The Shireburn Business Suite (SBS) API enables you to interact with SBS systems. You will need an API key which should be passed as a query string with each of the requests below.

POST api/SIMS/ImportTransactions?companyKey={companyKey}

Posts sales transactions into SIMS gateway, single line or multi-line transactions can be specified

Request Information

URI Parameters

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
companyKey	The company name if the service is connected to multiple SIMS companies (Optional)	string	Default value is

Body Parameters

The SIMS transaction(s) object

Collection of SimsTransaction

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
SystemReference	The unique system reference used to keep track of the transaction in the interfacing system. If the transactions contains multiple lines, this should be specified the same for each one of those lines to group them together under one sales transaction.	string	Required Max length: 8
TransactionDate	The transaction date.	date	Required
TransactionReference	The Transaction Reference is made up of two parts; the first 6 characters specify a unique number for the transaction, while the last two characters specify the website ID (by default this ID is usually "WB"). (e.g. 000001WB)	string	Required Max length: 8
TransactionType	There are three transaction types you can use: CS – Cash Sales, CR – Cash Returns and IN - Invoice	string	Required Max length: 2
ClientAccountCode	The client code for the transaction. This client has to exist in the SIMS client database.	string	Required Max length: 6
CustomerCode	The customer code for this transaction, if applicable. This customer code must already exist in the SIMS database.	string	Max length: 10
PostDate	The date and time when the transaction was posted.	date	Required
Pos_Id	The Pos_Id is a prefix to the system generating the transaction. The formula (Pos_Id + SystemReference) is used to validate the uniqueness of the transaction.	string	Required Max length: 2
StockCode	The code of the stock card being sold/returned. This stock code must already exist in the SIMS database.	string	Required Max length: 15
StockDescription	The stock card description. The default stock card description is used if this is not specified.	string	Max length: 40
BatchReference	The batch reference in case the stock card has a batch mode. (serial number, expiry date, etc)	string	Max length: 20
PackSize	The item's pack size. The default is 1.	decimal number	Required
Quantity	The item quantity sold/returned.	decimal number	Required
UnitValue	The unit price per individual item in this transaction line. This is exclusive of VAT and is not discounted.	decimal number	Required
VatAmount	The total VAT amount for this transaction line. This field is mandatory if you specify a VAT code or a VAT rate which is greater than zero.	decimal number	Required
DiscountValue	The total discount for this transaction line.	decimal number	N/A
LocationCode	The location code from where the item(s) in this transaction line were sold/returned. This location code must already exist in the SIMS database.	string	Required Max length: 8
VatCode	The VAT code used for this transaction line. The VAT code must already exist in the SIMS database.	string	Required Max length: 2
SaleAnalysis	The sales analysis code for this transaction line.	string	Max length: 4
HeaderAnalysis	This analysis code is used to categorise the transaction for reporting purposes.	string	Max length: 8
HeaderAnalysis1	This analysis code is used to categorise the transaction for reporting purposes.	string	Max length: 8
HeaderAnalysis2	This analysis code is used to categorise the transaction for reporting purposes.	string	Max length: 8
User_Id	The user ID of this transaction. This is usually "WEB" when posted from other websites..	string	Required Max length: 3
OriginalSellingPrice	This field can be used to store the original selling price of the item in case this was changed during the sale / return.	decimal number	N/A
OriginalSellingPriceReference	The original selling price number (1 - 6) in case the selling price was changed during the sale / return.	string	Max length: 1
Remarks	Any remarks made on the item	string	N/A
SalesmanCode	The code of the salesman who posted this transaction. If specified, this must already exist in the SIMS database.	string	Max length: 4
PaymentType	The PaymentType used for when the system is linked to an Accounts system, and payment details are mandatory for every transaction.	string	Max length: 10

Request Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:

[
  {
    "SystemReference": "sample string 1",
    "TransactionDate": "2024-10-06T02:30:57.8251708",
    "TransactionReference": "sample string 3",
    "TransactionType": "sample string 4",
    "ClientAccountCode": "sample string 5",
    "CustomerCode": "sample string 6",
    "PostDate": "2024-10-06T02:30:57.8251708",
    "Pos_Id": "sample string 8",
    "StockCode": "sample string 9",
    "StockDescription": "sample string 10",
    "BatchReference": "sample string 11",
    "PackSize": 12.0,
    "Quantity": 13.0,
    "UnitValue": 14.0,
    "VatAmount": 15.0,
    "DiscountValue": 16.0,
    "LocationCode": "sample string 17",
    "VatCode": "sample string 18",
    "SaleAnalysis": "sample string 19",
    "HeaderAnalysis": "sample string 20",
    "HeaderAnalysis1": "sample string 21",
    "HeaderAnalysis2": "sample string 22",
    "User_Id": "sample string 23",
    "OriginalSellingPrice": 24.0,
    "OriginalSellingPriceReference": "sample string 25",
    "Remarks": "sample string 26",
    "SalesmanCode": "sample string 27",
    "PaymentType": "sample string 30"
  },
  {
    "SystemReference": "sample string 1",
    "TransactionDate": "2024-10-06T02:30:57.8251708",
    "TransactionReference": "sample string 3",
    "TransactionType": "sample string 4",
    "ClientAccountCode": "sample string 5",
    "CustomerCode": "sample string 6",
    "PostDate": "2024-10-06T02:30:57.8251708",
    "Pos_Id": "sample string 8",
    "StockCode": "sample string 9",
    "StockDescription": "sample string 10",
    "BatchReference": "sample string 11",
    "PackSize": 12.0,
    "Quantity": 13.0,
    "UnitValue": 14.0,
    "VatAmount": 15.0,
    "DiscountValue": 16.0,
    "LocationCode": "sample string 17",
    "VatCode": "sample string 18",
    "SaleAnalysis": "sample string 19",
    "HeaderAnalysis": "sample string 20",
    "HeaderAnalysis1": "sample string 21",
    "HeaderAnalysis2": "sample string 22",
    "User_Id": "sample string 23",
    "OriginalSellingPrice": 24.0,
    "OriginalSellingPriceReference": "sample string 25",
    "Remarks": "sample string 26",
    "SalesmanCode": "sample string 27",
    "PaymentType": "sample string 30"
  }
]

Response Information

Resource Description

The operation's result

ImportSimsTransactionResult

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
Status	The status of the transaction after the attempt to post it to SIMS	ImportStatus	N/A
ErrorMessage	The message returned in case of an error.	string	N/A

Response Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:

{
  "Status": 0,
  "ErrorMessage": ""
}