# Retrieve a position

Operation ID: `getPsaPosition`

Group: PSA › Positions

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`GET /psa/positions/{id}`

Read-only: Reads and returns; changes nothing.

Retrieves a position. The psaProjectId and the other reference ids on a position are numeric ids, not UUIDs, so you can't use them to read the project or any other record they point to.

## 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`. |
| `id` | path | string | yes | The unique identifier of the position you want to retrieve. Example: `"7c2e91a4-58fd-4b30-9e17-3a6d05fb824c"`. |

## Response

`200` Success

Under `data` (getPsaPositionOutput):

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string | yes | The unique identifier for the position. Example: `"7c2e91a4-58fd-4b30-9e17-3a6d05fb824c"`. |
| `psaProjectId` | number | yes | The id of the PSA project this position belongs to. It is a numeric key, not the UUID that GET psa/projects/:id takes. Example: `32341`. |
| `name` | string | no | The display name of the position. Example: `"Senior Consultant"`. |
| `description` | string | no | A free-form description of the position's responsibilities. Example: `"Leads the delivery workstream on site."`. |
| `salesOrderProductLineId` | number | no | The id of the sales order product line this position fulfills. It is a numeric key. There is no endpoint for it. |
| `salesOrderProductLineRateCardEntryId` | number | no | The id of the sales order product line rate card entry used for billing. It is a numeric key. There is no endpoint for it. |
| `productId` | number | no | The id of the product this position is billed against. It is a numeric key, not the UUID that GET accounting/products/:id takes. |
| `productLineId` | number | no | The id of the product line this position is billed against. It is a numeric key, not the UUID that GET accounting/product-lines/:id takes. |
| `productLineRateCardEntryId` | number | no | The id of the product line rate card entry. It is a numeric key. There is no endpoint for it. |
| `billable` | boolean | no | Whether work in this position is billable to the customer. Example: `true`. |
| `unitOfMeasure` | string | no | The unit the stored bill rate, cost rate and budget are expressed in. It is a member of the UnitOfMeasureType enum, in practice 'hour' or 'day' for a position, with 'hour' the default. Example: `"hour"`. |
| `hourlyBillRate` | decimal | no | The bill rate for this position, as an hourly amount, in the currency given by hourlyBillRateCurrency. Example: `"185.00"`. |
| `hourlyBillRateCurrency` | string | no | The currency of hourlyBillRate. Format ISO 4217, for example 'USD'. Example: `"USD"`. |
| `hourlyCostRate` | decimal | no | The cost rate for this position, as an hourly amount, in the currency given by hourlyCostRateCurrency. Example: `"110.00"`. |
| `hourlyCostRateCurrency` | string | no | The currency of hourlyCostRate. Format ISO 4217, for example 'USD'. Example: `"USD"`. |
| `hoursBudget` | decimal | no | The budgeted hours for this position. It is a quantity in hours and has no currency. Example: `"120.00"`. |
| `invoiced` | boolean | no | Whether work in this position has been invoiced. Example: `false`. |
| `hrPositionId` | number | no | The id of the HR position this PSA position maps to. It is a numeric key, not the UUID that GET people/positions/:id takes. |
| `skillLevelId` | number | no | The id of the skill level (position seniority) this PSA position maps to. It is a numeric key. There is no endpoint for it. |
| `lastModifiedDate` | date-time | yes | The date and time the position record last changed, in UTC. Format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ. Example: `"2026-08-14T11:20:31.004Z"`. |

```json
{
  "data": {
    "id": "7c2e91a4-58fd-4b30-9e17-3a6d05fb824c",
    "psaProjectId": 32341,
    "name": "Senior Consultant",
    "description": "Leads the delivery workstream on site.",
    "salesOrderProductLineId": 0,
    "salesOrderProductLineRateCardEntryId": 0,
    "productId": 0,
    "productLineId": 0,
    "productLineRateCardEntryId": 0,
    "billable": true,
    "unitOfMeasure": "hour",
    "hourlyBillRate": "185.00",
    "hourlyBillRateCurrency": "USD",
    "hourlyCostRate": "110.00",
    "hourlyCostRateCurrency": "USD",
    "hoursBudget": "120.00",
    "invoiced": false,
    "hrPositionId": 0,
    "skillLevelId": 0,
    "lastModifiedDate": "2026-08-14T11:20:31.004Z"
  },
  "diagnostics": [
    {
      "code": "<code>",
      "message": "<message>",
      "severity": "error",
      "path": [
        "<path>"
      ],
      "details": "<details>"
    }
  ]
}
```

## Errors

| Code | Status |
| --- | --- |
| `NOT_FOUND` | 400 |

## Statuses

- `400` — Invalid request or business failure. Codes: NOT_FOUND
- `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