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Workday Financials Journal Entries API

Create and manage journal entries

Workday Financials Journal Entries API is one of 32 APIs that Workday Financials publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Journal Entries. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 5 operations across 4 paths, and defines 9 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version v38.2.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{tenant}.workday.com/api/cashManagement/v38.2.

5 operations 4 paths 9 schemas 2 GET3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
v38.2
Base URL
https://api.workday.com/financialManagement
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Workday Financials Journal Entries API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — OAuth 2.0 bearer token obtained from Workday authentication

Paths & Operations 5

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 2 GET, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Journal Entries 5

Create and manage journal entries

GET
/journalEntries
Workday Financials List journal entries
listJournalEntries 5 params → 200401
POST
/journalEntries
Workday Financials Create a journal entry
createJournalEntry body → 201400401
GET
/journalEntries/{id}
Workday Financials Get a journal entry
getJournalEntry 1 param → 200401404
POST
/journalEntries/{id}/post
Workday Financials Post a journal entry
postJournalEntry 1 param → 200401404409
POST
/journalEntries/{id}/reverse
Workday Financials Reverse a journal entry
reverseJournalEntry 1 param body → 201401404

Schemas 9

The contract defines 9 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are JournalEntry (14 properties), JournalLine (5 properties), JournalEntryCreate (5 properties), LedgerAccountRef (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

JournalLine
object
5 properties
CurrencyRef
object
2 properties
CostCenterRef
object
2 properties
WorkerRef
object
2 properties
CompanyRef
object
2 properties
LedgerAccountRef
object
2 properties
JournalEntry
object
14 properties
JournalEntryCreate
object
5 properties 3 required
PeriodRef
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

workday-financials-journal-entries-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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