Retrieve a time report
Retrieves a QuickBooks Desktop time report by item, job, or name, with summary or detail rows depending on the selected report type. This report is useful for analyzing tracked time for billing, costing, staffing, or project review.
Authorizations
Your Conductor secret key using Bearer auth (e.g., "Authorization: Bearer {{YOUR_SECRET_KEY}}").
Headers
The ID of the End-User to receive this request.
"end_usr_1234567abcdefg"
Query Parameters
The time report type to retrieve.
time_by_item, time_by_job_detail, time_by_job_summary, time_by_name "time_by_item"
Filter report rows dated on or after this date, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD). Choose either reportDateMacro or reportDateFrom/reportDateTo. If you omit reportDateFrom, reportDateTo, and reportDateMacro, QuickBooks Desktop uses the current fiscal year to date.
"2025-01-01"
Filter report rows dated on or before this date, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD). Choose either reportDateMacro or reportDateFrom/reportDateTo. If you omit reportDateFrom, reportDateTo, and reportDateMacro, QuickBooks Desktop uses the current fiscal year to date.
"2025-02-01"
A QuickBooks Desktop relative date macro for the report period. Choose either reportDateMacro or reportDateFrom/reportDateTo.
all, today, this_week, this_week_to_date, this_month, this_month_to_date, this_quarter, this_quarter_to_date, this_year, this_year_to_date, yesterday, last_week, last_week_to_date, last_month, last_month_to_date, last_quarter, last_quarter_to_date, last_year, last_year_to_date, next_week, next_four_weeks, next_month, next_quarter, next_year "this_year_to_date"
Filter report rows by entity type, such as customer, vendor, employee, or other name. Choose only one entity filter per request: entityType, entityIds, or entityFullNames.
customer, employee, other_name, vendor "customer"
Filter report rows by QuickBooks-assigned entity IDs. Accepts one or more entity IDs. Choose only one entity filter per request: entityType, entityIds, or entityFullNames.
["80000001-1234567890"]Filter report rows by entity fullName values, case-insensitive. A fullName is a fully qualified QuickBooks name formed by joining parent object names with the object's name using colons. Accepts one or more entity full names. Choose only one entity filter per request: entityType, entityIds, or entityFullNames.
["ABC Corporation:Website Redesign Project"]Filter report rows by item type. Choose only one item filter per request: itemType, itemIds, or itemFullNames.
all_except_fixed_asset, assembly, discount, fixed_asset, inventory, inventory_and_assembly, non_inventory, other_charge, payment, sales, sales_tax, service "inventory"
Filter report rows by QuickBooks-assigned item IDs. Accepts one or more item IDs. Choose only one item filter per request: itemType, itemIds, or itemFullNames.
["80000001-1234567890"]Filter report rows by item fullName values, case-insensitive. A fullName is a fully qualified QuickBooks name formed by joining parent object names with the object's name using colons. Accepts one or more item full names. Choose only one item filter per request: itemType, itemIds, or itemFullNames.
["Services:Consulting"]Filter report rows by QuickBooks-assigned class IDs. Accepts one or more class IDs. Choose only one class filter per request: classIds or classFullNames.
["80000001-1234567890"]Filter report rows by class fullName values, case-insensitive. A fullName is a fully qualified QuickBooks name formed by joining parent object names with the object's name using colons. Accepts one or more class full names. Choose only one class filter per request: classIds or classFullNames.
["Department:Marketing"]How QuickBooks Desktop calculates report data and labels report column headers.
account, balance_sheet, class, customer, customer_type, day, employee, four_week, half_month, income_statement, item_detail, item_type, month, payee, payment_method, payroll_item_detail, payroll_ytd_detail, quarter, sales_representative, sales_tax_code, shipping_method, terms, total_only, two_week, vendor, vendor_type, week, year "month"
Whether to include subcolumns in the report.
NOTE: QuickBooks Desktop may still omit subcolumns that it can easily compute from other returned values.
true
The type of year to use for the report.
calendar_year, fiscal_year, tax_year "calendar_year"
Filters which report rows QuickBooks returns. Use active_only for active rows, non_zero for rows with non-zero values, or all for all rows.
active_only, non_zero, all "all"
Filters which report columns QuickBooks returns. Use active_only for active columns, non_zero for columns with non-zero values, or all for all columns.
active_only, non_zero, all "all"
Response
Returns the requested time report.
The type of object. This value is always "qbd_report".
"qbd_report""qbd_report"
The report category.
general_summary, general_detail, aging, budget_summary, job, time, custom_detail, custom_summary, payroll_detail, payroll_summary "general_summary"
The report type.
balance_sheet_by_class, balance_sheet_previous_year_comparison, balance_sheet_standard, balance_sheet_summary, customer_balance_summary, expense_by_vendor_summary, income_by_customer_summary, inventory_stock_status_by_item, inventory_stock_status_by_vendor, income_tax_summary, inventory_valuation_summary, inventory_valuation_summary_by_site, lot_number_in_stock_by_site, physical_inventory_worksheet, profit_and_loss_by_class, profit_and_loss_by_job, profit_and_loss_previous_year_comparison, profit_and_loss_standard, profit_and_loss_ytd_comparison, purchase_by_item_summary, purchase_by_vendor_summary, sales_by_customer_summary, sales_by_item_summary, sales_by_sales_representative_summary, sales_tax_liability, sales_tax_revenue_summary, serial_number_in_stock_by_site, trial_balance, vendor_balance_summary, 1099_detail, audit_trail, balance_sheet_detail, check_detail, customer_balance_detail, deposit_detail, estimates_by_job, expense_by_vendor_detail, general_ledger, income_by_customer_detail, income_tax_detail, inventory_valuation_detail, job_progress_invoices_vs_estimates, journal, missing_checks, open_invoices, open_purchase_orders, open_purchase_orders_by_job, open_sales_order_by_customer, open_sales_order_by_item, pending_sales, profit_and_loss_detail, purchase_by_item_detail, purchase_by_vendor_detail, sales_by_customer_detail, sales_by_item_detail, sales_by_sales_representative_detail, transaction_detail_by_account, transaction_list_by_customer, transaction_list_by_date, transaction_list_by_vendor, unpaid_bills_detail, unbilled_costs_by_job, vendor_balance_detail, ap_aging_detail, ap_aging_summary, ar_aging_detail, ar_aging_summary, collections_report, balance_sheet_budget_overview, balance_sheet_budget_vs_actual, profit_and_loss_budget_overview, profit_and_loss_budget_performance, profit_and_loss_budget_vs_actual, item_estimates_vs_actuals, item_profitability, job_estimates_vs_actuals_detail, job_estimates_vs_actuals_summary, job_profitability_detail, job_profitability_summary, time_by_item, time_by_job_detail, time_by_job_summary, time_by_name, custom_transaction_detail, custom_summary, employee_state_taxes_detail, payroll_item_detail, payroll_review_detail, payroll_transaction_detail, payroll_transactions_by_payee, employee_earnings_summary, payroll_liability_balances, payroll_summary "trial_balance"
The report title.
"Trial Balance"
The report subtitle.
"As of February 1, 2025"
The accounting basis.
accrual, cash, none "accrual"
The number of rows in the report.
7
The number of columns in the report.
3
The number of title rows for the report columns.
2
The report columns, in display order. Use each column's columnId to match row cells to columns.
The report rows, in display order. Rows can be text rows, detail data rows, subtotal rows, or total rows.
- Text row
- Data row
- Subtotal row
- Total row

