# update
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Parameter
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Type
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I/O
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Description
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<General>
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IN
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Parameters described in Overview
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Company
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String
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IN
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The users default company number for the companies list
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Action
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String
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IN
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Identifier for the list requested
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Input
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String
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IN
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Data array containing optional parameters
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expenselines_ expenselineinternal
[OPTIONAL]
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String
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IN
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Expense line input data array parameter – required for update or delete if expenselines\_uuid not supplied
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expenselines_ uuid
[OPTIONAL]
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String
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IN
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Expense line unique identifier input data array parameter – required for update or delete if expenselines\_expenselineinternal not supplied
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expenselines_expensedate
[OPTIONAL]
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String
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IN
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Expense line date parameter
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expenselines_currencytotal
[OPTIONAL]
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String
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IN
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Expense line currency total parameter
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expenselines_statuscode
[OPTIONAL]
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String
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IN
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Status code for the expense line
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“Q”, “S”, “A”, “H”, “R” (queried, submitted, approved, held, rejected)\
expenselines\_linenumber [OPTIONAL]|String|IN|Line number order\
expenselines\_jobandphase [OPTIONAL]|String|IN|Jobphase for the line\
expenselines\_currencyrate [OPTIONAL]|String|IN|Currency rate for the line\
expenselines\_queryrejectreason [OPTIONAL]|String|IN|Rejection reason (approver level)\
expenselines\_description [OPTIONAL]|String|IN|Line description\
expenselines\_vatamount [OPTIONAL]|String|IN|VAT amount for the line\
expenselines\_supplytype [OPTIONAL]|String|IN|Expense supply type maps to Supplytypeslist\
expenselines\_quantity [OPTIONAL]|String|IN|Quantity\
expenselines\_rate [OPTIONAL]|String|IN|Charge rate for line item\
expenselines\_total [OPTIONAL]|String|IN|Line total\
expenselines\_vatcode [OPTIONAL]|String|IN|VAT code for line item\
expenselines\_workflowcode [OPTIONAL]|String|IN|Workflowcode\
expenselines\_resubmitreason [OPTIONAL]|String|IN|Resubmit reason for queried line\
see expenselineresubmit for sheet and line requirments\
Response|XML / JSON|OUT|An XML tree / JSON string containing the success or error response
## Description
Calling the expenses API with an action of **update** retrieves a response. Update can be used to Create, Update or Delete an expense line.
* Providing a expenselines\_uuid or expenselines\_expenselineinternal along with other optional parameters will assume the update operation to be an update.
* Providing expenselines\_uuid or expenselines\_expenselineinternal without any other optional parameters assumes the update operation to be a delete.
* Providing optional parameters without a expenselines\_uuid or expenselines\_expenselineinternal will assume the update operation to be a create. The response will contain the UUID for the created line. Create requires fields expenselines\_supplytype, expenselines\_jobandphase, expenselines\_expensesheetinternal, expenselines\_expensedate.
## Return Values
Response – Success or error response.
The structure of the response is:
```xml
<Responses>
<Success>
<SuccessText>data processed successfully.</SuccessText>
<Data>
<expenselines_expenselineinternal>1210
</expenselines_expenselineinternal>
</Data>
<Data>
<expenselines_uuid>98D756620BAAE94BB5BA0A9C053E78C4
</expenselines_uuid>
</Data>
<Data>
<expenselines_total>990</expenselines_total>
</Data>
<Data>
<expenselines_currencyrate>45
</expenselines_currencyrate>
</Data>
<Data>
<expenselines_currencytotal>990</expenselines_currencytotal>
</Data>
<Data>
<expenselines_vatamount>0</expenselines_vatamount>
</Data>
</Success>
</Responses>
{ "responsecode": 1,
"responsestatus": "OK",
"errorcode": 0,
"errormessage": "",
"responsemessage": "data processed successfully.",
"success": true,
"data": [
{
"expenselines_expenselineinternal": 1143,
"expenselines_uuid": "FD63456A09A9E64D9C9AA71FFCBFD1E7",
"expenselines_total": 144,
"expenselines_currencyrate": 12,
"expenselines_currencytotal": 144,
"expenselines_vatamount": 18.78
}
]
}