# List employee advance requests

Operation ID: `employeeAdvances`

Group: Accounting › Employee Advances

[Open in the interactive reference](https://docs.api.lensing.ai/lensing/v1/endpoints/employeeAdvances)

`GET /accounting/employee-advances`

Read-only: Reads and returns; changes nothing.

Lists employee advance requests. Each item is a summary of the request, with its amount, currency, status, and request date.

For employeeName, the trip dates, notes, the decision note, and the issued payment, use GET accounting/employee-advances/:id or POST accounting/employee-advances/search.

## Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `Api-Version` | header | string · 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`. |

## Query surface

- `id` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `advanceRequestNumber` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `employeeId` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `entityId` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `categoryId` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `currency` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `status` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `requestDate` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between
- `lastModifiedDate` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between
- Orderable: id, advanceRequestNumber, status, requestDate, amount, lastModifiedDate
- Selectable: id, advanceRequestNumber, employeeId, entityId, categoryId, amount, currency, purpose, status, requestDate, lastModifiedDate
- `page[size]` — Page size
- `page[cursor]` — Opaque continuation cursor

## Response

`200` Success

Under `data`, an array of employeeAdvancesRow:

| Field | Type | Required | Filter | Sort | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | Stable, platform-assigned id (a UUID) of the advance request — the public identifier used by GET accounting/employee-advances/:id. Filter e.g. filter[id][in]=<id1>,<id2>. |
| `advanceRequestNumber` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | System-generated document number (ADV-...). Filter target: filter[advanceRequestNumber][eq]=ADV-1042. |
| `employeeId` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | no | Id (a UUID) of the requesting employee. Filter e.g. filter[employeeId][eq]=<uuid>. |
| `entityId` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | no | Id (a UUID) of the entity the request belongs to. |
| `categoryId` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | no | Id (a UUID) of the AdvancePaymentCategory this request draws from. |
| `amount` | decimal \| null | no | no | yes | Requested amount, in currency. Orderable, e.g. sort=-amount. |
| `currency` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | no | ISO 4217 three-letter currency code that governs amount. Filter target: filter[currency][in]=USD,EUR. |
| `purpose` | string \| null | no | no | no | What the advance is for. |
| `status` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | Lifecycle status: draft, pendingApproval, approved, rejected or issued. Filter target: filter[status][eq]=pendingApproval. |
| `requestDate` | date \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`) | yes | Date the request was submitted, as YYYY-MM-DD. Filter target: filter[requestDate][gte]=2026-01-01. |
| `lastModifiedDate` | date-time \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`) | yes | Instant the request last changed, as ISO 8601 UTC (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ). filter[lastModifiedDate][gte]=… plus sort=lastModifiedDate is a complete incremental-sync cursor. |

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
      "advanceRequestNumber": "<advanceRequestNumber>",
      "employeeId": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
      "entityId": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
      "categoryId": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
      "amount": "19.99",
      "currency": "<currency>",
      "purpose": "<purpose>",
      "status": "<status>",
      "requestDate": "2026-01-15",
      "lastModifiedDate": "2026-01-15T09:30:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "pagination": {
    "hasMore": true,
    "nextCursor": "<nextCursor>"
  }
}
```

## Statuses

- `400` — Invalid request or business failure
- `401` — The request carries no valid access token.
- `403` — Not authorized
- `404` — Not found
- `429` — Too many requests from this client address. The response has no body and no `Retry-After` header.
- `500` — Internal server error