Employee Groups

An employee group categories employee dimension records, mainly for the purpose of structuring financial reporting.

Get Employee Group Object Definition

lookup

List all the fields and relationships for the employee group object:

<lookup>
    <object>EMPLOYEEGROUP</object>
</lookup>

Parameters

Name Required Type Description
object Required string Use EMPLOYEEGROUP

Query and List Employee Groups

query

List the record number, description, and ID for each employee group:

<query>
    <object>EMPLOYEEGROUP</object>
    <select>
        <field>RECORDNO</field>
        <field>DESCRIPTION</field>
        <field>ID</field>
    </select>
</query>

Parameters

Name Required Type Description
object Required string Use EMPLOYEEGROUP
filter Optional object Filter expression to limit the response to only objects that match the expression. Check the value of a single field using operators such as equalto/like, or multiple fields using and/or. Query fields on related objects using the dot operator (for example, VENDOR.CREDITLIMIT on APBILL).
select Required sequence The names of the fields that you want included in the response, and an optional aggregate function such as count or sum. Returning all fields is not supported.
orderby Optional object Provide an order element with a field name and choose an ascending or descending sort order, for example:
<order>
  <field>RECORDNO</field>
  <descending/>
</order>
options Optional object Query options:
  • Set the caseinsensitive element to true for a case-insensitive query
     <caseinsensitive>true</caseinsensitive>
  • In a multi-entity company, set the showprivate element to true to query data in private entities:
     <showprivate>true</showprivate>
  • Specify the returnformat for the response: xml (default), json, or csv
     <returnformat>json</returnformat>
pagesize Optional integer Maximum number of matching objects to return in the response, between 1 and 2000 items (Default: 100)
offset Optional integer Point at which to start indexing into records (Default: 0)

Query and List Employee Groups (Legacy)

readByQuery

<readByQuery>
    <object>EMPLOYEEGROUP</object>
    <fields>*</fields>
    <query></query>
    <pagesize>100</pagesize>
</readByQuery>

Parameters

Name Required Type Description
object Required string Use EMPLOYEEGROUP
fields Optional string Comma-separated list of fields on the object to list. For best performance and predictability, limit the number of fields. To return all fields, omit the element or provide * for the value.
query Required string SQL-like query based on fields on the object. The following operators are supported: <, >, >=, <=, =, like, not like, in, not in, IS NOT NULL, IS NULL, AND, OR. Illegal XML characters must be properly encoded, and single quotes must be escaped with backslashes ('Jane\'s Deli'). Joins are not supported.
pagesize Optional integer Custom page size between 1 and 1000 items (Default: 100)

Get Employee Group

read

<read>
    <object>EMPLOYEEGROUP</object>
    <keys>1</keys>
    <fields>*</fields>
</read>

Parameters

Name Required Type Description
object Required string Use EMPLOYEEGROUP
keys Required string Comma-separated list of group RECORDNO to get
fields Optional string Comma-separated list of fields on the object to get. To return all fields, omit the element or provide * for the value.
For best performance and predictability, limit the number of fields.
returnFormat Optional string Data format for the response body:
  • xml (default)
  • json
  • csv

Get Employee Group by ID

readByName

<readByName>
    <object>EMPLOYEEGROUP</object>
    <keys>TEST</keys>
    <fields>*</fields>
</readByName>

Parameters

Name Required Type Description
object Required string Use EMPLOYEEGROUP
keys Required string Comma-separated list of group ID to get
fields Optional string Comma-separated list of fields on the object to get. To return all fields, omit the element or provide * for the value.
For best performance and predictability, limit the number of fields.
returnFormat Optional string Data format for the response body:
  • xml (default)
  • json
  • csv

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