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How to Automatically Log QuickBooks Journal Entries into Excel Using Zapier

By Jeff Lenning | June 16, 2026 |

What if every new journal entry posted in QuickBooks Online landed in an Excel table automatically, no copy-paste required? In this tutorial we walk through exactly that workflow. We use Zapier to connect QuickBooks Online to an Excel workbook stored in OneDrive, loop through each journal entry line so it lands on its own row,…

Intro to AI Automation with Zapier

By Jeff Lenning | May 13, 2025 |

When it comes to automation, Excel users can certainly streamline tasks within the grid. But sometimes, we need to automate tasks outside of Excel—especially when it comes to integrating external tools and triggering actions automatically. That’s where Zapier comes in. In this post, we’ll take a beginner-friendly dive into Zapier’s AI automation capabilities by creating…