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# Create an allowance adjustment

> Creates a manual adjustment (positive or negative) for a member's allowance. Use this for one-off corrections, bonuses, or deductions. The adjustment is applied to the fiscal year containing the given date.



## OpenAPI

````yaml https://api.absentify.com/api/v1/openapi.json post /members/{member_id}/adjustments
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: absentify CRUD API
  description: OpenAPI compliant REST API
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.absentify.com/api/v1
security: []
tags:
  - name: Departments
  - name: Leave types
  - name: Members
  - name: Requests
  - name: Public holidays
  - name: Workspace
  - name: Absences
  - name: Allowance Management
  - name: Out of office
externalDocs:
  url: https://absentify.com/docs/en/api-reference
paths:
  /members/{member_id}/adjustments:
    post:
      tags:
        - Allowance Management
      summary: Create an allowance adjustment
      description: >-
        Creates a manual adjustment (positive or negative) for a member's
        allowance. Use this for one-off corrections, bonuses, or deductions. The
        adjustment is applied to the fiscal year containing the given date.
      operationId: allowanceRule-createAdjustment
      parameters:
        - in: path
          name: member_id
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
            pattern: >-
              ^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12})$
          required: true
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                allowance_type_id:
                  type: string
                  format: uuid
                  pattern: >-
                    ^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12})$
                amount:
                  type: number
                  minimum: -100000
                  maximum: 100000
                  description: >-
                    Adjustment amount (positive to add, negative to subtract).
                    For day-based allowance types the value is in days; for
                    hour-based allowance types the value is in MINUTES (e.g. 480
                    = 8 hours).
                date:
                  description: Effective date of the adjustment in YYYY-MM-DD format
                  type: string
                  pattern: ^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$
                expiry_date:
                  description: >-
                    Optional. The LAST day (inclusive, YYYY-MM-DD) these days
                    can still be used; from the day after, whatever is left of
                    them is forfeited. To let them be used through 2026-08-31,
                    send 2026-08-31. May equal `date` (granted and gone the same
                    day). Only allowed for positive adjustments.
                  anyOf:
                    - type: string
                      pattern: ^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$
                    - type: 'null'
                comment:
                  default: ''
                  description: Optional comment for audit trail (max 500 characters)
                  type: string
                  maxLength: 500
              required:
                - allowance_type_id
                - amount
                - date
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  id:
                    type: number
                required:
                  - id
                additionalProperties: false
        '400':
          description: Invalid input data
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/error.BAD_REQUEST'
        '401':
          description: Authorization not provided
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/error.UNAUTHORIZED'
        '403':
          description: Insufficient access
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/error.FORBIDDEN'
        '500':
          description: Internal server error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/error.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR'
      security:
        - ApiKey: []
components:
  schemas:
    error.BAD_REQUEST:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: The error message
          example: Invalid input data
        code:
          type: string
          description: The error code
          example: BAD_REQUEST
        issues:
          description: An array of issues that were responsible for the error
          example: []
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              message:
                type: string
            required:
              - message
            additionalProperties: false
      required:
        - message
        - code
      additionalProperties: false
      title: Invalid input data error (400)
      description: The error information
      example:
        code: BAD_REQUEST
        message: Invalid input data
        issues: []
    error.UNAUTHORIZED:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: The error message
          example: Authorization not provided
        code:
          type: string
          description: The error code
          example: UNAUTHORIZED
        issues:
          description: An array of issues that were responsible for the error
          example: []
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              message:
                type: string
            required:
              - message
            additionalProperties: false
      required:
        - message
        - code
      additionalProperties: false
      title: Authorization not provided error (401)
      description: The error information
      example:
        code: UNAUTHORIZED
        message: Authorization not provided
        issues: []
    error.FORBIDDEN:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: The error message
          example: Insufficient access
        code:
          type: string
          description: The error code
          example: FORBIDDEN
        issues:
          description: An array of issues that were responsible for the error
          example: []
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              message:
                type: string
            required:
              - message
            additionalProperties: false
      required:
        - message
        - code
      additionalProperties: false
      title: Insufficient access error (403)
      description: The error information
      example:
        code: FORBIDDEN
        message: Insufficient access
        issues: []
    error.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: The error message
          example: Internal server error
        code:
          type: string
          description: The error code
          example: INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR
        issues:
          description: An array of issues that were responsible for the error
          example: []
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              message:
                type: string
            required:
              - message
            additionalProperties: false
      required:
        - message
        - code
      additionalProperties: false
      title: Internal server error error (500)
      description: The error information
      example:
        code: INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR
        message: Internal server error
        issues: []
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKey:
      type: apiKey
      name: X-API-KEY
      in: header

````