Master data

By code

Ledger accounts, journals, VAT codes, cost centers and cost units take create (--code, --description, --set), update and delete by GUID or code. Payment conditions take create only: Exact offers no PUT or DELETE there.

exactcli gl-account create --code 799000 --description "Other income" --set Type=110 --allow-writes
exactcli journal update 800 --set Description="General journal" --allow-writes
exactcli cost-center delete HQ --allow-writes --yes
exactcli payment-condition create --code 30D --description "30 days" --set PaymentDays=30 --allow-writes

Accounts, contacts and items

exactcli account create --name Acme --code 1001 --customer true --status C --country BE --allow-writes
exactcli account update 1001 --name "Acme NV" --city Ghent --allow-writes
exactcli contact create --account 1001 --first-name Jane --last-name Doe --email jane@acme.example --allow-writes
exactcli item create --code WIDGET --description Widget --sales-price 99.5 --sales true --gl-revenue 700000 --allow-writes
exactcli account delete 1001 --allow-writes --yes

A contact is deleted by GUID only: its Code is the one of its account.

More records

Opportunities, addresses, bank accounts, supplier item links, sales prices, exchange rates, projects, warehouses, sales channels, depreciation methods, document folders, subscriptions and project time and cost entries take create, update and delete, with --set and --body. Tasks, events and communication notes take create; goods receipts and goods deliveries take create and update.

exactcli opportunity create --set Name="Acme renewal" --set Account=@ref:crm/Accounts:1001 \
  --set CloseDate=2026-12-31 --set AmountFC=1000 --allow-writes
exactcli warehouse create --code W2 --description "Second warehouse" --allow-writes

Some records need set-up in the administration: time and cost entries need an employee and a time item, a subscription needs an item with a time unit, and a linear depreciation method takes its percentage as a fraction (Percentage2=0.2).