Xero Accounting Endpoint: TrackingCategories
Overview
The Xero TrackingCategories endpoint allows you to access the list of tracking categories.
A Xero data file may have up to 2 tracking categories active but may have many more defined.
Each tracking category is made up of one or more option.
For example, if Australian States were a tracking category, options would be ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA.
Fields
The following fields are available for the TrackingCategories endpoint.
- TrackingCategoryID
- A GUID field representing the internal id of a tracking category.
- This field can be linked to other endpoints.
- Name
- A text field provides the name of the tracking category.
- Status
- A text field indicates the status of the tracking category.
- Possible values are:
- ACTIVE: Indicate the tracking category can be used on transaction.
- ARCHIVE: Indicates the tracking category cannot be used on transaction any longer but may have had historical transactions.
- Options
- A table field provides the list of tracking category option.
- See Options Fields for more information.
Options Fields
The Options Fields provides a list of all possible tracking category option (e.g. value) that can be applied to a tracking category.
It contains the following sub fields.
- TrackingOptionID
- A GUID field representing the internal id of a tracking category option.
- This field can be linked to other endpoints.
- Name
- A text field provides the name of the tracking category option.
- Status
- A text field indicates the status of the tracking category option.
- Possible values are:
- ACTIVE: Indicate the option can be used on transaction.
- ARCHIVE: Indicates the option cannot be used on transaction any longer but may have had historical transactions.
Xero API
For a detailed run through of the endpoint, you can see the Xero API.
Related Fields
- None