---
title: "Create a folio"
method: POST
path: "/accounting/v1.0/folios"
tags: ["Folios"]
---

# Create a folio

`POST /accounting/v1.0/folios`

Create a new folio for a source (reservation, group profile, or configuration). You must provide a name, the source details, and the transaction types assigned to it.

## Query parameters

- `propagateDownstream` boolean

## Headers

- `X-Property-ID` integer, required

## Request body

- CreateFolioRequest
  - `name` string, required — Folio name
  - `sourceId` string, required — Source ID (reservation ID or group profile ID)
  - `sourceKind` 'CONFIG' | 'RESERVATION' | 'GROUP_PROFILE', required — The type of source a folio belongs to. CONFIG indicates a folio configuration template, RESERVATION is an individual guest booking, and GROUP_PROFILE is a group booking profile.
  - `routeChildrenTypes` RouteChildrenType[] — Child transaction types that follow their parent to this folio
  - `transactionTypes` TransactionTypeIdentifier[], required — Transaction types to assign to this folio
    - `originId` string, required — Origin ID of the transaction type
    - `externalRelationKind` 'ROOM' | 'PAYMENT' | 'ITEM' | 'ITEM_POS' | 'ADDON' | 'RESERVATION' | 'ACCOUNTS_RECEIVABLE' | 'ROOM_REVENUE' | 'TAX' | 'FEE' | 'ADJUSTMENT' | 'PAYMENT_FEE' | 'BOOKABLE_RESOURCE' | 'CHANNEL_COMMISSION' | 'CITY_LEDGER' | 'GRATUITY', required — Kind of the external relation

## Response `201`

Created

- CreateFolioResponse
  - `id` string, required — Created folio ID

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `403` — Access denied

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