalized workload, before each copy activity run, you need to set a valid refresh token for the service to use. Mark this field as a SecureString to store it securely, or reference a secret stored in Azure Key Vault.	Yes for OAuth 2.0 authentication
useEncryptedEndpoints	Specifies whether the data source endpoints are encrypted using HTTPS. The default value is true.	No
useHostVerification	Specifies whether the host name is required in the server's certificate to match the host name of the server when connecting over TLS. The default value is true.	No
usePeerVerification	Specifies whether to verify the identity of the server when connecting over TLS. The default value is true.	No

Example: OAuth 2.0 authentication

{
    "name": "XeroLinkedService",
    "properties": {
        "type": "Xero",
        "typeProperties": {
            "connectionProperties": { 
                "host": "api.xero.com",
                "authenticationType":"OAuth_2.0", 
                "consumerKey": {
                    "type": "SecureString",
                    "value": "<client ID>"
                },
                "privateKey": {
                    "type": "SecureString",
                    "value": "<client secret>"
                },
                "tenantId": "<tenant ID>", 
                "refreshToken": {
                    "type": "SecureString",
                    "value": "<refresh token>"
                }, 
                "useEncryptedEndpoints": true, 
                "useHostVerification": true, 
                "usePeerVerification": true
            }            
        }
    }
}

Example: OAuth 1.0 authentication

{
    "name": "XeroLinkedService",
    "properties": {
        "type": "Xero",
        "typeProperties": {
            "connectionProperties": {
                "host": "api.xero.com", 
                "authenticationType":"OAuth_1.0", 
                "consumerKey": {
                    "type": "SecureString",
                    "value": "<consumer key>"
                },
                "privateKey": {
                    "type": "SecureString",
                    "value": "<private key>"
                }, 
                "useEncryptedEndpoints": true,
                "useHostVerification": true,
                "usePeerVerification": true
            }
        }
    }
}

Sample private key value:

Include all the text from the .pem file including the Unix line endings(\n).

"-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\nMII***************************************************P\nbu****************************************************s\nU/****************************************************B\nA*****************************************************W\njH****************************************************e\nsx*****************************************************l\nq******************************************************X\nh*****************************************************i\nd*****************************************************s\nA*****************************************************dsfb\nN*****************************************************M\np*****************************************************Ly\nK*****************************************************Y=\n-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----"

Dataset properties

For a full list of sections and properties available for defining datasets, see the datasets article. This section provides a list of properties supported by Xero dataset.

To copy data from Xero, set the type property of the dataset to XeroObject. The following properties are supported:

Property	Description	Required
type	The type property of the dataset must be set to: XeroObject	Yes
table	Name of the table. Table names use the object name, for example: `Accounts`. This property is only supported in version 2.0.	Yes
tableName	Name of the table. Table names use object names with prefix, for example, `"Global"."Accounts"`. This property is only supported in version 1.0.	No (if "query" in activity source is specified)

Example

{
    "name": "XeroDataset",
    "properties": {
        "type": "XeroObject",
        "typeProperties": {},
        "schema": [],
        "linkedServiceName": {
            "referenceName": "<Xero linked service name>",
            "type": "LinkedServiceReference"
        }
    }
}

The connector version 2.0 supports the following Xero tables:

Accounts
Bank_Transactions
Bank_Transaction_Line_Items
Bank_Transfers
Budgets
Contacts
Contacts_Addresses
Contact_Groups
Contact_Group_Contacts
Contacts_Phones
Credit_Notes
Credit_Note_Line_Items
Credit_Notes_Line_Items_Tracking
Currencies
Invoices
Invoices_Credit_Notes
Invoice_Line_Items
Invoice_Line_Items_Tracking
Invoices_Overpayments
Invoices_Prepayments
Items
Journals
Journal_Lines
Journal_Line_Tracking_Categories
Manual_Journals
Manual_Journal_Lines
Organisations
Overpayments
Payments
Prepayments
Prepayments_Allocations
Prepayment_Line_Items
Projects
ProjectUsers
Purchase_Orders
Purchase_Order_Line_Items
Receipts
Tax_Rates
Tracking_Categories
Tracking_Categories_Options
Users

Copy activity properties

For a full list of sections and properties available for defining activities, see the Pipelines article. This section provides a list of properties supported by Xero source.

Xero as source

To copy data from Xero, set the source type in the copy activity to XeroSource. The following properties are supported in the copy activity source section:

Property	Description	Required
type	The type property of the copy activity source must be set to: XeroSource	Yes
query	Use the custom SQL query to read data. For example: `"SELECT * FROM Contacts"`.	No (if "tableName" in dataset is specified)

Note

query is not supported in version 2.0.

