---
title: "Update a journal entry"
method: POST
path: "/quickbooks-desktop/journal-entries/{id}"
---

# Update a journal entry

`POST /quickbooks-desktop/journal-entries/{id}`

Updates an existing journal entry. Keep the debits and credits in balance, and include the related customer or vendor on any A/R or A/P line you submit in the update body.

**NOTE:** If you include `lines`, QuickBooks Desktop replaces that line list with the array you send, so include unchanged lines you want to keep and use `id: "-1"` for new lines.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required — The QuickBooks-assigned unique identifier of the journal entry to update.

## Headers

- `Conductor-End-User-Id` string, required — The ID of the End-User to receive this request.

## Request body

- object
  - `revisionNumber` string, required — The current QuickBooks-assigned revision number of the journal entry object you are updating, which you can get by fetching the object first. Provide the most recent `revisionNumber` to ensure you're working with the latest data; otherwise, the update will return an error.
  - `transactionDate` string, date — The date of this journal entry, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD).
  - `refNumber` string — The case-sensitive user-defined reference number for this journal entry, which can be used to identify the transaction in QuickBooks. This value is not required to be unique and can be arbitrarily changed by the QuickBooks user. Maximum length: 11 characters.
  - `isAdjustment` boolean — Indicates whether this journal entry is an adjustment entry. When `true`, QuickBooks retains the original entry information to maintain an audit trail of the adjustments.
  - `areAmountsEnteredInHomeCurrency` boolean — Indicates whether the amounts in this journal entry were entered in the company's home currency rather than a foreign currency. When `true`, amounts are in the home currency regardless of the `currency` field.
  - `currencyId` string — The journal entry's currency. For built-in currencies, the name and code are standard ISO 4217 international values. For user-defined currencies, all values are editable.
  - `exchangeRate` number — The market exchange rate between this journal entry's currency and the home currency in QuickBooks at the time of this transaction. Represented as a decimal value (e.g., 1.2345 for 1 EUR = 1.2345 USD if USD is the home currency).
  - `lines` object[] — The journal entry's credit and debit lines. **IMPORTANT**: When updating journal entries, you must include ALL existing journal lines (both credit and debit) in your update request, even if you only want to modify a single line. QuickBooks will automatically delete any existing lines that are not included in the update request, which is why all lines must be provided in a single array when updating.
    - `id` string, required — The QuickBooks-assigned unique identifier of an existing journal line you wish to retain or update. **IMPORTANT**: Set this field to `-1` for new journal lines you wish to add.
    - `journalLineType` 'debit' | 'credit' — The type of journal line (debit or credit).
    - `accountId` string — The account to which this journal line is being credited or debited.
    - `amount` string — The monetary amount of this journal line, represented as a decimal string. Decimal string format: exactly 2 decimal places when cents are included and up to 13 digits before the decimal point (for example, "123.45").
    - `memo` string — A memo or note for this journal line.
    - `entityId` string — The customer, vendor, employee, or other entity associated with this journal line. **IMPORTANT**: If the journal line's `account` is an Accounts Receivable (A/R) account, this field must refer to a customer. If the journal line's `account` is an Accounts Payable (A/P) account, this field must refer to a vendor. If these requirements are not met, QuickBooks Desktop will not record the transaction.
    - `classId` string — The journal line's class. Classes can be used to categorize objects into meaningful segments, such as department, location, or type of work. In QuickBooks, class tracking is off by default. If a class is specified for the entire parent transaction, it is automatically applied to all journal lines unless overridden here, at the transaction line level.
    - `salesTaxItemId` string — The sales-tax item used to calculate the actual tax amount for this journal line's transactions by applying a specific tax rate collected for a single tax agency. Unlike `salesTaxCode`, which only indicates general taxability, this field drives the actual tax calculation and reporting.
    - `billingStatus` 'billable' | 'has_been_billed' | 'not_billable' — The billing status of this journal line.

## Response `200`

Returns the updated journal entry.

