# List departments

Operation ID: `departments`

Group: People Management › Departments

[Open in the interactive reference](https://docs.api.lensing.ai/lensing/v1/endpoints/departments)

`GET /people/departments`

Read-only: Reads and returns; changes nothing.

Lists departments. GET people/departments/:id also returns managerId, parentName, startDate, endDate, and externalIdentifiers.

## Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `Api-Version` | header | string · v1 | yes | The API version this request targets, named by its public identifier. Required on every request; omitting it, or naming a version this company does not have, is answered with 400. This document describes version `v1`. |

## Query surface

- `id` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `departmentNumber` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `departmentCode` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `parentId` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `name` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `status` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `lastModifiedDate` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between
- Orderable: id, departmentNumber, departmentCode, name, managerName, status, employeeCount, lastModifiedDate
- Selectable: id, departmentNumber, departmentCode, parentId, name, description, managerName, status, employeeCount, lastModifiedDate
- `page[size]` — Page size
- `page[cursor]` — Opaque continuation cursor

## Response

`200` Success

Under `data`, an array of departmentsRow:

| Field | Type | Required | Filter | Sort | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The unique identifier for the department. |
| `departmentNumber` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The system-generated department number, for example '100010'. Absent while none has been assigned. |
| `departmentCode` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The short code for the department, for example 'IT', 'HR' or 'FIN'. |
| `parentId` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | no | The identifier of the parent department. Absent for a top-level department. See id on GET people/departments/:id. |
| `name` | string | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The display name of the department. |
| `description` | string \| null | no | no | no | A free-form description of the department's purpose and responsibilities. |
| `managerName` | string \| null | no | no | yes | The full name of the department's managing employee. Absent when no manager is assigned. |
| `status` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The timeline status of the department. Possible values: 'planned', 'inactive', 'active', 'canceled'. |
| `employeeCount` | number \| null | no | no | yes | The number of employees in the department. |
| `lastModifiedDate` | date-time \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`) | yes | The date and time the department record last changed, in UTC. Format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ. |

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
      "departmentNumber": "<departmentNumber>",
      "departmentCode": "<departmentCode>",
      "parentId": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
      "name": "<name>",
      "description": "<description>",
      "managerName": "<managerName>",
      "status": "<status>",
      "employeeCount": 0,
      "lastModifiedDate": "2026-01-15T09:30:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "pagination": {
    "hasMore": true,
    "nextCursor": "<nextCursor>"
  }
}
```

## Statuses

- `400` — Invalid request or business failure
- `401` — The request carries no valid access token.
- `403` — Not authorized
- `404` — Not found
- `429` — Too many requests from this client address. The response has no body and no `Retry-After` header.
- `500` — Internal server error