Entries and invoices

Typed writes build the nested bodies of Exact from codes.

Entries

exactcli sales-entry create --customer 1001 --journal 700 --line 700000:100:Consulting --allow-writes
exactcli purchase-entry create --supplier 2001 --journal 600 --line 611000:1250:Rent --allow-writes
exactcli purchase-entry create --supplier 2001 --journal 600 --line 611000:1250 --file invoice.pdf --allow-writes
exactcli journal-entry create --journal 800 --line 499000:50:Rent --line 580600:-50 --allow-writes
exactcli bank-entry create --journal 500 --line 400000:121:"Invoice 26700001" --account 1001 --allow-writes
exactcli cash-entry create --journal 570 --line 604000:-20:"Office supplies" --allow-writes

A line is <gl account>:<amount>[:option=value...][:description]. Options: vat, vat-amount, from and to (spread the amount over a period), quantity, cost-center, cost-unit; purchase entries add non-deductible and private-use, as fractions (0.5 is 50%). --file creates a document, attaches the files and links it to the entry. journal-entry create checks that the lines balance before it sends anything.

Invoices

exactcli invoice create --customer 1001 --journal 700 --line Default:2:100 --dry-run
exactcli invoice create --customer 1001 --journal 700 \
  --line Default:1:1350:vat=F:"Service fee" --remarks "Reverse charge" --allow-writes
exactcli purchase-invoice create --supplier 2001 --journal 600 --line Default:2:100 --reference INV-2026-42 --allow-writes
exactcli sales-invoice print <id> --allow-writes

An invoice line is item:quantity:unit price[:option=value...][:description]. Options: vat, discount (a fraction from 0 to 1), gl-account, cost-center, cost-unit.

Credit notes

--credit-note needs a negative total: Exact books the signs as given.

exactcli invoice create --customer 1001 --journal 700 --line Default:-1:1350:vat=F --credit-note --allow-writes
exactcli purchase-entry create --supplier 2001 --journal 600 --line 611000:-150:vat=5 --credit-note --allow-writes

Sales orders and quotations

exactcli sales-order create --customer 1001 --line Default:2:100 --delivery-date 2026-09-10 --allow-writes
exactcli sales-order invoice <order-id> --journal 700 --wait --allow-writes
exactcli quotation create --account 1001 --line Default:2:100 --close-date 2026-09-30 --allow-writes
exactcli quotation accept <id> --action 1 --allow-writes        # 1 = create a sales order

sales-order invoice queues the run and prints the ProcessID; --wait reads the result until the run ends, and exits 65 on an error status or a failed invoice.

A quotation must be printed before review, reject or accept. In a live test, Exact refused quotation print through the API (500 "Non autorise - Modification: Statut"), also for a quotation created in the web interface. Print the quotation in Exact Online; the other actions then work from the command line.

Update and delete

Every header takes delete, and update where Exact accepts a PUT, by GUID or by number. A number that names several headers, such as the versions of a quotation, must be replaced by the GUID of one.

exactcli sales-entry update 26700005 --set Description="Corrected" --allow-writes
exactcli purchase-invoice delete 26600001 26600002 --allow-writes --yes