# List teams

Operation ID: `teams`

Group: People Management › Teams

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

`GET /people/teams`

Read-only: Reads and returns; changes nothing.

Lists teams. To list one team's direct child teams, filter by parentId.

## 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
- `name` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `teamType` — 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
- `startDate` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between
- `endDate` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between
- `employeeCount` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between
- `parentId` — 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, teamNumber, name, teamType, status, startDate, endDate, employeeCount, lastModifiedDate
- Selectable: id, teamNumber, name, teamType, status, startDate, endDate, employeeCount, parentId, parentName, lastModifiedDate
- `page[size]` — Page size
- `page[cursor]` — Opaque continuation cursor

## Response

`200` Success

Under `data`, an array of teamsRow:

| 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 team. |
| `teamNumber` | string \| null | no | no | yes | The system-generated team number. Absent while none has been assigned. |
| `name` | string | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The name of the team. |
| `teamType` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The type of the team. Possible values: 'hrTeam', 'psaTeam'. |
| `status` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The status of the team, derived from its dates. 'planned' before the start date, 'active' between the dates, 'inactive' after the end date. |
| `startDate` | date \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`) | yes | The first day the team exists. Format YYYY-MM-DD. |
| `endDate` | date \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`) | yes | The last day the team exists. Format YYYY-MM-DD. Absent for a team with no planned end. |
| `employeeCount` | number \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`) | yes | The number of active members of the team. |
| `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 team. Absent for a top-level team. See id on GET people/teams/:id. |
| `parentName` | string \| null | no | no | no | The name of the parent team. Absent for a top-level team. |
| `lastModifiedDate` | date-time | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`) | yes | The date and time the team record last changed, in UTC. Format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ. |

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
      "teamNumber": "<teamNumber>",
      "name": "<name>",
      "teamType": "<teamType>",
      "status": "<status>",
      "startDate": "2026-01-15",
      "endDate": "2026-01-15",
      "employeeCount": 0,
      "parentId": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
      "parentName": "<parentName>",
      "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