Xero Accounting Endpoint: BalanceSheet

Overview

The Xero BalanceSheet endpoint provides closing balance sheet values as at a given date.

Note an alternate endpoint named BalanceSheetTable is available which provides a format that can more easily integrate with Tableau, SSIS and Azure Data Factory.

You may also use the BalanceSheetByMonth which provides a similar data set but for 12-months of a given financial year.

It is a function that accepts a series of parameters.


Parameters

The BalanceSheet endpoint is a function that accepts the following parameters.

Date
A date field that determines the date for which to produce values.
If omitted, it will use the last date of the last calendar month.
PaymentsOnly
A true/false field that determines if only payments are included.
If omitted, it will be set to False.
StandardLayout
A true/false field that determines if the values are produced only for accounts that are in the accounts endpoint.
If omitted, it will be set to True.


Fields

The following fields are available for the BalanceSheet endpoint.

Date
A date field that indicates the date used to produce the values.
This will match the Date entered as parameter.
PaymentsOnly
A true/false field that indicates if only payments are included.
This will match the PaymentsOnly entered as parameter.
StandardLayout
A table field that indicates if values are produced only for accounts that are in the accounts endpoint.
This will match the StandardLayout entered as parameter.
UpdatedDateUTC
A date time field that indicates when the data was calculated.
Lines
A table field that provides the list of values.
See Lines Fields for more information.


Lines Fields

The Lines Fields include the following sub fields.

LineType
A text field that indicates the type of line.
Possible values are:
  • Header: Indicates the row contains a header.
  • Detail: Indicates the row contains the value of a given account.
  • Total: Indicates the row contains a calculated value.
AccountID
A GUID field that provides the id of the account.
This field can be used to link to the Accounts endpoints.
This field will be set to null for rows whose LineType is not set to Detail.
AccountName
A text field that provides the account name or the name of a header or total.
AccountLineType
A text field that provides the a descriptive field to indicate the type of account or row.
Amount
A decimal field that provides the value for the row.


Xero API

For a detailed run through of the endpoint, you can see the Xero API.


Related Fields

None


Related Endpoints

Accounts
BalanceSheetByMonth
BalanceSheetMultiPeriodTable
BalanceSheetTable


Related Topics

Xero Accounting Models
Xero Accounting Endpoints