Expense Report Header v1.1

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The expense report header contains classification information for the expense report, and serves as the container for the expense entries.

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Resource URI

https://www.concursolutions.com/api/expense/expensereport/v1.1/report/

Post an expense report header

Posts the expense report header information for a new or existing report for the user specified in the OAuth access token. If the OAuth consumer has the necessary roles, they can update reports that belong to other users. Use this function to create a report, then use the Post Expense Entry function to send expense line items.

NOTES:

  • Posting expense report information is a multi-stage process.
  • Reports with the following statuses can’t be modified:
    • Processing Payment
    • Paid
    • Payment Confirmed

Request

Parameters

Parameter Required/Optional Description
{_reportId_} Optional The unique identifier for the report. Only used when updating an existing report.

Example:

https://www.concursolutions.com/api/expense/expensereport/v1.1/report/{reportId}

URI Source: The reportId value is returned by the Get List of Reports and Get Report Details functions, and as part of the Report-Details-Url element returned by this function.

Headers

  • Authorization - Authorization header with OAuth token for valid Concur user. Required.
  • Content-Type - application/xml

The Concur user must have one of the following roles in Expense:

  • Expense User: This role allows the user to create and modify their own reports.
  • Web Services Administrator (Professional/Premium): This role allows the user to modify reports for all users.
  • Can Administer (Standard): This role allows the user to modify reports for all users.

Payload

This request should contain a Report parent element with the following child elements.

Element Required (must contain value)? Description
Name Y The expense report name.
Purpose Depends on configuration The business purpose of the report. Maximum length: 500.
Comment Depends on configuration The report header comment. Maximum length: 500.
OrgUnit1 through OrgUnit6 Depends on configuration The custom Organization Unit fields. May be required depending on configuration. Refer to the Processes > Post Expense Report Data section of Expense Report for the steps necessary to gather required field information.
Custom1 through Custom20 Depends on configuration The custom fields on the Expense Report Header form. May be required depending on configuration. Refer to the Processes > Post Expense Report Data section of Expense Report for the steps necessary to gather required field information.
NOTE: If any of the custom fields are configured to contain list values, refer to the Posting Custom List Items page for information on how to correctly submit list item values.
UserDefinedDate Depends on configuration The date the user selected for the report. Format: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss.0

Response

Headers

  • Content-Type - application/xml

Payload

The response will include a ReportDetails parent element. This element will contain a ReportStatus child element. The ReportStatus element will contain the following child elements.

Element Description
Status The status of the request.
Report-Details-Url The URI to use when posting report details to this report.

Examples

XML example of new report request

POST https://www.concursolutions.com/api/expense/expensereport/v1.1/report HTTP/1.1
Authorization: OAuth {access token}
Content-Type: application/xml
<Report xmlns="http://www.concursolutions.com/api/expense/expensereport/2011/03">
  <Name>January Expenses</Name>
  <Purpose>All expenses for January</Purpose>
  <Comment>Includes Client Meetings.</Comment>
  <OrgUnit1>US</OrgUnit1>
  <OrgUnit2>NW</OrgUnit2>
  <OrgUnit3>Redmond</OrgUnit3>
  <Custom1>Client</Custom1>
  <Custom2>Local</Custom2>
  <UserDefinedDate>2011-03-26 15:15:07.0</UserDefinedDate>
</Report>

XML example of successful response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml
<ReportDetails>
  <ReportStatus xmlns="http://www.concursolutions.com/api/expense/expensereport/2011/03" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
    <Status>SUCCESS</Status>
    <Report-Details-Url>https://www.concursolutions.com/api/expense/expensereport/v1.1/report/nxxKgLlnRODp$sie8Hq1UviOJ2AbpS7dCP</Report-Details-Url>
  </ReportStatus>
</ReportDetails>

Post Report Header Batch Request

Posts a batch of expense report headers. The expense report header contains classification information for the expense report. Use this endpoint to create a batch of reports, then use the Post Expense Entry function to send expense line items. All batch operations allow up to 1000 headers per batch. If a batch request with over 1000 headers is sent, only the first 1000 headers in the batch will be processed.
NOTE: Posting expense report information is a multi-stage process. Refer to the Processes  section of the Expense Report Web Service page for the steps required to post new expense reports and entries.

Request

Parameters

Parameter Required/Optional Description
batch required The batch keyword.

