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Gl journal entry

General ledger journal entries: payroll, payables, receivables and manual postings.

Part of Financials in the register catalog.

Register ID
gl_journal_entryUse this name to ask for the register. The API calls it a shelf ID.
Each record is
An eventSomething that happened at a point in time.
Status
AvailableFilled today from connected systems, uploads or public data.
Data
OrganisationPrivate to each organisation's own workspace.
Version
v1Current version.
Download JSON SchemaSee an example record

Connectors

Connected today

Demiton keeps this register current from these systems now.

On the roadmap

Systems in the planned connector rollout that can fill this register. Partial means the system holds only some of its fields.

  • MYOB Acumatica
  • MYOB BusinessPartial

Fields

13 fields: 7 required, 6 optional.

Required

Every record carries these fields.

source_systemText

The system the entry was read from.

Example: D365_BUSINESS_CENTRAL

external_idNumber

The source system's own entry identifier, e.g. BC entryNumber

Example: 502881

occurred_atDate and timeISO 8601, with time zone

The posting date the entry was booked on.

Example: 2026-06-30T00:00:00

financial_periodText

The accounting period the entry falls in.

Example: 2026-06

gl_accountText

The ledger account the line posts to.

Example: 5100-CIVIL-LABOUR

debit_amountDecimal numberUnit: AUD (by coordinate)

Debit movement of the line.

Example: 48210.55

credit_amountDecimal numberUnit: AUD (by coordinate)

Credit movement of the line.

Example: 0

Optional

Present when the source system records them.

currencyCurrency codeISO 4217, e.g. AUD

Reporting currency of the amounts.

Example: AUD

projectText

The job the entry is attributed to, when the source supplies one.

Example: BWG-2025-001

descriptionText

The source's free-text journal description.

Example: June labour cost allocation - Emerald Street Rejuvenation

document_numberText

The source document the entry belongs to.

Example: GL-JNL-06-0442

document_typeText

The journal/document type of the entry.

Example: General Journal

Example record

A sample from Bridgeworks Group, Demiton's demonstration company. The values are illustrative; the shape is exactly what the contract describes.

gl_journal_entry.example.json
{
  "credit_amount": 0,
  "currency": "AUD",
  "debit_amount": 48210.55,
  "description": "June labour cost allocation - Emerald Street Rejuvenation",
  "document_number": "GL-JNL-06-0442",
  "document_type": "General Journal",
  "external_id": 502881,
  "financial_period": "2026-06",
  "gl_account": "5100-CIVIL-LABOUR",
  "legal_entity": "Bridgeworks Group Pty Ltd",
  "occurred_at": "2026-06-30T00:00:00",
  "project": "BWG-2025-001",
  "source_system": "D365_BUSINESS_CENTRAL"
}

Use this contract

The contract is a standard JSON Schema (draft 2020-12) document, so any JSON Schema validator can check a record against it. Keywords starting with x-demiton- add Demiton's own meaning, such as units and requiredness, and validators ignore them.

Schema URL
https://docs.demiton.io/registers/gl_journal_entry/v1.json
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