- QbdJournalEntry
  - `id` string, required — The unique identifier assigned by QuickBooks to this journal entry. This ID is unique across all transaction types.
  - `objectType` 'qbd_journal_entry', required — The type of object. This value is always `"qbd_journal_entry"`.
  - `createdAt` string, required — The date and time when this journal entry was created, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm), which QuickBooks Desktop interprets in the local timezone of the end-user's computer.
  - `updatedAt` string, required — The date and time when this journal entry was last updated, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm), which QuickBooks Desktop interprets in the local timezone of the end-user's computer.
  - `revisionNumber` string, required — The current QuickBooks-assigned revision number of this journal entry object, which changes each time the object is modified. When updating this object, you must provide the most recent `revisionNumber` to ensure you're working with the latest data; otherwise, the update will return an error.
  - `transactionDate` string, date, required — The date of this journal entry, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD).
  - `refNumber` string, nullable, required — The case-sensitive user-defined reference number for this journal entry, which can be used to identify the transaction in QuickBooks. This value is not required to be unique and can be arbitrarily changed by the QuickBooks user.
  - `isAdjustment` boolean, nullable, required — Indicates whether this journal entry is an adjustment entry. When `true`, QuickBooks retains the original entry information to maintain an audit trail of the adjustments.
  - `isHomeCurrencyAdjustment` boolean, nullable, required — Indicates whether this journal entry is an adjustment made in the company's home currency for a transaction that was originally recorded in a foreign currency.
  - `areAmountsEnteredInHomeCurrency` boolean, nullable, required — Indicates whether the amounts in this journal entry were entered in the company's home currency rather than a foreign currency. When `true`, amounts are in the home currency regardless of the `currency` field.
  - `currency` object, nullable, required — The journal entry's currency. For built-in currencies, the name and code are standard ISO 4217 international values. For user-defined currencies, all values are editable.
    - `id` string, nullable, required — The unique identifier assigned by QuickBooks to this object. This ID is unique across all objects of the same type, but not across different QuickBooks object types.
    - `fullName` string, nullable, required — The fully-qualified unique name for this object, formed by combining the names of its parent objects with its own `name`, separated by colons. Not case-sensitive.
  - `exchangeRate` number, nullable, required — The market exchange rate between this journal entry's currency and the home currency in QuickBooks at the time of this transaction. Represented as a decimal value (e.g., 1.2345 for 1 EUR = 1.2345 USD if USD is the home currency).
  - `externalId` string, nullable, required — A globally unique identifier (GUID) you, the developer, can provide for tracking this object in your external system. This field is immutable and can only be set during object creation.
  - `debitLines` QbdJournalDebitLine[], required — The journal entry's debit lines.
    - `id` string, required — The unique identifier assigned by QuickBooks to this journal debit line. This ID is unique across all transaction line types.
    - `objectType` 'qbd_journal_debit_line', required — The type of object. This value is always `"qbd_journal_debit_line"`.
    - `account` object, nullable, required — The account to which this journal debit line is being debited. This will decrease the balance of this account.
      - `id` string, nullable, required — The unique identifier assigned by QuickBooks to this object. This ID is unique across all objects of the same type, but not across different QuickBooks object types.
      - `fullName` string, nullable, required — The fully-qualified unique name for this object, formed by combining the names of its parent objects with its own `name`, separated by colons. Not case-sensitive.
    - `amount` string, nullable, required — The monetary amount of this journal debit line, represented as a decimal string.
    - `memo` string, nullable, required — A memo or note for this journal debit line.
    - `entity` object, nullable, required — The customer, vendor, employee, or other entity associated with this journal debit line. **IMPORTANT**: If the journal debit line's `account` is an Accounts Receivable (A/R) account, this field must refer to a customer. If the journal debit line's `account` is an Accounts Payable (A/P) account, this field must refer to a vendor. If these requirements are not met, QuickBooks Desktop will not record the transaction.
      - `id` string, nullable, required — The unique identifier assigned by QuickBooks to this object. This ID is unique across all objects of the same type, but not across different QuickBooks object types.
      - `fullName` string, nullable, required — The fully-qualified unique name for this object, formed by combining the names of its parent objects with its own `name`, separated by colons. Not case-sensitive.
    - `class` object, nullable, required — The journal debit line's class. Classes can be used to categorize objects into meaningful segments, such as department, location, or type of work. In QuickBooks, class tracking is off by default. If a class is specified for the entire parent transaction, it is automatically applied to all journal debit lines unless overridden here, at the transaction line level.
      - `id` string, nullable, required — The unique identifier assigned by QuickBooks to this object. This ID is unique across all objects of the same type, but not across different QuickBooks object types.