Example:

https://www.concursolutions.com/api/expense/expensereport/v1.1/report/batch

Headers

  • Authorization
  • Content-Type - application/xml

The Concur user must have one of the following roles in Expense:

  • Expense User: This role allows the user to create and modify their own reports.
  • Web Services Administrator (Professional/Premium): This role allows the user to create and modify reports for all users.
  • Can Administer (Standard): This role allows the user to create and modify reports for all users.

Payload

This request should contain a batch parent element with a Report parent element for each included report. The Report element contains the following child elements.

Report elements
Element Required (must contain value)? Description
Index Y The header’s location in the batch. Should start at 1 and increment sequentially. This value is used to identify the record if there is an error.
LoginId Y The report owner’s Concur login ID.
Name Y The expense report name.
Purpose Depends on configuration The business purpose of the report. Maximum length: 500.
Comment Depends on configuration The report header comment. Maximum length: 500.
OrgUnit1 through OrgUnit6 Depends on configuration The custom Organization Unit fields. May be required depending on configuration. Refer to the Processes > Post Expense Report Data section of Expense Report for the steps necessary to gather required field information.
Custom1 through Custom20 Depends on configuration The custom fields on the Expense Report Header form. May be required depending on configuration. Refer to the Processes > Post Expense Report Data section of Expense Report for the steps necessary to gather required field information.
NOTE: If any of the custom fields are configured to contain list values, please refer to the Posting Custom List Items page for information on how to correctly submit list item values.
UserDefinedDate Depends on configuration The date the user selected for the report. Format: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss.0

Response

Headers

  • Content-Type - application/xml

Payload

This request will return a report-batch-result parent element with the following child elements.

Element Description
records-succeeded The number of records processed that were successfully added.
records-failed The number of records processed that were not successfully added.
errors This will contain an error parent element for each record failure. For details about the error child elements, see the error child elements table below.
ReportDetails This parent element will contain a ReportStatus child element for all report headers that did not cause an error. For details about the ReportStatus child elements, see the ReportStatus child elements table below.

error elements

Element Description
Index The header’s location in the batch
LoginID The user’s Concur login ID.
message The error message.

ReportStatus elements

Element Description
Status The status of the request.
Report-Details-Url The URI to use when posting report details to this report.

Examples

XML example request

POST https://www.concursolutions.com/api/expense/expensereport/v1.1/report/batch HTTP/1.1
Authorization: OAuth {access token}
Content-Type: application/xml
<batch xmlns="http://www.concursolutions.com/api/expense/expensereport/2011/03">
  <Report>
    <Index>1</Index>
    <LoginId>cmiller@example.com</LoginId>
    <Name>January Expenses</Name>
    <Purpose>All expenses for January</Purpose>
    <Comment>Includes Client Meetings.</Comment>
    <OrgUnit1>US</OrgUnit1>
    <OrgUnit2>NW</OrgUnit2>
    <OrgUnit3>Redmond</OrgUnit3>
    <Custom1>Client</Custom1>
    <Custom2>Local</Custom2>
    <UserDefinedDate>2011-01-26 12:15:00.0</UserDefinedDate>
  </Report>
  <Report>
    <Index>2</Index>
    <LoginId>tbrown@example.com</LoginId>
    <Name>Trip to New York </Name>
    <Purpose>New York Sales Meeting </Purpose>
    <Comment></Comment>
    <OrgUnit1>US</OrgUnit1>
    <OrgUnit2></OrgUnit2>
    <OrgUnit3>Tucson</OrgUnit3>
    <Custom1>Client</Custom1>
    <Custom2>Remote</Custom2>
    <UserDefinedDate>2011-02-04 15:25:07.0</UserDefinedDate>
  </Report>
</batch>

XML example response with success and failure

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml
<report-batch-result xmlns="http://www.concursolutions.com/api/expense/expensereport/2011/03" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <records-succeeded>1</records-succeeded>
  <records-failed>1</records-failed>
  <errors>
    <error>
      <Index>2</Index>
      <LoginID>tbrown@example.com</LoginID>
      <message>Invalid Value for:OrgUnit2</message>
    </error>
  </errors>
  <ReportDetails>
    <ReportStatus >
      <Index>1</Index>
      <Status>SUCCESS</Status>
      <Report-Details-Url>https://www.concursolutions.com/api/expense/expensereport/v1.1/nxxKgLlnRODp$sie8Hq1UviOJ2AbpS7dCP</Report-Details-Url>
    </ReportStatus>
  </ReportDetails>
</report-batch-result>

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