generalLedgerAccount resource type (Beta)

Important

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Represents a general ledger account in Business Central.

Note

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Methods

Method	Return Type	Description
GET generalLedgerAccount	generalLedgerAccount	Gets a general ledger account object.

Navigation

Navigation	Return Type	Description
generalLedgerBudgets	generalLedgerBudgets	Gets the generalledgerbudgets of the generalLedgerAccount.
businessUnit	businessUnit	Gets the businessunit of the generalLedgerAccount.

Properties

Property	Type	Description
id	GUID	The unique ID of the general ledger account. Non-editable.
accountNumber	string	The number of the account that the general ledger account is related to.
accountName	string
accountType	string	The type of the account that the general ledger account is related to.
accountCategory	string
accountSubcategoryEntryNumber	integer
accountSubcategoryDescription	string
indentation	integer	The general ledger account item indentation used in report layout.
netChange	decimal	The general ledger account net change.
incomeBalance	string
budgetFilter	string
businessUnitFilter	string
parentAccountNumber	string
lastModifiedDateTime	datetime	The last datetime the general ledger account was modified. Read-Only.

JSON representation

Here is a JSON representation of the generalLedgerAccount resource.

{
    "id": "GUID",
    "accountNumber": "string",
    "accountName": "string",
    "accountType": "string",
    "accountCategory": "string",
    "accountSubcategoryEntryNumber": "integer",
    "accountSubcategoryDescription": "string",
    "indentation": "integer",
    "netChange": "decimal",
    "incomeBalance": "string",
    "budgetFilter": "string",
    "businessUnitFilter": "string",
    "parentAccountNumber": "string",
    "lastModifiedDateTime": "datetime"
}

Related information

GET generalLedgerAccount