Definition
Outstanding items are open items in the accounting system: invoices or entries that are not fully settled yet. They represent:- Open receivables: amounts clients still owe.
- Open payables: amounts the company still owes to suppliers.
Purpose
- Track what has been invoiced but not yet settled.
- Drive payment reconciliation and matching workflows.
- Give an accurate view of a partner’s current balance.
Structure
Each outstanding item has:- An identifier (
id) and a number (number): the number of the invoice, journal entry or financial entry - A partner (
partner_id): the client, supplier or employee - A ledger account (
account_number) - An accounting date (
date) and a due date (due_date).due_dateslists every due date - A total amount (
amount) and an open amount (open_amount): what remains to be settled - A currency (
currency) and, when it differs from the folder currency, an exchange rate (currency_exchange_rate) - A journal (
journal_id,journal_type) - A reference (
reference) and a payment communication (payment_communication) - The matching numbers already applied (
matching_numbers), such as payments or adjustments - A posted flag (
posted) - An original document (
original_document), when the item was first posted in a previous book year
Relationships
- Each outstanding item belongs to a partner and books on a ledger account.
- It comes from an invoice, a journal entry or a financial entry, recorded in a journal.
- An item carried over from a previous book year keeps a link to its original document (
original_document). - Matching a payment against an item reduces or closes it. See Match entries.
API endpoints
- Get outstanding items: list the open items of clients or of suppliers. The
typeparameter (clientorsupplier) and theunposted_allowedparameter are required.