JournalEntry

JournalEntry DocType definition.

Attributes:
    name: Unique identifier for this JournalEntry.

Source: doctype.py

Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description	Validators
entry_number	str		Journal Entry Number	maxLen: 50
company	Link		Linked Company	-
posting_date	date		Posting Date	-
entry_type	Literal[

"Journal Entry",
"Adjustment",
"Opening Balance",
"Depreciation",
"Exchange Gain/Loss",

] | | Entry Type | - | | narration | str | | Narration / Description | - | | total_debit | Decimal | | Total Debit Amount | - | | total_credit | Decimal | | Total Credit Amount | - | | status | Literal[“Draft”, “Submitted”, “Pending GL”, “Posted”, “Cancelled”] | | Status | - | | transfer_id | None | | Ledger-core Transfer ID | - | | entity_id | str | | Owning Entity | - | | accounts | list[JournalEntryAccount] | | Accounting Entries | - |

Configuration

Setting	Value
Submittable	True
Track Changes	True

Controller

Controller hooks are implemented in *_controller.py files. Available lifecycle hooks:

• validate() - Called before save, raise exceptions for validation errors
• before_insert() - Called before inserting a new document
• after_insert() - Called after successfully inserting
• before_save() - Called before saving (insert or update)
• after_save() - Called after saving
• before_delete() - Called before deleting
• after_delete() - Called after deleting