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GLACCT: GL Account

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General ledger account for financial reporting and asset capitalisation.

GLACCT: GL Account

General ledger account for financial reporting and asset capitalisation.

Default definition. This article describes the default GLACCT definition shipped with DemandFlow. Administrators can add, remove, rename, or re-type fields, change which ones are required, and alter the layout from the Definitions screen in Settings. Your tenant's current schema may differ from what is shown here. To read the current definition at any time, GET the DEFINITION object whose id matches GLACCT.

Entity properties

PropertyValue
Entity codeGLACCT
Display nameGL Account
PluralGL Accounts
Level60300

Use cases

GLACCT is a shared financial lookup entity referenced by ITASSET, COMPINV, FINASSET, and COMP. It provides a controlled list of GL account codes that map to the organisation's chart of accounts. The accountType categorises accounts for reporting (Asset/Expense/Liability/Revenue/Equity).

Fields

GL Account

FieldTypeRequiredNotes
nametextYesAccount Name.
accountNumbertextYesAccount Number.
descriptiontext (multi-line)Description.

Details

FieldTypeRequiredNotes
accountTypeenumYesValid ids: 1 (Asset), 2 (Expense), 3 (Liability), 4 (Revenue), 5 (Equity).
parentAccountreference → GLACCTParent Account.
activeenumYesValid ids: 1 (Yes), 0 (No).

Relationships

  • Lookups: parentAccount points at a GLACCT record.

Creating a GL Account via the API

POST /v1/objects
Authorization: Bearer <your-pat>
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "entity":   "GLACCT",
  "level":    60300,
  "comboKey": "SUB:<your-sub-id>|ENT:",
  "name": "Example",
  "accountNumber": "...",
  "accountType": "1",
  "active": "1"
}

Listing GL Accounts

# All records in your tenant
GET /v1/entities/GLACCT/SUB:<your-sub-id>

See also

glacctglaccountaccountsglaccounts

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