Xero Accounting Endpoint: BudgetSummary

Overview

The Xero BudgetSummary endpoint provides the summarised budget values for your whole Xero Data File.

It is a function that accepts a series of parameters.

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

If you require more precise budget data or require budget by tracking categories, the Budgets and BudgetsAmounts endpoints are also available.


Parameters

The BudgetSummary is a function that accepts the following parameters.

Date
A date field that determines the date for which to retrieve budget values.
If omitted, it will use the last date of the last calendar month.


Fields

The following fields are available for the BudgetSummary endpoint.

Date
A date field that indicates the date used to produce the values.
This will match the Date 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
Budgets
BudgetsAmounts
BudgetSummaryByMonth


Related Topics

Xero Accounting Models
Xero Accounting Endpoints