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Used by over 50,000 businesses, Ramp gives finance and operations teams real-time visibility into company spending, automates invoice processing, enforces spend policies, and syncs with accounting systems like NetSuite, QuickBooks, and Xero. By connecting Ramp to Parabola, operations teams can automate AP workflows, reconcile bills against purchase orders, monitor payment statuses, and build custom spend reports—all without manual CSV exports or spreadsheet work.

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Pull from Ramp

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How to use Parabola’s Ramp integration

Parabola’s Ramp integration allows teams to pull bills, purchase orders, transfers, and receipts directly into automated workflows.
  • Automatically retrieve bill and purchase order data for reconciliation and reporting
  • Monitor payment statuses and approval workflows across vendors and entities
  • Combine Ramp financial data with ERP, warehouse, and sales channel information
  • Build automated dashboards showing spend by vendor, status, and time period
Learn more about Parabola’s Ramp integration below.

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How to authenticate

Ramp uses OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials for secure API access. To connect, you’ll base64 encode your Client ID and Client Secret and paste the result into Parabola’s authentication field. For a full walkthrough (including a video), see Ramp’s Getting Started guide.

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Creating API credentials in Ramp

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Log in to your Ramp account as an Admin or Business Owner and navigate to Settings > Developer.
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Click Create New App and give it a descriptive name (e.g., “Parabola Integration”). Accept the Terms and click Create.
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Under Grant types, click Add new grant type and select Client Credentials.
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Under Scopes, click Configure allowed scopes and enable the scopes your integration needs:
  • bills:read — Access bills and draft bills
  • transfers:read — Access transfers
  • receipts:read — Access receipts
  • purchase_orders:read — Access purchase orders
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Copy your Client ID and Client Secret. Store them securely—you’ll need them to connect in Parabola.
Important:The scopes you select when connecting in Parabola must also be enabled in your Ramp app’s scope settings. If a scope isn’t permitted in Ramp, the connection will fail for that data type. Make sure both sides match.
Note:Only users with Admin or Business Owner roles can create apps and generate API credentials in Ramp.

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Connecting in Parabola

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In your Parabola flow, add a Pull from Ramp step.
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Base64 encode your credentials in the format client_id:client_secret and copy the result.
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Click Authorize and enter your credentials in the form:
  • Authentication: Paste your base64-encoded credentials. The value should look like: Basic dXNlcjpwYXNz...
  • Scope: The scopes you want to use (e.g., bills:read transfers:read purchase_orders:read receipts:read), separated by spaces. These must match scopes enabled in your Ramp app.
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Click Connect. Parabola will securely store your credentials and handle token generation and renewal.

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Available data

Using the Ramp integration in Parabola, you can pull in a range of financial and procurement data:
  • Bills: Invoice and bill records including vendor details, amounts, invoice numbers, payment status (open, paid), approval status, due dates, issue dates, payment timestamps, line items with descriptions and amounts, accounting field assignments, sync status, and associated purchase order IDs. Filter by date ranges, payment status, approval status, sync status, vendor, amount range, and business entity.
  • Bill details by ID: Full details for a specific bill using its unique identifier, including all line items, inventory line items, payment information, and vendor memos.
  • Draft bills: Bills that are still in draft stage before submission, including vendor information, invoice numbers, line items, and creation timestamps. Filter by business entity, invoice number, or external system ID.
  • Draft bill details by ID: Complete details for a specific draft bill using its unique identifier.
  • Transfers: Payment transfer records including amounts, statuses (initiated, processing, completed, canceled, error, etc.), bank account associations, business entity, payment IDs, creation timestamps, and accounting sync status. Filter by transfer status, sync status, business entity, date ranges, and statement ID.
  • Transfer details by ID: Full details for a specific transfer using its unique identifier.
  • Receipts: Receipt records tied to transactions, including receipt image URLs, associated transaction IDs, uploading user, and creation timestamps. Filter by creation date, transaction date, specific transaction or reimbursement.
  • Receipt details by ID: A specific receipt record by its unique identifier, including a pre-signed download URL for the receipt image.
  • Purchase orders: PO records with PO numbers, vendor information, line items with quantities and unit prices, billing status (open, partially billed, fully billed, closed), receipt status (not received, partially received, fully received), associated bill and transaction IDs, spend dates, three-way match settings, and creation source. Filter by creation date, receipt status, creation source, business entity, spend request, and whether to include archived POs.
  • Purchase order details by ID: Complete details for a specific purchase order, including all line items, associated bill IDs, item receipt IDs, and spend program information.

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Common use cases

  • Three-way match reconciliation: Pull purchase orders and bills from Ramp, combine with receiving data from your warehouse or ERP, and automatically flag discrepancies in quantities, pricing, or missing documents.
  • AP aging and payment monitoring: Track open bills by due date and vendor to identify overdue invoices, monitor approval bottlenecks, and alert finance teams to upcoming payment deadlines.
  • Spend analysis and vendor reporting: Aggregate bill and purchase order data by vendor, business entity, or time period to create automated dashboards showing spending trends, budget utilization, and vendor concentration.
  • Accounting sync reconciliation: Monitor sync status across bills, transfers, and purchase orders to identify records that haven’t synced to your ERP or accounting system, ensuring your books stay current and accurate.
  • Receipt compliance auditing: Pull receipt data alongside transactions to flag missing receipts, identify late submissions, and ensure expense policy compliance across the organization.
  • Purchase order tracking and variance analysis: Monitor POs from creation through billing and receiving, flag POs with partial receipts or overbilling, and alert procurement teams to orders that are aging without activity.

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Tips for using Parabola with Ramp

  • Schedule your flows to run daily or hourly during critical periods like month-end close to keep financial data current and reduce last-minute reconciliation work.
  • Use date and status filters strategically: Filter by Created After / Created Before or payment status to pull only recent or relevant records, keeping your flows fast and focused.
  • Join related data for complete visibility: Combine bills with purchase orders using associated PO IDs to create end-to-end procurement views, or join transfers with bills to track the full payment lifecycle.
  • Combine with other systems: Merge Ramp data with your ERP (NetSuite, QuickBooks, etc.), warehouse management system, or sales channel data to create comprehensive operational views and catch cross-system discrepancies.
  • Add validation checks: Use Parabola’s Filter and Formula steps to flag exceptions like bills without matching purchase orders, POs stuck in “open” status for extended periods, or transfers in error status.
  • Set up alerts: Configure Email or Slack notifications in Parabola to alert finance and procurement teams when high-value bills are pending approval, POs exceed budget thresholds, or transfers fail.
  • Document your workflow: Use Parabola’s step notes to explain your logic and filters so teammates can easily understand and maintain your flows as business requirements evolve.
By connecting Ramp with Parabola, you transform your spend management data into automated workflows that deliver real-time visibility, faster reconciliations, and proactive exception management—all without manual exports or spreadsheet work.
Last modified on April 3, 2026