BIbill
custom-fields

Update a custom field

Update details about an existing custom field.

patch/v3/spend/custom-fields/{customFieldId}

Request

  • Base URL
    https://gateway.stage.bill.com/connect
  • URL
    https://gateway.stage.bill.com/connect/v3/spend/custom-fields/{customFieldId}
  • Auth
    none declared

Path parameters

customFieldIdstring required

BILL-generated ID or UUID of the custom field

Example:{{se_custom_field_uuid}}

Headers

apiTokenstring nullable

Access token for Spend & Expense API authentication

Example:{{api_token}}

Request body

minimumAmountForRequirementnumber nullable

Minimum transaction amount where the custom field is required

namestring nullable

Custom field name

descriptionstring nullable

Custom field description

allowCustomValuesboolean nullable

Set as true if the custom field can have custom values

requiredboolean nullable

Set as true if the custom field is required for all budgets. The default value is false.

globalboolean nullable

Set as true if the custom field applies to all budgets. The default value is false.

selectedBudgetIdsstring[]

List of budgets where the custom field is available. Set the budget ID or UUID values.

requiredBudgetIdsstring[]

List of budgets where the custom field is required. Set the budget ID or UUID values.

Example request

{
  "description": "Engineering team offsite 2026"
}

Response

Update a custom field response

idstring

BILL-generated ID of the custom field

uuidstring

BILL-generated UUID of the custom field

namestring

Custom field name

descriptionstring

Custom field description

type'CUSTOM_SELECTOR' | 'NOTE'

Custom field type. n* CUSTOM_SELECTOR: Select one value from the list (or multiple values when multiSelect is true)

  • NOTE: Write a per-transaction custom note.

Note: Currently, BILL does not support creating additional custom fields with type set as NOTE.

multiSelectboolean

Set as true if the custom field can have multiple selected values

allowCustomValuesboolean

Set as true if the custom field can have custom values

minimumAmountForRequirementnumber

Minimum transaction amount where the custom field is required

requiredboolean

Set as true if the custom field is required for all budgets. The default value is false.

globalboolean

Set as true if the custom field applies to all budgets. The default value is false.

retiredboolean

Set as true if the custom field is retired

createdTimestring date-time

Created date and time

selectedBudgetIdsstring[]

List of BILL-generated ID values of budgets where the custom field is available

selectedBudgetUuidsstring[]

List of BILL-generated UUID values of budgets where the custom field is available

requiredBudgetIdsstring[]

List of BILL-generated ID values of budgets where the custom field is required

requiredBudgetUuidsstring[]

List of BILL-generated UUID values of budgets where the custom field is required

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 2 revisions of this API.