The Journal Entry object
A journal entry is a direct way to record financial transactions by their debit and credit impacts on accounts, typically used for recording depreciation, adjusting entries, or other transactions that can’t be entered through standard forms like bills or invoices.
Indicates whether the amounts in this journal entry were entered in the company's home currency rather than a foreign currency. When true
, amounts are in the home currency regardless of the currency
field.
The date and time when this journal entry was created, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm). The time zone is the same as the user's time zone in QuickBooks.
The journal entry's credit lines.
The journal entry's currency. For built-in currencies, the name and code are standard international values. For user-defined currencies, all values are editable.
The custom fields for the journal entry object, added as user-defined data extensions, not included in the standard QuickBooks object.
The journal entry's debit lines.
The market exchange rate between this journal entry's currency and the home currency in QuickBooks at the time of this transaction. Represented as a decimal value (e.g., 1.2345 for 1 EUR = 1.2345 USD if USD is the home currency).
A globally unique identifier (GUID) you, the developer, can provide for tracking this object in your external system.
The unique identifier assigned by QuickBooks to this journal entry. This ID is unique across all transaction types.
Indicates whether this journal entry is an adjustment entry. When true
, QuickBooks retains the original entry information to maintain an audit trail of the adjustments.
Indicates whether this journal entry is an adjustment made in the company's home currency for a transaction that was originally recorded in a foreign currency.
The type of object. This value is always "qbd_journal_entry"
.
"qbd_journal_entry"
The case-sensitive user-defined reference number for this journal entry, which can be used to identify the transaction in QuickBooks. This value is not required to be unique and can be arbitrarily changed by the QuickBooks user.
The current revision number of this journal entry object, which changes each time the object is modified. When updating this object, you must provide the most recent revisionNumber
to ensure you're working with the latest data; otherwise, the update will return an error.
The date of this journal entry, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD).
The date and time when this journal entry was last updated, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm). The time zone is the same as the user's time zone in QuickBooks.