Create a standard term

Creates a new standard term.

post/quickbooks-desktop/standard-terms

Headers

Conductor-End-User-Idstring required

The ID of the End-User to receive this request.

Example:end_usr_1234567abcdefg

The ID of the End-User to receive this request.

Request body

namestring required

The case-insensitive unique name of this standard term, unique across all standard terms.

NOTE: Standard terms do not have a fullName field because they are not hierarchical objects, which is why name is unique for them but not for objects that have parents.

Maximum length: 31 characters.

isActiveboolean

Indicates whether this standard term is active. Inactive objects are typically hidden from views and reports in QuickBooks. Defaults to true.

dueDaysnumber

The number of days until payment is due.

discountDaysnumber

The number of days within which payment must be received to qualify for the discount specified by discountPercentage.

discountPercentagestring

The discount percentage applied to the payment if received within the number of days specified by discountDays. The value is between 0 and 100.

Example request

{
  "name": "Net 30",
  "isActive": true,
  "dueDays": 30,
  "discountDays": 10,
  "discountPercentage": "10"
}

Response

Returns the newly created standard term.

idstring required

The unique identifier assigned by QuickBooks to this standard term. This ID is unique across all standard terms but not across different QuickBooks object types.

objectType'qbd_standard_term' required

The type of object. This value is always "qbd_standard_term".

createdAtstring required

The date and time when this standard term was created, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm), which QuickBooks Desktop interprets in the local timezone of the end-user's computer.

updatedAtstring required

The date and time when this standard term was last updated, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm), which QuickBooks Desktop interprets in the local timezone of the end-user's computer.

revisionNumberstring required

The current QuickBooks-assigned revision number of this standard term object, which changes each time the object is modified. When updating this object, you must provide the most recent revisionNumber to ensure you're working with the latest data; otherwise, the update will return an error.

namestring required

The case-insensitive unique name of this standard term, unique across all standard terms.

NOTE: Standard terms do not have a fullName field because they are not hierarchical objects, which is why name is unique for them but not for objects that have parents.

isActiveboolean required

Indicates whether this standard term is active. Inactive objects are typically hidden from views and reports in QuickBooks. Defaults to true.

dueDaysnumber nullable required

The number of days until payment is due.

discountDaysnumber nullable required

The number of days within which payment must be received to qualify for the discount specified by discountPercentage.

discountPercentagestring nullable required

The discount percentage applied to the payment if received within the number of days specified by discountDays. The value is between 0 and 100.

Example response

{
  "id": "80000001-1234567890",
  "objectType": "qbd_standard_term",
  "createdAt": "2025-01-01T12:34:56+00:00",
  "updatedAt": "2025-02-01T12:34:56+00:00",
  "revisionNumber": "1721172183",
  "name": "Net 30",
  "isActive": true,
  "dueDays": 30,
  "discountDays": 10,
  "discountPercentage": "10"
}

Changes

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