# Custom Ledger

The Custom Ledger object is required to submit billing information for clients with manual billing activated. Only SoftwareOne Operations can access this object. 

This object contains the following attributes:

<table><thead><tr><th width="168">Field Name</th><th width="171">Data Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>id</code></td><td>string</td><td><p>The unique identifier. Note that no nesting exists for this identifier.</p><p>Example: OUP-1234-1239</p></td></tr><tr><td><code>seller</code></td><td>object</td><td><p>A reference to the <a href="/pages/PaD34ifytF4C1mG4si0k"><code>seller</code></a> object.</p><p>Example:</p><pre class="language-json" data-overflow="wrap" data-line-numbers data-full-width="true"><code class="lang-json">{
    "id": "SEL-9121-8944",
    "name": "Software LN",
    "icon": "/static/SEL-9121-8944/icon.png"
}
</code></pre></td></tr><tr><td><code>vendor</code></td><td>object</td><td><p>A reference to the vendor <a href="/pages/tq2fdEq8olL6Ahrf4HVR"><code>account</code></a> object.</p><p>Example:</p><pre class="language-json" data-overflow="wrap" data-line-numbers data-full-width="true"><code class="lang-json">{
    "id": "ACC-1234-1234",
    "name": "Microsoft",
    "icon": "/static/ACC-1234-1234/account.png"
}
</code></pre></td></tr><tr><td><code>billingStartDate</code></td><td>dateTime</td><td><p>The billing start date.</p><p>Example: 2025-01-10T09:09:30.087Z</p></td></tr><tr><td><code>billingEndDate</code></td><td>dateTime</td><td><p>The billing end date.</p><p>Example: 2025-02-10T09:09:30.087Z30.087Z</p></td></tr><tr><td><code>currency</code></td><td>string</td><td><p>Custom ledger's currency.</p><p>Example: EUR</p></td></tr><tr><td><code>externalId</code></td><td>string</td><td><p>The external ID or reference number. An optional value to match the Custom Ledger with external ERP systems.</p><p>Example: bill-12345609.</p></td></tr><tr><td><code>notes</code></td><td>string</td><td><p>Notes related to the custom ledger.</p><p>Example: Billing data for the import file.</p></td></tr><tr><td><code>status</code></td><td>enum</td><td>The status of the ledger. Allowed values: <code>draft</code>
, <code>deleted</code>
, <code>validating</code>
, <code>validated</code>
, <code>error</code>
, <code>generating</code>
, <code>queued</code>
, or <code>completed</code>.</td></tr><tr><td><code>assignee</code></td><td>object</td><td><p>A reference to the <a href="/pages/FPCTzWst4p8gyXQOzttt"><code>user</code></a> object.</p><p>Example:</p><pre class="language-json" data-overflow="wrap" data-line-numbers data-full-width="true"><code class="lang-json">{
  "id": "USR-1234-1234-1234",
  "name": "John Smith",
  "icon": "/static/users/USR-1234-1234-1234.svg"
}
</code></pre></td></tr><tr><td><code>audit</code></td><td>object</td><td>The <a href="/pages/RnSJqP4ZqAW7vD2MWeVM"><code>audit</code></a> object with allowed entries, including <code>created</code> or <code>updated</code>.</td></tr><tr><td><code>price</code></td><td>object</td><td><p>The custom ledger <a href="/pages/EiLeMBp4r0fxbkFFvW9o#pricesummary"><code>priceSummary</code></a> including the aggregated price values for all charges.</p><p>Example:</p><pre class="language-json" data-overflow="wrap" data-line-numbers data-full-width="true"><code class="lang-json">{
  "totalPP": 229.8,
  "markup": 0.5013,
  "margin": 0.3339,  
  "totalSP": 356.7
}
</code></pre></td></tr><tr><td><code>processing</code></td><td>object</td><td><p>The custom ledger <a href="/pages/EiLeMBp4r0fxbkFFvW9o#processingsummary"><code>processingSummary</code></a> including the total charges and counts of ready, error, split, cancelled, and completed charges.</p><p>Example:</p><pre class="language-json" data-overflow="wrap" data-line-numbers data-full-width="true"><code class="lang-json">{
  "total": 150,
  "ready": 140,
  "error": 6,
  "split": 4,
  "cancelled": 2,
  "completed": 0    
}
</code></pre></td></tr></tbody></table>


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