---
title: "Create the company's consolidated reporting identity"
method: POST
path: "/companies/{companyId}/reporting-scopes"
tags: ["Company Settings"]
---

# Create the company's consolidated reporting identity

`POST /companies/{companyId}/reporting-scopes`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.medianfi.com/api/v1`
- URL: `https://api.medianfi.com/api/v1/companies/{companyId}/reporting-scopes`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Owner/admin plus explicit all-entity access required. The server derives the root from the company's persisted primary legal entity and requires an actual multi-entity company. No hierarchy or company data is generated.

## Request body

- CreateReportingScopeInput
  - `label` string, required

## Response `201`

Reporting scope created

- ReportingScopeResponse
  - `success` boolean, required
  - `data` ReportingScope, required: A read-only consolidated reporting identity within one company. It is not a legal entity and cannot own postings, integrations, schedules, AR/AP items, Forecast state, or any other accounting fact.
    - `id` string, uuid, required
    - `companyId` string, uuid, required
    - `kind` 'consolidated', required
    - `label` string, required
    - `rootEntityId` string, uuid, required: The company's one persisted primary legal entity.
    - `createdByUserId` string, uuid, nullable, required
    - `createdAt` string, date-time, required
    - `retiredAt` string, date-time, nullable, required

## Other responses

- `401`: Authentication required
- `403`: Insufficient permissions or not a company member
- `404`: Resource not found
- `409`: An active consolidated reporting scope already exists
- `422`: Request failed validation

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