---
title: "Create a Tracking Category"
method: POST
path: "/v2/accounting/trackingCategories"
tags: ["TrackingCategoryControllerV2", "Tracking Categories"]
---

# Create a Tracking Category

`POST /v2/accounting/trackingCategories`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.railz.ai`
- URL: `https://api.railz.ai/v2/accounting/trackingCategories`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

**Supported for:**

`quickbooks` `xero` `oracleNetsuite` `sageIntacct` `myob`

## Request body

- PushTrackingCategoriesV2Dto
  - `connectionUuid` string, required: Unique connection identifier.
  - `data` PushTrackingCategoriesV2, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `id` string
    - `parentRef` ParentRefDtoV2
      - `id` string, required
      - `name` string
    - `type` 'class' | 'location' | 'department' | 'unknown'
    - `isEditable` boolean
    - `hasChildren` boolean
    - `status` 'active' | 'inactive' | 'unknown'
    - `subsidiaryRefs` SubsidiaryRefV2Dto[]
      - `id` string, required
      - `name` string
    - `passThrough` object

## Response `200`

- PushTrackingCategoriesResponseV2Dto
  - `pushCommunicationId` string, required
  - `requestedOn` string, date-time, required
  - `status` 'success' | 'failed' | 'pending', required
  - `businessName` string, required
  - `serviceName` 'freshbooks' | 'quickbooks' | 'quickbooksDesktop' | 'xero' | 'oracleNetsuite' | 'sageBusinessCloud' | 'sageIntacct' | 'dynamicsBusinessCentral' | 'dynamics365Finance' | 'wave' | 'myob' | 'zohoBooks' | 'byod', required
  - `data` PushTrackingCategoriesV2, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `id` string
    - `parentRef` ParentRefDtoV2
      - `id` string, required
      - `name` string
    - `type` 'class' | 'location' | 'department' | 'unknown'
    - `isEditable` boolean
    - `hasChildren` boolean
    - `status` 'active' | 'inactive' | 'unknown'
    - `subsidiaryRefs` SubsidiaryRefV2Dto[]
      - `id` string, required
      - `name` string
    - `passThrough` object

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request Error - Thrown if fields sent via query does not follow specifications
- `401`: Unauthorized - Not logged in or log in expired
- `403`: Forbidden - Not enough permission
- `500`: Server Error

## Changes

- **2026-09-03** `1383b9a47ac9`: 1 info
  - api tag `TrackingCategoryControllerV2` added
- **2026-08-10** `5cdfae3fa1fa`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/railz/apis/fis-accounting-data-as-a-service-api/changes/v2/accounting/trackingCategories/post.md)

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