Accounting: Account transaction
> **Language tip:** In Codat, account transactions represent all transactions posted to a bank account within an accounting software. For bank transactions posted within a banking platform, refer to [Banking transactions](https://docs.codat.io/lending-api#/operations/list-all-banking-transactions). ## Overview In Codat’s data model, account transactions represent bank activity within an accounting software. All transactions that go through a bank account are recorded as account transactions. Account transactions are created as a result of different business activities, for example: * Payments: for example, receiving money for payment against an invoice. * Bill payments: for example, spending money for a payment against a bill. * Direct costs: for example, withdrawing money from a bank account, either for cash purposes or to make a payment. * Direct incomes: for example, selling an item directly to a contact and receiving payment at point of sale. * Transfers: for example, transferring money between two bank accounts. Account transactions is the parent data type of [payments](https://docs.codat.io/lending-api#/schemas/Payment), [bill payments](https://docs.codat.io/lending-api#/schemas/BillPayment), [direct costs](https://docs.codat.io/lending-api#/schemas/DirectCost), [direct incomes](https://docs.codat.io/lending-api#/schemas/DirectIncome), and [transfers](https://docs.codat.io/lending-api#/schemas/Transfer).
Unified_API
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "#/components/schemas/AccountingAccountTransaction",
"title": "Accounting: Account transaction",
"description": "> **Language tip:** In Codat, account transactions represent all transactions posted to a bank account within an accounting software. For bank transactions posted within a banking platform, refer to [Banking transactions](https://docs.codat.io/lending-api#/operations/list-all-banking-transactions).\n\n## Overview\n\nIn Codat\u2019s data model, account transactions represent bank activity within an accounting software. All transactions that go through a bank account are recorded as account transactions.\n\nAccount transactions are created as a result of different business activities, for example:\n\n* Payments: for example, receiving money for payment against an invoice.\n* Bill payments: for example, spending money for a payment against a bill.\n* Direct costs: for example, withdrawing money from a bank account, either for cash purposes or to make a payment.\n* Direct incomes: for example, selling an item directly to a contact and receiving payment at point of sale.\n* Transfers: for example, transferring money between two bank accounts.\n\nAccount transactions is the parent data type of [payments](https://docs.codat.io/lending-api#/schemas/Payment), [bill payments](https://docs.codat.io/lending-api#/schemas/BillPayment), [direct costs](https://docs.codat.io/lending-api#/schemas/DirectCost), [direct incomes](https://docs.codat.io/lending-api#/schemas/DirectIncome), and [transfers](https://docs.codat.io/lending-api#/schemas/Transfer).",
"type": "object",
"allOf": [
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Identifier of the direct cost (unique to the company)."
},
"transactionId": {
"type": "string",
"nullable": true,
"description": "Identifier of the transaction (unique to the company)."
},
"note": {
"type": "string",
"nullable": true,
"description": "Additional information about the account transaction, if available."
},
"bankAccountRef": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/AccountingBankAccount/definitions/bankAccountRef",
"description": "Reference to the bank account the account transaction is recorded against."
},
"date": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/DateTime",
"description": "The date the account transaction was recorded in the platform."
},
"status": {
"enum": [
"Unknown",
"Unreconciled",
"Reconciled",
"Void"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "The status of the account transaction."
},
"currency": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/SourceAccount/properties/currency"
},
"currencyRate": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/AccountingPaymentAllocation/definitions/paymentAllocationPayment/properties/currencyRate"
},
"lines": {
"type": "array",
"nullable": true,
"description": "Array of account transaction lines.",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/AccountingAccountTransaction/definitions/accountTransactionLine"
}
},
"totalAmount": {
"type": "number",
"format": "decimal",
"description": "Total amount of the account transactions, inclusive of tax."
},
"metadata": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/Metadata"
}
}
},
{
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/CommerceOrder/allOf/3"
}
],
"definitions": {
"accountTransactionLine": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"description": {
"type": "string",
"nullable": true,
"description": "Description of the account transaction."
},
"recordRef": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/AccountingAccountTransaction/definitions/accountTransactionLineRecordRef"
},
"amount": {
"type": "number",
"format": "decimal",
"description": "Amount in the bill payment currency."
}
}
},
"accountTransactionLineRecordRef": {
"type": "object",
"title": "Record reference",
"description": "Links an account transaction line to the underlying record that created it.",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "'id' of the underlying record or data type."
},
"dataType": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Name of underlying data type.",
"enum": [
"bankTransactions",
"billCreditNotes",
"billPayments",
"bills",
"creditNotes",
"directCosts",
"directIncomes",
"invoices",
"journalEntries",
"payments",
"transfers"
],
"example": "transfers"
}
}
}
}
}