      - `fullName` string, nullable, required — The fully-qualified unique name for this object, formed by combining the names of its parent objects with its own `name`, separated by colons. Not case-sensitive.
    - `salesTaxItem` object, nullable, required — The sales-tax item used to calculate the actual tax amount for this journal debit line's transactions by applying a specific tax rate collected for a single tax agency. Unlike `salesTaxCode`, which only indicates general taxability, this field drives the actual tax calculation and reporting.
      - `id` string, nullable, required — The unique identifier assigned by QuickBooks to this object. This ID is unique across all objects of the same type, but not across different QuickBooks object types.
      - `fullName` string, nullable, required — The fully-qualified unique name for this object, formed by combining the names of its parent objects with its own `name`, separated by colons. Not case-sensitive.
    - `billingStatus` 'billable' | 'has_been_billed' | 'not_billable', nullable, required — The billing status of this journal debit line.
  - `creditLines` QbdJournalCreditLine[], required — The journal entry's credit lines.
    - `id` string, required — The unique identifier assigned by QuickBooks to this journal credit line. This ID is unique across all transaction line types.
    - `objectType` 'qbd_journal_credit_line', required — The type of object. This value is always `"qbd_journal_credit_line"`.
    - `account` object, nullable, required — The account to which this journal credit line is being credited. This will increase the balance of this account.
      - `id` string, nullable, required — The unique identifier assigned by QuickBooks to this object. This ID is unique across all objects of the same type, but not across different QuickBooks object types.
      - `fullName` string, nullable, required — The fully-qualified unique name for this object, formed by combining the names of its parent objects with its own `name`, separated by colons. Not case-sensitive.
    - `amount` string, nullable, required — The monetary amount of this journal credit line, represented as a decimal string.
    - `memo` string, nullable, required — A memo or note for this journal credit line.
    - `entity` object, nullable, required — The customer, vendor, employee, or other entity associated with this journal credit line. **IMPORTANT**: If the journal credit line's `account` is an Accounts Receivable (A/R) account, this field must refer to a customer. If the journal credit line's `account` is an Accounts Payable (A/P) account, this field must refer to a vendor. If these requirements are not met, QuickBooks Desktop will not record the transaction.
      - `id` string, nullable, required — The unique identifier assigned by QuickBooks to this object. This ID is unique across all objects of the same type, but not across different QuickBooks object types.
      - `fullName` string, nullable, required — The fully-qualified unique name for this object, formed by combining the names of its parent objects with its own `name`, separated by colons. Not case-sensitive.
    - `class` object, nullable, required — The journal credit line's class. Classes can be used to categorize objects into meaningful segments, such as department, location, or type of work. In QuickBooks, class tracking is off by default. If a class is specified for the entire parent transaction, it is automatically applied to all journal credit lines unless overridden here, at the transaction line level.
      - `id` string, nullable, required — The unique identifier assigned by QuickBooks to this object. This ID is unique across all objects of the same type, but not across different QuickBooks object types.
      - `fullName` string, nullable, required — The fully-qualified unique name for this object, formed by combining the names of its parent objects with its own `name`, separated by colons. Not case-sensitive.
    - `salesTaxItem` object, nullable, required — The sales-tax item used to calculate the actual tax amount for this journal credit line's transactions by applying a specific tax rate collected for a single tax agency. Unlike `salesTaxCode`, which only indicates general taxability, this field drives the actual tax calculation and reporting.
      - `id` string, nullable, required — The unique identifier assigned by QuickBooks to this object. This ID is unique across all objects of the same type, but not across different QuickBooks object types.
      - `fullName` string, nullable, required — The fully-qualified unique name for this object, formed by combining the names of its parent objects with its own `name`, separated by colons. Not case-sensitive.
    - `billingStatus` 'billable' | 'has_been_billed' | 'not_billable', nullable, required — The billing status of this journal credit line.
  - `customFields` QbdCustomField[], required — The custom fields for the journal entry object, added as user-defined data extensions, not included in the standard QuickBooks object.
    - `ownerId` string, required — The identifier of the owner of the custom field, which QuickBooks internally calls a "data extension". For public custom fields visible in the UI, such as those added by the QuickBooks user, this is always "0". For private custom fields that are only visible to the application that created them, this is a valid GUID identifying the owning application. Internally, Conductor always fetches all public custom fields (those with an `ownerId` of "0") for all objects.
    - `name` string, required — The name of the custom field, unique for the specified `ownerId`. For public custom fields, this name is visible as a label in the QuickBooks UI.
    - `type` 'amount_type' | 'date_time_type' | 'integer_type' | 'percent_type' | 'price_type' | 'quantity_type' | 'string_1024_type' | 'string_255_type', required — The data type of this custom field.
    - `value` string, required — The value of this custom field. The maximum length depends on the field's data type.

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