Common Terms

If you are a newbie in the Fatture in Cloud world, you will most probably feel overwhelmed by the amount of information that you can find in this documentation.

This is why we suggest you get started by learning what we're talking about: we think that you need to get accustomed to the terms used by the Fatture in Cloud API as a very first step.

🔖  Common Terms List

Below you can find a list of the main concepts that you need to know:

🙍‍♂️  User

The single user who can log into the web application, e.g. an account. A user could have access to multiple companies.

🏢  Company

A company is the core entity of the Fatture in Cloud: all the following resources are owned by a company. This is the reason why it will be often necessary to indicate the company to work on using our APIs. A company has at least one user who can access its resources; each user could have access with different permission levels.

👔  Client

A customer of the company, e.g. the actor who buys the company's products.

🚚  Supplier

A supplier of the company, e.g. the actor who provides the products or materials to the company.

🍔  Product

The product (or service), e.g. the resource offered by the company.

📤  Issued Document

A document emitted by the company, such as an invoice or delivery note.

📥  Received Document

A document received by the company, such as an invoice emitted by a company's supplier after a purchase.

📃  Receipt

An entry in the "receipt log" (Registro Corrispettivi) of the company. Usually, an entry represents the sum of all the receipts made on daily basis.

💸  F24

An F24 is a document model used in Italy to pay certain types of taxes.

📁  Archive

An archive document is a generic type document that has been uploaded to keep it where the business happens, e.g. an account statement, a contract, an accounting document, etc.

📔  Cashbook Entry

An entry in the cashbook, describing a single inbound or outbound transaction.