A ledger_account_category is a grouping of Ledger Accounts. Its balance is equal to the sum of the balances of all contained accounts. Ledger Account Categories can also contain other categories, which enables the creation of nested hierarchies.

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currency and currency_exponent for the category are visible in the balances object.

Related guide: Nesting ledger accounts

Attribute	Description
id string	Unique identifier for the ledger account category.
name string	The name of the ledger account category.
description string	An optional free-form description for internal use.
ledger_id string	The ID of the ledger this category belongs to.
normal_balance string	One of `credit`, `debit`. This value is used to calculate the balance amount fields. If the value is `credit`, then the amount will be equal to `credits` - `debits`. If the value is `debit`, then the amount will be `debits` - `credits`.
balances object	The pending, posted, and available balances for the ledger account category. See Ledger Balances for more details.
metadata object	Additional data represented as key-value pairs.
live_mode boolean	This field will be true if this object was created with a production API key or false if created with a test API key.
external_id string	An optional user-defined 180 character unique identifier
created_at datetime	The datetime that the ledger account category was created.
updated_at datetime	The datetime of the last update to the ledger account category.

{
  "id": "f1c7e474-e6d5-4741-9f76-04510c8b6d7a",
  "object": "ledger_account_category",
  "name": "Combined View",
  "ledger_id": "a9d970da-207e-43da-b4d6-6e9ae01ba2cc",
  "description": null,
  "normal_balance": "credit",
  "balances": {
    "pending_balance": {
      "credits": 50000,
      "debits": 0,
      "amount": 50000,
      "currency": "USD",
      "currency_exponent": 2
    },
    "posted_balance": {
      "credits": 20000,
      "debits": 0,
      "amount": 20000,
      "currency": "USD",
      "currency_exponent": 2
    },
    "available_balance": {
      "credits": 20000,
      "debits": 0,
      "amount": 20000,
      "currency": "USD",
      "currency_exponent": 2
    }
  },
  "metadata": {},
  "external_id": null,
  "live_mode": true,
  "created_at": "2020-08-04T16:54:32Z",
  "updated_at": "2020-08-04T16:54:32Z"
}