Available in version 0.10.0 and later.

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Overview

Balance Reconciliation verifies accuracy by recalculating a balance from its transactions to ensure it correctly reflects all recorded activity. It also ensures that the ledger remains a reliable source of truth by identifying and correcting discrepancies.

Unlike Historical Balances, which only computes and displays balances, Balance Reconciliation also applies corrections directly to your ledger when discrepancies are found, such as when the balance has been modified without authorization.

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Running a balance reconciliation

To reconcile a balance, update its metadata with the following request:

POST https://YOUR_BLNK_INSTANCE_URL/{balance_id}/metadata

{
  "meta_data": {
    "BLNK_RUN_RECONCILIATION": "SOURCE"
  }
}

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Verifying the results

To check the reconciliation results, retrieve the balance details with the Get Balance endpoint:

GET https://YOUR_BLNK_INSTANCE_URL/balances/{balance_id}

The reconciliation results will be available in the meta_data object:

Response
{
  "meta_data": {
    "BLNK_RECONCILIATION_RESULT": {
      "difference": "103842",
      "executed_at": "2025-03-16 22:55:34.281624+00",
      "previous_balance": "600",
      "previous_credit": "1200",
      "previous_debit": "600",
      "recalculated_balance": "104442",
      "recalculated_credit": "119600",
      "recalculated_debit": "15158"
    }
  }
}
FieldDescription
differenceThe discrepancy between the previous balance and the recalculated balance.
executed_atThe timestamp when the reconciliation was performed.
previous_balanceThe balance recorded before reconciliation.
previous_creditThe total credit amount recorded before reconciliation.
previous_debitThe total debit amount recorded before reconciliation.
recalculated_balanceThe corrected balance after reconciliation.
recalculated_creditThe total credit amount after recalculating from transactions.
recalculated_debitThe total debit amount after recalculating from transactions.

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Key considerations

  1. If the difference is zero, the balance was already accurate.
  2. If the difference is non-zero, the ledger has been updated to reflect the corrected balance.

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