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# Journal Entries

> Creates journal entries in batch. Journal entry numbers are not required to be unique — duplicate numbers are allowed and will create separate records.

**Security**

The requesting user must have the following permission to create journal entries:

- General Ledger → Journal Entries → Create Journal Entries

## OpenAPI

````json POST /public/v1/accounting/journal-entries
{
  "openapi": "3.0.1",
  "info": {
    "title": "R365 Public API",
    "contact": {
      "name": "R365 Services Team",
      "email": "r365@restaurant365.com"
    },
    "version": "1.0"
  },
  "security": [
    {
      "Bearer": []
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/public/v1/accounting/journal-entries": {
      "post": {
        "tags": [
          "accounting"
        ],
        "summary": "Journal Entries",
        "description": "Creates journal entries in batch. Journal entry numbers are not required to be unique — duplicate numbers are allowed and will create separate records.\n\n**Security**\n\nThe requesting user must have the following permission to create journal entries:\n\n- General Ledger → Journal Entries → Create Journal Entries",
        "requestBody": {
          "content": {
            "application/json": {
              "schema": {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CreateJournalEntriesRequest"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "responses": {
          "207": {
            "description": "Multi-Status – batch operation result containing per-item success or failure.",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CreateJournalEntriesResponse"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "400": {
            "description": "Bad Request — a parameter value is malformed, of the wrong type, or outside its allowed range."
          },
          "401": {
            "description": "Unauthorized — the bearer token is missing, invalid or expired, or is not valid for the specified tenant."
          },
          "403": {
            "description": "Forbidden — the caller lacks the permission required for this operation."
          },
          "404": {
            "description": "Not Found — the requested resource does not exist, or the supplied continuation token is unknown or has expired."
          },
          "409": {
            "description": "Conflict — the request conflicts with the current state of the resource and cannot be applied."
          },
          "422": {
            "description": "Unprocessable Entity — a required parameter is missing, or a supplied parameter value is invalid."
          },
          "429": {
            "description": "Too Many Requests — the caller has exceeded the rate limit; retry after a short delay."
          },
          "500": {
            "description": "Internal Server Error — an unexpected error occurred while processing the request."
          }
        },
        "parameters": [
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/parameters/TenantId"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "components": {
    "schemas": {
      "CreateJournalEntriesRequest": {
        "required": [
          "journalEntries"
        ],
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "journalEntries": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CreateJournalEntry"
            },
            "description": "Collection of journal entries to create. Required."
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "description": "Creates journal entries in batch."
      },
      "CreateJournalEntriesResponse": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "results": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CreateJournalEntryResult"
            },
            "description": "Collection of results, one per journal entry in the original request, ordered by request index."
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "CreateJournalEntry": {
        "required": [
          "number",
          "date",
          "location",
          "details"
        ],
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "number": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Unique journal entry number. Required."
          },
          "date": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Document date for the journal entry in ISO 8601 format. Required.",
            "format": "date"
          },
          "location": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Unique identifier (GUID) of the location. Required.",
            "format": "uuid"
          },
          "comment": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Optional comment or memo for the journal entry header.",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "type": {
            "enum": [
              "Standard"
            ],
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Entry type classification. Must be \"Standard\". Defaults to \"Standard\" if not specified.",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "details": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CreateJournalEntryDetail"
            },
            "description": "Collection of detail lines. Required; total debits must equal total credits."
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "CreateJournalEntryResult": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "requestIndex": {
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "Zero-based position of this journal entry in the original request.",
            "format": "int32"
          },
          "number": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Journal entry number from the original request."
          },
          "status": {
            "enum": [
              "Unknown",
              "Succeeded",
              "Failed"
            ],
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Outcome of the create operation."
          },
          "errorCode": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Machine-readable error code. Present only when status is Failed.",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "errorMessage": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Human-readable error description. Present only when status is Failed.",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Unique identifier (GUID) of the created journal entry. Present only when status is Succeeded.",
            "format": "uuid",
            "nullable": true
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "CreateJournalEntryDetail": {
        "required": [
          "glAccount",
          "debitAmount",
          "creditAmount"
        ],
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "glAccount": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Unique identifier (GUID) of the general ledger account. Required.",
            "format": "uuid"
          },
          "debitAmount": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Debit amount for this detail line. Mutually exclusive with creditAmount; one must be greater than zero.",
            "format": "decimal"
          },
          "creditAmount": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Credit amount for this detail line. Mutually exclusive with debitAmount; one must be greater than zero.",
            "format": "decimal"
          },
          "location": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Optional location override for this detail line. Defaults to the header location if not specified.",
            "format": "uuid",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "comment": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Optional comment for this detail line.",
            "nullable": true
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false
      }
    },
    "parameters": {
      "TenantId": {
        "name": "x-r365-context-tenant-id",
        "in": "header",
        "required": true,
        "description": "Identifies the R365 tenant the request applies to. Required on every request.",
        "schema": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "securitySchemes": {
      "Bearer": {
        "type": "http",
        "scheme": "Bearer"
      }
    }
  }
}
````