The Account Object
Accounts are the categories a business uses to record and classify accounting transactions. From the Accounts endpoint, you can retrieve a list of all accounts for a specified business.
Account Normalization
Railz normalizes all chart of accounts using 4 subclassifications:
section,subSection,groupandsubGroup. See account normalization for more details and a list of all classifications.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id | string | Identifier for the account, unique for the business in the accounting service. |
| nominalCode | string | The nominal code of the account used to classify accounts by department or account type. |
| name sortable, filterable | string | Name of the account. |
| description | string | Description of the account. |
| section sortable, filterable | string | Railz normalized account classification. See account normalization for more details. |
| subSection sortable, filterable | string | Railz normalized account classification. See account normalization for more details. |
| group sortable, filterable | string | Railz normalized account classification. See account normalization for more details. |
| subGroup sortable, filterable | string | Railz normalized account classification. See account normalization for more details. |
| classification sortable, filterable | string | The classification of an account in the accounting service, e.g. Asset. |
| depth sortable, filterable | string | The hierarchial level of the account in the Accounts list. The highest level accounts are level 1, the lowest is n. This is an example showing account hierarchy: Assets - Level 1 Current Assets - Level 2 Bank Accounts - Level 3 National Bank Account 1 - Level 4 |
| fullyQualifiedName sortable, filterable | string | The fully qualified name prepends the topmost parent, followed by each subaccount separated by colons and takes the form of Parent:Account1:SubAccount1:SubAccount2. |
| currencyRef | Reference Types | Currency of the account. |
| currentBalance sortable, filterable | decimal | The running balance of all credits and debits applied to the account. |
| type sortable, filterable | string | Type of an account in the accounting service, e.g. Fixed Asset. |
| subtype sortable, filterable | string | Subtype of an account in the accounting service, e.g. Fixed Asset. |
| isBankAccount sortable, filterable | boolean | Specifies whether the account is a bank account or not. |
| isSubAccount sortable, filterable | boolean | Specifies whether the account is a sub account or not. |
| isActive sortable, filterable | boolean | Specifies whether the account is an active account or not. |
| isPosting sortable, filterable | boolean | Specifies whether direct posting is allowed into this account. |
| parentRef | Reference Types | Reference to parent account if this represents a subaccount. |
| taxRateRef | Reference Types | Reference to the default tax rate used by this account. |
| sourceModifiedDate sortable, filterable | string See Date | The date on which this record was last modified in the accounting service. |
The Account Reference Object
Data types that reference an account, for example, bill and invoice line items, use an accountRef that includes the id and name of the linked account.
Using Account Reference in Push
For convenience, when pushing data
accountRefcan be used alone with theidas a value instead of nesting it within.