Search Journal Entries
POST /accounting/journal-entries/search
Group: Accounting › Journal Entries · Operation ID: searchJournalEntries
Returns the journal entries that match the given filters, each with its lines.
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Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Api-Version |
header | "v1" |
yes | The API version this request targets, named by its public identifier. Required on every request; omitting it, or naming a version this company does not have, is answered with 400. This document describes version v1. |
Request body
Required, application/json: searchJournalEntriesInput.
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
filters |
object | no | The filters to apply. A journal entry must match every filter you send. Omit to return all journal entries. |
filters.id |
string | no | Limits results to the journal entry with this identifier. |
filters.bookId |
string | no | Limits results to entries in this accounting book. See id on GET accounting/books/:id. |
filters.status |
string | no | Limits results to entries with this posting status. Accepted values: 'posted', 'unposted', 'voided'. Any other value matches no entry. |
filters.type |
string | no | Limits results to entries of this origin type, for example 'manual' or 'invoice'. |
filters.name |
string | no | Limits results to entries whose name contains this text. The match is case-insensitive. |
filters.description |
string | no | Limits results to entries whose description contains this text. The match is case-insensitive. |
filters.postingDate |
object | no | A window on the posting date. Both bounds are inclusive. Omit a bound to leave that side open. |
filters.postingDate.start |
string (date) | no | The inclusive start of the posting-date window. Use format YYYY-MM-DD. |
filters.postingDate.end |
string (date) | no | The inclusive end of the posting-date window. Use format YYYY-MM-DD. |
page |
object | no | The pagination controls. Omit for the first page. |
page.cursor |
string | no | The cursor from the previous response's pagination.nextCursor. Omit for the first page. |
page.size |
number | no | The number of entries per page. Defaults to 50. A value above 200 is treated as 200, not rejected. |
Example:
{
"filters": {
"id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
"bookId": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
"status": "<status>",
"type": "<type>",
"name": "<name>",
"description": "<description>",
"postingDate": {
"start": "2026-01-15",
"end": "2026-01-15"
}
},
"page": {
"cursor": "<cursor>",
"size": 0
}
}
Response
200 Success
Under data (searchJournalEntriesOutput):
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
items |
array of object | yes | The journal entries that match, most recently created first. An empty array when nothing matches. |
items[].id |
string | yes | The unique identifier for the journal entry. |
items[].approvalStatus |
string | no | The approval status of the journal entry. Possible values: 'draft', 'pendingApproval', 'revise', 'approved', 'rejected'. Absent on entries that never entered the approval workflow. |
items[].bookId |
string | no | The accounting book this entry posts to. See id on GET accounting/books/:id. |
items[].description |
string | no | A free-form description of the journal entry. |
items[].name |
string | no | The display name of the journal entry. |
items[].postingDate |
string (date) | yes | The date the entry posts to the general ledger. Format YYYY-MM-DD. |
items[].reversalDate |
string (date) | no | The reversal date recorded on the entry. Format YYYY-MM-DD. Set only on a reversed entry or a reversal entry. |
items[].reversalDescription |
string | no | The description recorded on the reversal. |
items[].reversalReason |
string | no | The reason recorded for the reversal. Possible values: 'accrualReversal', 'revaluationReversal', 'estimate', 'rebook', 'reversingSFD', 'other'. |
items[].status |
string | yes | The posting status of the journal entry. Possible values: 'posted', 'unposted', 'voided'. |
items[].type |
string | no | How the entry originated, for example 'manual', 'invoice', 'revaluation' or 'reversal'. A system-assigned value. |
items[].url |
string | no | A link to the source document this entry comes from. |
items[].lastModifiedDate |
string (date-time) | yes | The date and time the journal entry last changed, in UTC. Format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ. |
items[].lines |
array of object | yes | The debit and credit lines of the entry. |
items[].lines[].id |
string | yes | The unique identifier for the line. |
items[].lines[].accountId |
string | yes | The general ledger account this line posts to. See id on GET accounting/accounts/:id. |
items[].lines[].credit |
string (decimal) | no | The credit amount for this line, in its transactionalCurrency. A line has either a debit or a credit, not both. |
items[].lines[].debit |
string (decimal) | no | The debit amount for this line, in its transactionalCurrency. A line has either a debit or a credit, not both. |
items[].lines[].description |
string | no | A free-form description of the line. |
items[].lines[].entityId |
string | yes | The legal entity this line posts to. See id on GET base/entities. |
items[].lines[].intercompanyPartnerId |
string | no | The intercompany counterparty for this line. Set on intercompany lines. |
items[].lines[].exchangeRate |
string (decimal) | no | The exchange rate used to convert the line's transactional amount to its functional amount. |
items[].lines[].functionalCredit |
string (decimal) | no | The credit amount for this line, in the functional currency. |
items[].lines[].functionalCurrency |
string | no | The functional currency of the posting entity. Format ISO 4217, for example 'USD'. |
items[].lines[].functionalDebit |
string (decimal) | no | The debit amount for this line, in the functional currency. |
items[].lines[].journalEntryId |
string | no | The journal entry this line belongs to. See id on GET accounting/journal-entries/:id. |
items[].lines[].lineNumber |
number | no | The line's sequential number within the entry. |
items[].lines[].lineType |
string | no | The classification of the line, for example 'standard', 'tax', 'offset' or 'fxRoundingDifference'. A system-assigned value. Absent when the line has no classification. |
items[].lines[].postingPeriodId |
string | no | The accounting period this line posts to. See id on GET accounting/accounting-periods/:id. |
items[].lines[].revaluation |
boolean | no | Whether a currency-revaluation process created this line. |
items[].lines[].sourceTransaction |
string | no | The identifier of the source transaction that generated this line, for example an invoice or payment number. |
items[].lines[].transactionalCurrency |
string | no | The currency of the line's transactional amounts. Format ISO 4217, for example 'USD'. |
items[].lines[].transactionDate |
string (date) | no | The date of the underlying transaction. Format YYYY-MM-DD. It can differ from the posting date. |
items[].lines[].reportingTags |
array of object | no | The reporting tags assigned to this line. Set them with create or update. |
items[].lines[].reportingTags[].dimensionCode |
string | yes | The reporting dimension this tag is for. Possible values: 'department', 'businessUnit', 'team', 'location', 'region', 'employee', 'vendor', 'customer', 'valueCenter', 'custom'. |
items[].lines[].reportingTags[].modelId |
string | yes | The dimension record this tag points to, on the model that dimensionCode names. |
items[].lines[].reportingTags[].customDimensionId |
string | no | The custom dimension this tag belongs to. Present only for a custom-dimension tag. See id on GET base/custom-dimensions. |
items[].lines[].reportingTags[].isActive |
boolean | yes | Whether the referenced dimension record is currently active. A historical entry can have tags that point at records since made inactive. |
pagination |
object | yes | The pagination cursor for this page. |
pagination.nextCursor |
string | no | The cursor for the next page. Pass it as page.cursor. Absent on the last page. |
pagination.hasMore |
boolean | yes | True when more entries remain beyond this page. |
Statuses
400— Invalid request or business failure401— Missing or invalid access token403— Not authorized404— Not found429— Too many requests500— Internal server error