Create a cost center
Finance module
POST/cost-centerscostCenters.create
A tenant cost center (GL dimension 1), created from canon templates or per event scope. Creates a cost center. Requires `Idempotency-Key`; a replay returns the original response. The organization is derived from the credential or the parent row, never from the body.
- Requires the capability finance.cost_center.write.
- OAuth scopes: finance.
- Send an Idempotency-Key header. A replay with the same key returns the original response.
- Error statuses: 400, 401, 409, 422, 429. Errors are RFC 9457 problem details.
Request body: CostCenterCreate
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| code | CostCenterCode | Yes | Cost center identifier (GL dimension 1).Constraints: pattern ^CC-[A-Z0-9-]+$ |
| name | string | Yes | Cost center name.Constraints: length 1 to 300 |
| kind | "Standing" | "Overhead" | "Event" | Yes | Cost center kind. |
| scope_node_id | string (uuid) | null | No | Identifier of the scope node. |
{
"code": "CC-VENUE",
"name": "Event 01 Opening Weekend",
"kind": "Standing",
"scope_node_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f"
}Response 201: CostCenter
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the cost center. |
| org_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the owning organization, derived from the parent row and never accepted from the caller. |
| created_at | string (date-time) | Yes | When the row was created. |
| created_by | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the person who created the row; null when a seed, platform or system process created it. |
| updated_at | string (date-time) | Yes | When the row was last updated. |
| updated_by | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the person who last updated the row; null when a seed, platform or system process updated it. |
| code | CostCenterCode | Yes | Cost center identifier (GL dimension 1).Constraints: pattern ^CC-[A-Z0-9-]+$ |
| name | string | Yes | Cost center name.Constraints: length 1 to 300 |
| kind | "Standing" | "Overhead" | "Event" | Yes | Cost center kind. |
| scope_node_id | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the scope node. |
| template_id | string | null | Yes | Canon cost center template.Constraints: pattern ^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._-]{0,63}$ |
{
"id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"org_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"created_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"created_by": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"updated_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"updated_by": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"code": "CC-VENUE",
"name": "Event 01 Opening Weekend",
"kind": "Standing",
"scope_node_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"template_id": "CC-VENUE"
}Code samples
curl -X POST "$XOS_BASE_URL/cost-centers" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $XOS_API_KEY" \
-H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"code":"CC-VENUE","name":"Event 01 Opening Weekend","kind":"Standing","scope_node_id":"0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f"}'const { data } = await xos.costCenters.create({
"code": "CC-VENUE",
"name": "Event 01 Opening Weekend",
"kind": "Standing",
"scope_node_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f"
});response = xos.cost_centers.create({"code": "CC-VENUE", "name": "Event 01 Opening Weekend", "kind": "Standing", "scope_node_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f"})xos cost-centers create --data '{"code":"CC-VENUE","name":"Event 01 Opening Weekend","kind":"Standing","scope_node_id":"0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f"}'