{"id":70625,"date":"2025-08-11T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/help\/non-knowledgebase\/uncategorized\/how-do-i-create-bookings-from-a-paypal-activity-report\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T11:52:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T10:52:02","password":"","slug":"how-to-create-bookings-from-a-paypal-activity-report","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/transactions\/how-to-create-bookings-from-a-paypal-activity-report\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create bookings from a PayPal activity report?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To avoid having to manually enter every PayPal transactions, you can generate a PayPal activity report and import it into ChurchTools Finances under “Bank Statements<\/em>.” This page describes the specific considerations you need to keep in mind when importing PayPal activity reports. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here<\/a>, we’ll explain how to use bank statements in general. And here<\/a>, we’ll show you how to import bank statements and create transactions from them, or how to import bookings as a CSV file. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Download the activity report from PayPal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First, download the activity report from PayPal, which you can find at the following link: https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/reports\/dlog<\/a>. Alternatively, you can find it at: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(1) Activities<\/em>
(2) Download button
<\/em>(3) Custom<\/em> > Activity Report<\/em> (under the Activities<\/em> tab)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Select ” All Transactions<\/em> ” as the transaction type. The format must be CSV<\/em>. You can choose any time period. ChurchTools Finances recognizes transactions that have already been imported. However, PayPal makes it easy for you by ensuring that the report includes only transactions from the last download onward<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then click on “Create Report<\/em> ” (4). Depending on the number of bookings, it may take a few minutes to generate the report. You can download<\/em> the reports you’ve created from the ” Activity Reports<\/em> ” table (5). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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