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Use a Xero demo organisation

When testing new features or functionality, it is often a good idea to use a demo organisation rather than your real Xero organisation. Xero provides the option of setting up a demo organisation for exactly these situations.

Benefits

  • Free – No charge from Xero or UpSheets
  • Pre-loaded – Comes with sample data so you can get started immediately
  • Resettable – If you make a mess, you can reset the demo and start again
  • Full features – You can use Xero Projects and Xero Payroll
Complete the payroll setup in Xero before connecting the demo organisation to UpSheets. This ensures timesheets and leave uploads work correctly.
Demo organisations expire after 30 days. Bear this in mind if you are setting up anything complicated.

Setting up a demo organisation

Xero’s instructions for creating a demo organisation are available at: Use the demo company. After creating your demo organisation, connect it to UpSheets as you would any other Xero organisation. To populate the demo with employees from another AU organisation for testing, use Copy Test Data.