Use of API to obtain transactions in a specific nominal account

Is there an API method that will retrieve transactions from a specified Nominal Account.

The account that I am interested in is the stock account, but it need not be confined to this.

Background to this is that I am aiming to write an application to properly allocate leaflet production costs and allocate this to specific campaigns. Within Quickfile, paper purchases would be posted to the Stock account for each purchase of each paper type. I have in mind a sidebar application that will retrieve the transactions in the account and then merge these into the stock control records.

I’m still working out the overall application design but a critical influence on the design will be the ability to obtain the required information from a specified Nominal Account, the specified information being date, description, value and the QF Transaction id.

The other part of the application is fairly straightforward and will include

  • cost of consumables used
  • click costs of printer usage (from internal tables)
  • create journals to credit stock and printer costs and debit specified campaign costs

If you think I am barking up the wrong tree, please do let me know.

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year,

Doh ! Bangs head, I was looking in the wrong place. Ledger_Search provides most of the information I need. The only thing missing is the Unique QF Transaction ID