Overview
The Share A Refund GL Coding API lets you automate the assignment of General Ledger (GL) codes to shipping transactions. You can develop applications that integrate with Share A Refund to streamline accounting processes, ensuring that freight costs are accurately allocated to the correct departments, projects, or cost centers without manual intervention.
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The following figure shows the relationship between your Share A Refund app, the Share A Refund API, and GL Coding services.
Figure 1. Share A Refund API relationship diagram.
Share A Refund App
Share A Refund’s GL coding services give users the ability to define logic-based rules that automatically tag invoices and shipments with the appropriate financial codes, facilitating seamless reconciliation and reporting.
Share A Refund API
The REST API that allows users to manage GL codes, create assignment rules, and retrieve coded transaction data from within your app.
Cost Allocation
A system that maps shipping expenses to specific internal accounts based on references, sender/receiver addresses, or other shipment metadata.
Rules Engine
A mechanism that executes user-defined logic to apply GL codes dynamically as new invoices are processed, ensuring consistency across all billing data.
What can users do with the Share A Refund GL Coding API?
Users can use the Share A Refund GL Coding API to perform common workflows, such as:
- Create and manage a library of General Ledger codes
- Define rules to auto-assign codes based on reference numbers or POs
- Update GL mappings for specific departments or cost centers
- Retrieve coded invoice data for export to ERP systems
- Validate existing GL codes against active accounting lists
- Audit unassigned shipments to ensure 100% cost allocation
GL Coding properties available to create, modify, update and delete through the Share A Refund GL Coding API:
- Allocation Rules
- Cost Centers
- GL Codes
- Mappings
- Validation Lists
Additional info
Learn more about developing with Share A Refund GL Coding API, including handling authentication, authorization, reference the Develop on Share A Refund API for your workspace. More
Learn more about how to launch and run a Share A Refund GL Coding API app, read the Developer Getting Started Guide. More