> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Connect Basware to Watchdog

> Connect Basware to Watchdog and grant access to invoices and documents.

Connect Basware AP Automation to retrieve approved supplier invoices and attachments in Watchdog. Watchdog does not change, approve, or pay invoices in Basware.

## Before you begin

Ask your Basware consultant to prepare API access for Watchdog. You will need:

* `Client ID` and `Client Secret`
* your environment's region: `eu`, `us`, `au`, or `ca`
* optionally, a `Company Code` to limit access to a specific company

## Connect in Watchdog

1. Open **Integrations → Basware** and add a connection.
2. Enter the details from Basware.
3. Select **Test Connection**, then save the connection.
4. Under **Settings**, choose which companies, suppliers, and processing statuses to include.

### Choose which invoices to import

| Status               | Invoices included                                               |
| -------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `WaitingForTransfer` | Approved invoices waiting for transfer to the accounting system |
| `Transferred`        | Invoices the accounting system has confirmed receiving          |
| `Paid`               | Invoices reported as paid back to Basware                       |

New connections use `Transferred` and `Paid`. Also select `WaitingForTransfer` to import invoices before the transfer is confirmed.

## For the Basware administrator

Give the API client access to approved supplier invoices, invoice documents and attachments, and company and supplier lists. Include original XML invoices when available.

The `Paid` status requires the accounting system to report payment through `paymentResponses`. Watchdog does not send these messages or transfer acknowledgements.

See [Basware's API guide](https://developer.basware.com/en/api/basware/manual) for invoice processing and statuses.

## If invoices or attachments are missing

Check that the invoices have one of your selected statuses. If the test finds invoices but no documents, ask Basware to check access to invoice attachments.