Accounting Entries Export Terms

This topic explains the important terms used in context of exporting accounting entries from Pleo to an external ERP/accounting system:

Term	Definition
Export Item	An accounting entry that has been transformed into an exportable entry. The required accounting and bookkeeping information is aggregated from an accounting entry to become an export item.
Export Job	An export job is the task that manages the export workflow, comprising the export items that are selected for export from Pleo to the external ERP/accounting system.
Export Job Event	The export job events cause change in status of an export job; when an event is triggered, the status of the corresponding export job is impacted. This is returned in the `status` parameter of the export-jobs endpoint. For example, when a specific export job has failed, an export job event is triggered with failed value for the event parameter; the reason of failure is also mentioned to understand what caused the problem and how it could be resolved.
Export Job Item	An export job item tracks the export progress of a specific accounting entry in an export job.