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REST API - Find out whether a sales invoice has been posted

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Posted on by Nick22 15

Hi,

We'd like to use the Dynamics Business Central REST API to find out if a sales invoice has been posted.

There's no "posted" field on the salesInvoice API endpoint. However, it does have a "status" field. Can this field be used to determine posted status?

From some quick experimentation, it seems that "Draft" == not posted, and "Open"/"Paid" == posted. But I'm not sure if this is 100% reliable.

I also found this page, which seems to suggest it cannot be relied on: https://experience.dynamics.com/ideas/idea/?ideaid=662fd581-c9b8-e911-b083-0003ff689d13

Any help would be appreciated!

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    Javier.Armesto 14 User Group Leader on at

    Hello, you would have to check two fields:Sales Document Status and yet another status field, based on the enum Invoice Entity Aggregate Status what is it that you are checking.

    Invoice Posted :

    Sales Document Status==released & &

    Invoice Entity Aggregate Status”==Open or paid.

    Status fields have a different meaning in APIs than in Business Central

    Este post te ayudara: https://www.kauffmann.nl/2021/04/16/extending-standard-apis-2/

    If the answer has served you, please check the answer. It is helpful for other users. 

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    Nick22 15 on at

    Thanks for your reply. Would you happen to know if the Sales Document Status is available through the REST API? I looked for it but couldn't find it.

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    Javier.Armesto Profile Picture
    Javier.Armesto 14 User Group Leader on at

    The option would be to make a custom API and add that field. The approach would be to clone the page api salesinvoices and extend the field . You can consult: github.com/.../app

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    Nick22 15 on at

    We were hoping to avoid writing a custom API, but regardless that's good to know. Thank you for your help!

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    Javier.Armesto Profile Picture
    Javier.Armesto 14 User Group Leader on at

    The If you don't want to code a custom api in AL. This might help:

    Posted Date is the date that sales invoice is Posted. If inot null with combination the field Status  Open or Paid value.

    Maybelline is a solution for you.

    Remember to mark as a valid solution if I have been of help. Other users will be able to consider this answer for a similar problem

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    Nick22 15 on at

    Thank you for the suggestion. I looked into to this, however, the postingDate field can be set even if the invoice is in a draft state.

    So it seems like it cannot be used to differentiate posted vs non posted unfortunately.

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    Gabriel Prinz Landeo 35 on at

    Perfecto

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