Standard Cost Types

You set up a catalog of standard cost types, such as labor, materials, and subcontracts, to use as templates for creating new cost types.

Note: Construction companies record expenses using the work breakdown structure (WBS). In the industry, the WBS is traditionally defined as job/cost code/category. Sage Intacct uses project/task/cost type to reflect this structure.

Get Standard Cost Type Object Definition

lookup

List all the fields and relationships for the standard cost type object:

<lookup>
    <object>STANDARDCOSTTYPE</object>
</lookup>

Parameters

Name Required Type Description
object Required string Use STANDARDCOSTTYPE

Query and List Standard Cost Types

query

List the record number and standard cost type ID for each cost type (with no filtering):

<query>
    <object>STANDARDCOSTTYPE</object>
    <select>
        <field>STANDARDCOSTTYPEID</field>
        <field>RECORDNO</field>
    </select>
</query>

Parameters

Name Required Type Description
object Required string Use STANDARDCOSTTYPE
filter Optional object Filter expression to limit the response to only objects that match the expression. Check the value of a single field using operators such as equalto/like, or multiple fields using and/or. Query fields on related objects using the dot operator (for example, VENDOR.CREDITLIMIT on APBILL).
select Required sequence The names of the fields that you want included in the response, and an optional aggregate function such as count or sum. Returning all fields is not supported.
orderby Optional object Provide an order element with a field name and choose an ascending or descending sort order, for example:
<order>
  <field>RECORDNO</field>
  <descending/>
</order>
options Optional object Query options:
  • Set the caseinsensitive element to true for a case-insensitive query
     <caseinsensitive>true</caseinsensitive>
  • In a multi-entity company, set the showprivate element to true to query data in private entities:
     <showprivate>true</showprivate>
  • Specify the returnformat for the response: xml (default), json, or csv
     <returnformat>json</returnformat>
pagesize Optional integer Maximum number of matching objects to return in the response, between 1 and 2000 items (Default: 100)
offset Optional integer Point at which to start indexing into records (Default: 0)

Query and List Standard Cost Types (Legacy)

readByQuery

<readByQuery>
    <object>STANDARDCOSTTYPE</object>
    <fields>*</fields>
    <query></query>
    <pagesize>100</pagesize>
</readByQuery>

Parameters

Name Required Type Description
object Required string Use STANDARDCOSTTYPE
fields Optional string Comma-separated list of fields on the object to list. For best performance and predictability, limit the number of fields. To return all fields, omit the element or provide * for the value.
query Required string SQL-like query based on fields on the object. The following operators are supported: <, >, >=, <=, =, like, not like, in, not in, IS NOT NULL, IS NULL, AND, OR. Illegal XML characters must be properly encoded, and single quotes must be escaped with backslashes ('Jane\'s Deli'). Joins are not supported.
pagesize Optional integer Custom page size between 1 and 1000 items (Default: 100)

Get Standard Cost Type

read

<read>
    <object>STANDARDCOSTTYPE</object>
    <keys>24</keys>
    <fields>*</fields>
</read>

Parameters

Name Required Type Description
object Required string Use STANDARDCOSTTYPE
keys Required string Comma-separated list of standard cost type RECORDNO to get
fields Optional string Comma-separated list of fields on the object to get. To return all fields, omit the element or provide * for the value.
For best performance and predictability, limit the number of fields.
returnFormat Optional string Data format for the response body:
  • xml (default)
  • json
  • csv

Get Standard Cost Type by ID

readByName

<readByName>
    <object>STANDARDCOSTTYPE</object>
    <keys>LAB-REG</keys>
    <fields>*</fields>
</readByName>

Parameters

Name Required Type Description
object Required string Use STANDARDCOSTTYPE
keys Required string Comma-separated list of standard cost type STANDARDCOSTTYPEID to get
fields Optional string Comma-separated list of fields on the object to get. To return all fields, omit the element or provide * for the value.
For best performance and predictability, limit the number of fields.
returnFormat Optional string Data format for the response body:
  • xml (default)
  • json
  • csv

Create Standard Cost Type

create

<create>
    <STANDARDCOSTTYPE>
        <STANDARDCOSTTYPEID>MAT</STANDARDCOSTTYPEID>
        <NAME>Material Cost Type</NAME>
        <DESCRIPTION>Materials</DESCRIPTION>
        <COSTUNITDESCRIPTION>Square feet</COSTUNITDESCRIPTION>
    </STANDARDCOSTTYPE>
</create>

Parameters

Name Required Type Description
STANDARDCOSTTYPE Required object Object to create

STANDARDCOSTTYPE

Name Required Type Description
STANDARDCOSTTYPEID Required string Unique standard cost type ID. Use 12 or fewer characters.
NAME Required string Name of the standard cost type. Does not have to be unique. Use 200 or fewer characters.
DESCRIPTION Optional string Description of the standard cost type. Use 1000 or fewer characters.
ACCUMULATIONTYPENAME Optional string Accumulation type name.
COSTUNITDESCRIPTION Optional string Cost unit description, such as feet or square yards. Use 30 or fewer characters.
STATUS Optional string Status. Use active or inactive.
ACCOUNTNO Optional string Account number
PARENTID Optional string Parent standard cost type ID
ITEMID Optional string Item ID
customfields Optional customfield[0…n] Custom fields

customfield

Name Required Type Description
customfieldname Optional string Custom field ID
customfieldvalue Optional varies Custom field value. For a multi-pick-list custom field, implode multiple field values with #~#.

Update Standard Cost Type

update

<update>
    <STANDARDCOSTTYPE>
        <STANDARDCOSTTYPEID>LAB</STANDARDCOSTTYPEID>
        <DESCRIPTION>Hourly labor overtime</DESCRIPTION>
    </STANDARDCOSTTYPE>
</update>

Parameters

Name Required Type Description
STANDARDCOSTTYPE Required object Object to update

STANDARDCOSTTYPE

Name Required Type Description
STANDARDCOSTTYPEID Optional string Standard cost type ID for the object to update. Required if not using RECORDNO.
RECORDNO Optional integer Record number of the standard cost type to update. Required if not using STANDARDCOSTTYPEID.
NAME Optional string Name of the standard cost type. Use 12 or fewer characters.
DESCRIPTION Optional string Description of the standard cost type. Use 200 or fewer characters.
ACCUMULATIONTYPENAME Optional string Accumulation type name.
COSTUNITDESCRIPTION Optional string Cost unit description, such as feet or square yards. Use 30 or fewer characters.
STATUS Optional string Status. Use active or inactive.
ACCOUNTNO Optional string Account number
PARENTID Optional string Parent standard cost type ID
ITEMID Optional string Item ID
customfields Optional customfield[0…n] Custom fields

customfield

Name Required Type Description
customfieldname Optional string Custom field ID
customfieldvalue Optional varies Custom field value. For a multi-pick-list custom field, implode multiple field values with #~#.

Delete Standard Cost Type

delete

<delete>
    <object>STANDARDCOSTTYPE</object>
    <keys>24</keys>
</delete>

Parameters

Name Required Type Description
object Required string Use STANDARDCOSTTYPE
keys Required string Comma-separated list of standard cost type RECORDNO to delete

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