# Brex and CDF3

Get answers to all of your questions regarding Brex

**URL Source:** https://www.brex.com/support/brex-and-cdf3

---

## Overview

<!-- plans: Premium, Enterprise, Smart card -->

CDF3 (Card Data Feed v3) is a daily, structured file of your Brex card transactions delivered over SFTP and formatted for common third-party expense systems (e.g., Workday, Coupa).  
  
These are the spend management systems that Brex CDF3 supports:

- Workday Expense
- Coupa Expense
- Oracle iExpense
- Nexonia
- Emburse
- Other: Please contact us if you are using a different system to confirm compatibility.

To integrate with CDF3, please contact your Brex representative.

## CDF3 standard fields

We deliver a standard CDF3 format file on a daily basis.  
  
Common transaction fields include, but are not limited to:

- ProcessorTransactionId
- PostingDate
- TransactionDate
- AmountInOriginalCurrency
- OriginalCurrencyCode
- AmountInPostedCurrency
- PostedCurrencyCode
- AmountInBillingCurrency
- BillingCurrencyCode
- EmployeeId
- CardAcceptorName
- LegalCorporationName

**Note: **Reach out to your Implementation team for a full list of standard fields.

## Setup

To start a CDF3 feed from your Brex account, follow these steps:  
  
**Step 1**: Provide us with the following for the SFTP directory to which we will be sending the CDF3 file:

- File path
- Credentials
- Encryption key for.

**Step 2**: Create a Brex API token with the following scopes. Please reach out to your Brex consultant to obtain a secure link to send the API token to us.

- Team
   - Users: Read
   - Locations: Read
   - Departments: Read
   - Titles: None
   - Cards: Read
   - Card Numbers Read and Send: None
   - Companies: Read
- Transactions
   - Card Accounts: Read
   - Card Transactions: Read
   - Card Statements: Read
   - Cash Accounts: None
   - Cash Transactions: None
   - Cash Statements: None
- Expenses
   - Card Expenses: Read

**Step 3: **After you receive the API token and server credentials, we’ll send you the first test file and make any necessary adjustments.  
  
**Step 4:** After going live, a CDF3 file with the previous day's cleared transactions will be automatically delivered once a day.

**Note:** Brex delivers a standard CDF3 file on a daily cadence. After go-live, each file contains the previous day’s cleared transactions.