> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.creditriskmonitor.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create Credit Limits for a Business > Creates new credit limit parameters with monitoring thresholds. Use the [**Login** endpoint](/api-reference/user/logs-a-user-in) to retrieve the **`SessionKey`**, then include it in the **Authorization** field for authentication. ## OpenAPI ````yaml post /v1/Business/CreditLimit openapi: 3.0.0 info: version: v2 title: Credit Risk Monitor API servers: - url: https://api.creditriskmonitor.com security: [] paths: /v1/Business/CreditLimit: post: tags: - Business summary: Creates a new Credit Limit operationId: Business_PostCreditLimit parameters: - name: AvgTrans in: query description: The average amount you expect to sell to this customer per month. required: true schema: format: double type: number - name: TransLimit in: query description: >- The maximum number of months of sales outstanding that you will tolerate from this customer (1 or more). required: true schema: format: double type: number - name: LossLimit in: query description: >- Sets an upper limit on the probability-weighted loss from this customer. required: true schema: format: double type: number - name: ExistingCreditLimit in: query description: Your current credit limit for this customer. required: true schema: format: int32 type: integer - name: MonitorHi in: query description: Alert me if maximum limit goes ABOVE this value. required: true schema: type: integer format: int64 - name: MonitorLo in: query description: Alert me if maximum limit goes BELOW this value. required: true schema: type: integer format: int64 - name: RiskApp in: query description: >- Select the level of risk that is consistent with your credit strategy. (HIGH, MED, LOW) required: true schema: type: string - name: CostOfCapital in: query description: Your cost of capital. required: true schema: format: double type: number - name: SaleGrossMargin in: query description: Your expected Gross Profit Margin from sales to this customer. required: true schema: format: double type: number - name: MonitorFlag in: query description: Select if you want automatic email alerts on this credit limit. required: true schema: type: string - name: id in: query description: BusinessId of the Business to get a Credit Limit for. required: false schema: format: int32 type: integer - name: CustomerId in: query description: >- If you are a Trade Provider you can use your CustomerId to idenfity a Business with the CustomerId parameter. required: false schema: type: string - name: SupplierId in: query description: >- If you have a Supplier List you can use your SupplierId to identify a Business with the SupplierId parameter. required: false schema: type: string responses: '200': description: OK content: application/json: schema: $ref: >- #/components/schemas/APIResponseContainer_APICreditLimitResponse_ text/json: schema: $ref: >- #/components/schemas/APIResponseContainer_APICreditLimitResponse_ text/html: schema: $ref: >- #/components/schemas/APIResponseContainer_APICreditLimitResponse_ application/xml: schema: $ref: >- #/components/schemas/APIResponseContainer_APICreditLimitResponse_ text/xml: schema: $ref: >- #/components/schemas/APIResponseContainer_APICreditLimitResponse_ components: schemas: APIResponseContainer_APICreditLimitResponse_: description: '' type: object properties: Success: description: '' type: boolean Data: $ref: '#/components/schemas/APICreditLimitResponse' ErrorCode: description: '' type: string APICreditLimitResponse: description: '' type: object properties: MaxLimit: format: int32 description: Maximum Credit Limit type: integer RecommendedCreditLimit: format: int32 description: Recommended Credit Limit type: integer ZScore: format: double description: ZScore for the Business type: number StockVolatility: format: double description: >- A measure of the amount by which a company's daily stock price fluctuates over a trailing 6 month period, with greater weighting given to the recent months type: number Leverage: format: double description: >- A calculation of Leverage and Debt Coverage. Leverage is Total Liabilities divided by Total Assets, and is typically between 0 and 1.4. A lower value is better. type: number LatestStatementDate: format: date-time description: The date of the financials used in the credit limit calculations. type: string Rationale: description: Comments/Rational related to the credit limit. type: string readOnly: true AvgTransaction: format: double description: The average amount you expect to sell to this customer per month. type: number TransactionLimit: format: int32 description: >- The maximum number of months of sales outstanding that you will tolerate from this customer (1 or more). type: integer MaxExpectedLossLimit: format: int32 description: Upper limit on the probability-weighted loss from this customer. type: integer RiskAppetite: description: >- Level of risk that is consistent with your credit strategy (HIGH, MED, or LOW) type: string CostOfCapital: format: double description: Your cost of capital type: number GrossMargin: format: double description: Your expected Gross Profit Margin from sales to this customer type: number ExistingCreditLimit: format: int32 description: Your current credit limit for this customer. type: integer MonitorFlag: description: Automatic monitoring (A - Automatic, Y - Manual, N - No monitoring) type: string MonitorHi: format: int64 description: Alert me if maximum limit goes ABOVE this value type: integer MonitorLo: format: int64 description: Alert me if maximum limit goes BELOW this value type: integer CurrencyCode: description: The Currency Code of this Business (USD, GBP, JPY, etc) type: string BusinessId: format: int32 description: Id of the Business type: integer PrimaryBusinessName: description: Name of the Business type: string ````