---
title: "Lusid.ChartOfAccounts"
slug: "lusidchartofaccounts"
tags: ["Chart of accounts", "COA", "provider"]
updated: 2024-08-21T08:14:26Z
published: 2024-08-21T08:14:26Z
canonical: "support.lusid.com/lusidchartofaccounts"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Lusid.ChartOfAccounts

| **Type** | **Read/write** | **Author** | **Availability** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Data provider](/v1/docs/what-are-a-data-provider-and-a-direct-provider) | Read | FINBOURNE | Provided with LUSID |

Providing you have sufficient [access control permissions](/v1/docs/creating-policies-to-control-access-to-providers-for-different-luminesce-end-users), the `Lusid.ChartOfAccounts` provider enables you to write a [Luminesce SQL query](/v1/docs/understanding-the-luminesce-sql-query-syntax) that retrieves [chart of account](/v1/docs/how-do-i-create-a-chart-of-accounts) (CoA) entities stored in LUSID.

> **Note**: By default, `Lusid.ChartOfAccounts` cannot retrieve properties for CoA entities. To do this, you must first configure `Lusid.ChartOfAccounts` to 'inline' properties. [See how to do this](/v1/docs/how-do-i-configure-luminesce-entity-providers-to-readwrite-properties).

**See also**: [Lusid.ChartOfAccounts.Writer](/v1/docs/lusidchartofaccountswriter)

## Basic usage

```sql
select * from Lusid.ChartOfAccounts where <filter-expression>
```

## Query parameters

`Lusid.ChartOfAccounts` has parameters that enable you to filter or refine a query.

To list available parameters, their data types, default values, and an explanation for each, run the following query using a [suitable tool](/v1/docs/what-tools-are-available-to-write-luminesce-queries):

```sql
select FieldName, DataType, ParamDefaultValue, Description from Sys.Field where TableName = 'Lusid.ChartOfAccounts' and FieldType = 'Parameter';
```

## Data fields

By default, `Lusid.ChartOfAccounts` returns a table of data populated with particular fields (columns). You can return a subset of these fields.

To list fields available to return, their data types, whether fields are considered 'main', and an explanation for each, run the following query using a [suitable tool](/v1/docs/what-tools-are-available-to-write-luminesce-queries):

```sql
select FieldName, DataType, IsMain, IsPrimaryKey, SampleValues, Description from Sys.Field where TableName = 'Lusid.ChartOfAccounts' and FieldType = 'Column';
```

> **Note:** Fields marked 'main' are returned by queries that select a caret character, for example `select ^ from Lusid.ChartOfAccounts`.

## Examples

> **Note:** For more example Luminesce SQL queries, visit our [Github repo](https://github.com/finbourne/luminesce-examples/tree/master/examples/lusid/abor).

### Example 1: Retrieve every CoA

```sql
select * from Lusid.ChartOfAccounts;
```

### Example 2: Retrieve a particular CoA

```sql
select * from Lusid.ChartOfAccounts where ChartOfAccountsScope = 'Abor' and ChartOfAccountsCode = 'Standard';
```

### Example 3: Retrieve CoAs with particular names

This query retrieves names starting both 's' and 'S'.

```sql
select * from Lusid.ChartOfAccounts where DisplayName like 's%';
```