Required Properties

When adding a new object to QuickBooks, the following properties are minimally required. Starred properties are reference properties, and either the corresponding Name or Id must be set.

Items refers to the collection of Item array properties. ItemCount must be set to a nonzero value, and Item* or ItemGroup* must be set. Expenses refers to the collection of Expense array properties. ExpenseAccount* and ExpenseAmount must be set.


Account	AccountName, AccountType
Bill	Vendor, TransactionDate, Items* or Expenses
CCCharge	Account, Payee, TransactionDate, Items or Expenses
CCCredit	Account, Payee, TransactionDate, Items or Expenses
Check	Account, Payee, TransactionDate, Items or Expenses
CreditMemo	Customer, Items*
Customer	CustomerName
Employee	EmployeeName
Estimate	Customer, Items*
Invoice	Customer, Items*
Item	Varies; see documentation for details.
JournalEntry	DebitLines, CreditLines
PurchaseOrder	Items
ReceivePayment	Customer*
SalesOrder	Customer, Items*
SalesReceipt	Items
TimeTracking	Employee, Duration*
Vendor	VendorName
VendorCredit	Vendor, TransactionDate, Items* or Expenses

Stars indicate reference properties. Either the Name or Id may be specified. Requirements for other methods are the same across the package. See the method documentation for further details.