Represents an account in Business Central.
Note
For information about enabling APIs for Business Central see Enabling the APIs for Dynamics 365 Business Central.
Methods
| Method | Return Type | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| GET account | account | Gets a account object. | 
Navigation
| Navigation | Return Type | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| trialBalance | trialBalance | Gets the trialbalance of the account. | 
Properties
| Property | Type | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| id | GUID | The unique ID of the account. Non-editable. | 
| number | string | Specifies the number of the account. | 
| displayName | string | Specifies the account's name. This name will appear on all sales documents for the account. | 
| category | NAV.glAccountCategory | Specifies the category of the account. It can be " ", "Assets", "Liabilities", "Equity", "Income", "Cost of Goods Sold" or "Expense". | 
| subCategory | string | Specifies the subcategory of the account category of the G/L account. | 
| blocked | boolean | Specifies that entries can't be posted to the account. True indicates account is blocked and posting is not allowed. | 
| accountType | NAV.glAccountType | The type of the account that the account is related to. It can be "Posting", "Heading", "Total", "Begin Total" or "End Total". | 
| directPosting | boolean | Specifies whether direct posting is enabled. | 
| netChange | decimal | The account net change. | 
| consolidationTranslationMethod | string | |
| consolidationDebitAccount | string | |
| consolidationCreditAccount | string | |
| excludeFromConsolidation | boolean | |
| lastModifiedDateTime | datetime | The last datetime the account was modified. Read-Only. | 
JSON representation
Here's a JSON representation of the account resource.
{
    "id": "GUID",
    "number": "string",
    "displayName": "string",
    "category": "NAV.glAccountCategory",
    "subCategory": "string",
    "blocked": "boolean",
    "accountType": "NAV.glAccountType",
    "directPosting": "boolean",
    "netChange": "decimal",
    "consolidationTranslationMethod": "string",
    "consolidationDebitAccount": "string",
    "consolidationCreditAccount": "string",
    "excludeFromConsolidation": "boolean",
    "lastModifiedDateTime": "datetime"
}