Departments API (/departments)
Use the departments API to mimic your business' operating structure and organize content groups and users accordingly.
Use the departments API to mimic your business' operating structure and organize content groups and users accordingly.
The URL to access departments is: https://<instance>/api/departments
See Integration Best Practices for more info.
Actions
The Departments API allows you to:
Verb | Path | Action | Description |
---|---|---|---|
POST | /api/departments |
create | Create department |
GET | /api/departments |
index | Query departments |
GET | /api/departments/:id |
show | Show department |
PUT | /api/departments/:id |
update | Update department |
Elements
The following elements are available for the Departments API:
Element | Description | Required Field? | Unique? | Allowable Value | Api_In Field? | Api_Out Field? | Data Type |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
active | Control whether the Department is Active or Inactive | true, false | yes | yes | boolean | ||
created-at | Automatically created by Coupa in the format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+HH:MMZ | yes | datetime | ||||
created-by | User who created | yes | Use | ||||
id | Coupa unique identifier | yes | integer | ||||
name | Department Name | yes | yes | yes | yes | string | |
updated-at | Automatically created by Coupa in the format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+HH:MMZ | yes | datetime | ||||
updated-by | User who updated | yes | User |