---
title: "Creating a new Expense Report Submission"
method: POST
path: "/expense_report_submissions"
tags: ["Expense Report Submissions"]
---

# Creating a new Expense Report Submission

`POST /expense_report_submissions`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.mavenlink.com/api/v1`
- URL: `https://api.mavenlink.com/api/v1/expense_report_submissions`
- Auth: none declared

This endpoint returns structured Expense Report Submission objects.
As with all Kantata OX API endpoints, the returned data will be referenced in sorted order in the `results` array
and will be indexed by ID in the `expense_report_submissions` top-level JSON key.
Please see our [Response Format](#section/Response-Format) section for more information.

## Query parameters

- `include` string

## Request body

- object
  - `expense_report_submission` object
    - `line_item_ids` integer[], required: An array of expense ids of the expenses that will be included in the Expense Report Submission.
    - `user_id` integer: This can be included when the Expense Report Submission is being submitted on behalf of another user.
    - `title` string, required: The title of the Expense Report Submission.
    - `workspace_id` integer, required: The id of the workspace that will own the Expense Report Submission and its expenses.
    - `comment` string: Additional notes on the Expense Report Submission.
    - `external_reference` object: Typically populated programmatically by a third party system via an integration, this is an optional object that holds data from an external system. It connects objects in an external system with objects in Kantata OX (for example, to connect a Jira issue to a Kantata OX Project).
      - `service_name` string, required: The provider name of the integration. If you are adding multiple external references to the same object, the `service_name` must be unique.
      - `service_model` string, required: The object type of the external object this external reference belongs to.
      - `service_model_ref` string, required: The object ID of the external object this external reference belongs to.
      - `status` string: The status of the integration. Options are `successful`, `pending`, or `failed`.
      - `external_message` string: The message on the external object.
      - `external_link` string: The link to the external object.
      - `external_status` string: The status of the external object in the external system.
      - `locked` boolean: Whether the subject is locked.

## Response `200`

Expense Report Submission has been created.

- object
  - `count` integer
  - `meta` object
    - `count` integer
    - `page_count` integer
    - `page_number` integer
    - `page_size` integer
  - `results` object[]
    - `key` string
    - `id` string
  - `expense_report_submissions` object
  - `external_references` object
  - `users` object
  - `workspaces` object
  - `expenses` object
  - `resolutions` object

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `401`: Unauthorized request
- `403`: Forbidden request
- `404`: Page Not Found
- `422`: Unprocessable Entity
- `503`: Service is unavailable

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