Lookup Values API (/lookup_values)

Use the lookup values API to create a hierarchy of accounts.

The URL to access lookup values is: https://<instance>/api/lookup_values

See Integration Best Practices for more info.

Actions

The Lookup Values API allows you to:

Verb Path Action Description
POST /api/lookup_values create Create lookup value
GET /api/lookup_values index Query lookup values
GET /api/lookup_values/:id show Show lookup value
PUT /api/lookup_values/:id update Update lookup value

Elements

The following elements are available for the Lookup Values API:

Element Description Required Field? Unique? Allowable Value Api_In Field? Api_Out Field? Data Type
account-type account_type yes yes AccountType
active A false value will inactivate the account making it no longer available to users. A true value will make it active and available to users. yes yes boolean
created-at Automatically created by Coupa in the format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+HH:MMZ yes datetime
created-by User who created yes User
depth depth yes integer
description Description of the lookup value yes yes string
external-ref-code Used for Identification of individual Lookup Value when using Hierarchical Lookups. This field is a concatenation of the External Ref Num fields starting with the root LookupValue. It does not get set by the integration, but is used to identify an existing lookup to update. yes yes string
external-ref-num External Ref Num (actual account value when used in accounting) yes yes yes string
id Coupa unique identifier yes integer
is-default is_default yes yes boolean
lookup Name of the lookup yes yes yes Lookup
lookup-id lookup_id yes yes integer
name Name of the lookup value yes yes yes yes string
parent External Ref Code of Parent element yes yes LookupValue
parent-id parent_id yes yes integer
updated-at Automatically created by Coupa in the format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+HH:MMZ yes datetime
updated-by User who updated yes User
Note:
  • When dealing with large data sets of Lookup Values, always limit your GET with some criteria.
  • The lookups for which you are creating these lookup values should already exist in the system.