Ledger Transactions

A ledger_transaction is a transaction between two or more ledger accounts. To create a ledger transaction, there must be at least one credit ledger entry and one debit ledger entry. Additionally, the sum of all credit entry amounts must equal the sum of all debit entry amounts. The ledger transaction is immutable once it has posted.

Attribute	Description
id string	Unique identifier for the ledger transaction.
description string	An optional free-form description for internal use.
status string	One of `pending`, `posted`, or `archived`.
metadata object	Additional data represented as key-value pairs. Both the key and value must be strings. See Metadata.
ledger_entries array object	An array of ledger entry objects.
posted_at time	The time on which the ledger transaction posted. This is `null` if the ledger transaction is pending.
effective_date date	The date on which the ledger transaction happened for reporting purposes.
ledger_id string	The ID of the ledger this ledger transaction belongs to.
ledgerable_type string	If the ledger transaction can be reconciled to another object in Modern Treasury, the type will be populated here, otherwise `null`. This can be one of `payment_order`, `incoming_payment_detail`, `expected_payment`, `return`, or `reversal`. See Linking to other Modern Treasury objects.
ledgerable_id string	If the ledger transaction can be reconciled to another object in Modern Treasury, the id will be populated here, otherwise `null`.
external_id string	A unique string to represent the ledger transaction. Only one pending or posted ledger transaction may have this ID in the ledger.
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.

{
    "id": "d376dd4e-1c4f-4ba2-9b13-db63c04471e0",
    "object": "ledger_transaction",
    "ledgerable_type": null,
    "ledgerable_id": null,
    "ledger_id": "a9d970da-207e-43da-b4d6-6e9ae01ba2cc",
    "description": "Louisiana Purchase",
    "status": "pending",
    "ledger_entries": [
        {
            "id": "45067a63-6e4d-48f6-8aed-872cb3ee9c72",
            "object": "ledger_entry",
            "amount": 1500000000,
            "direction": "credit",
            "ledger_account_id": "f1c7e474-e6d5-4741-9f76-04510c8b6d7a",
            "ledger_transaction_id": "d376dd4e-1c4f-4ba2-9b13-db63c04471e0",
            "live_mode": true,
            "created_at": "2020-08-04T16:58:51Z",
            "updated_at": "2020-08-04T16:58:51Z"
        },
        {
            "id": "2a9b522e-5be3-49bc-b607-a09f9786dc3c",
            "object": "ledger_entry",
            "amount": 1500000000,
            "direction": "debit",
            "ledger_account_id": "063da2e3-4a37-4abf-8626-57d25bd6d441",
            "ledger_transaction_id": "d376dd4e-1c4f-4ba2-9b13-db63c04471e0",
            "live_mode": true,
            "created_at": "2020-08-04T16:58:51Z",
            "updated_at": "2020-08-04T16:58:51Z"
        }
    ],
    "posted_at": null,
    "effective_date": "1803-04-30",
    "metadata": {},
    "live_mode": true,
    "created_at": "2020-08-04T16:58:51Z",
    "updated_at": "2020-08-04T16:58:51Z"
}