Example:

"activities":[
    {
        "name": "CopyFromXero",
        "type": "Copy",
        "inputs": [
            {
                "referenceName": "<Xero input dataset name>",
                "type": "DatasetReference"
            }
        ],
        "outputs": [
            {
                "referenceName": "<output dataset name>",
                "type": "DatasetReference"
            }
        ],
        "typeProperties": {
            "source": {
                "type": "XeroSource",
                "query": "SELECT * FROM Contacts"
            },
            "sink": {
                "type": "<sink type>"
            }
        }
    }
]

Note the following when specifying the Xero query:

Tables with complex items will be split to multiple tables. For example, Bank transactions has a complex data structure "LineItems", so data of bank transaction is mapped to table Bank_Transaction and Bank_Transaction_Line_Items, with Bank_Transaction_ID as foreign key to link them together.
Xero data is available through two schemas: Minimal (default) and Complete. The Complete schema contains prerequisite call tables which require additional data (e.g. ID column) before making the desired query.

The following tables have the same information in the Minimal and Complete schema. To reduce the number of API calls, use Minimal schema (default).

Bank_Transactions
Contact_Groups
Contacts
Contacts_Sales_Tracking_Categories
Contacts_Phones
Contacts_Addresses
Contacts_Purchases_Tracking_Categories
Credit_Notes
Credit_Notes_Allocations
Expense_Claims
Expense_Claim_Validation_Errors
Invoices
Invoices_Credit_Notes
Invoices_ Prepayments
Invoices_Overpayments
Manual_Journals
Overpayments
Overpayments_Allocations
Prepayments
Prepayments_Allocations
Receipts
Receipt_Validation_Errors
Tracking_Categories

The following tables can only be queried with complete schema:

Complete.Bank_Transaction_Line_Items
Complete.Bank_Transaction_Line_Item_Tracking
Complete.Contact_Group_Contacts
Complete.Contacts_Contact_ Persons
Complete.Credit_Note_Line_Items
Complete.Credit_Notes_Line_Items_Tracking
Complete.Expense_Claim_ Payments
Complete.Expense_Claim_Receipts
Complete.Invoice_Line_Items
Complete.Invoices_Line_Items_Tracking
Complete.Manual_Journal_Lines
Complete.Manual_Journal_Line_Tracking
Complete.Overpayment_Line_Items
Complete.Overpayment_Line_Items_Tracking
Complete.Prepayment_Line_Items
Complete.Prepayment_Line_Item_Tracking
Complete.Receipt_Line_Items
Complete.Receipt_Line_Item_Tracking
Complete.Tracking_Category_Options

Data type mapping for Xero

When you copy data from Xero, the following mappings apply from Xero's data types to the internal data types used by the service. To learn about how the copy activity maps the source schema and data type to the sink, see Schema and data type mappings.

Xero data type	Interim service data type (for version 2.0)	Interim service data type (for version 1.0)
String	String	String
Date	String	Date
DateTime	String	String
Boolean	Boolean	Boolean
Number (standard)	Int32	Int32
Number (large)	Int64	Int64

Lookup activity properties

To learn details about the properties, check Lookup activity.

Xero connector lifecycle and upgrade

The following table shows the release stage and change logs for different versions of the Xero connector:

Version	Release stage	Change log
Version 1.0	End of support announced	/
Version 2.0	GA version available	• Use `table` instead of `tableName`. • The value for `table` is the object name, for example: `Accounts`. • The self-hosted integration runtime version should be 5.61 or above. • Date is read as String data type. • `useEncryptedEndpoints`, `useHostVerification`, `usePeerVerification` are not supported in the linked service. • `query` is not supported. • OAuth 1.0 authentication is not supported. • Support specific Xero tables. For the supported table list, go to Dataset properties.

Upgrade the Xero connector from version 1.0 to version 2.0

In Edit linked service page, select version 2.0 and configure the linked service by referring to Linked service properties version 2.0.
The data type mapping for the Xero linked service version 2.0 is different from that for the version 1.0. To learn the latest data type mapping, see Data type mapping for Xero.
If you use the self-hosted integration runtime, its version should be 5.61 or above.
Use table instead of tableName in version 2.0. For the detailed configuration, go to Dataset properties.
query is only supported in version 1.0. You should use the table instead of query in version 2.0.
Note that version 2.0 supports specific Xero tables. For the supported table list, go to Dataset properties.

For a list of supported data stores by the copy activity, see supported data stores.

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Copy data from Xero using Azure Data Factory or Synapse Analytics

Supported capabilities

Getting started

Create a linked service to Xero using UI

Connector configuration details

Linked service properties

Version 2.0

Version 1.0

Dataset properties

Copy activity properties

Xero as source

Data type mapping for Xero

Lookup activity properties

Xero connector lifecycle and upgrade

Upgrade the Xero connector from version 1.0 to version 2.0

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