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# Update a store department

> Updates a department. Stamping `deactivated_at` deactivates it and setting it back to null reactivates it; a deactivated department is retained so reporting and past orders still resolve the department they name. A department is only deactivated once it has no active products and no active sub-departments.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api/openapi.json patch /v1/store-departments/{id}
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Vori API
  description: ''
  version: 1.0.0
  contact: {}
servers:
  - url: https://api.vori.com
    description: production
security: []
tags: []
paths:
  /v1/store-departments/{id}:
    patch:
      tags:
        - Departments
      summary: Update a store department
      description: >-
        Updates a department. Stamping `deactivated_at` deactivates it and
        setting it back to null reactivates it; a deactivated department is
        retained so reporting and past orders still resolve the department they
        name. A department is only deactivated once it has no active products
        and no active sub-departments.
      operationId: updateStoreDepartment
      parameters:
        - name: id
          required: true
          in: path
          schema:
            type: string
            pattern: ^[0-9]+$
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateStoreDepartmentRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: ''
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StoreDepartment'
        '400':
          description: ''
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                anyOf:
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidParentDepartmentError'
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidDepartmentHierarchyError'
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/DepartmentHasActiveProductsError'
                  - $ref: >-
                      #/components/schemas/DepartmentHasActiveSubDepartmentsError
        '403':
          description: ''
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                anyOf:
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/InsufficientPermissionsError'
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/NoBannerAssociationError'
        '404':
          description: ''
      security:
        - bearer: []
components:
  schemas:
    UpdateStoreDepartmentRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        deactivated_at:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: >-
            When the department was deactivated. Null means active, so setting
            it reactivates the department.
          format: date-time
        exclude_from_sales_reporting:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether sales from this department are omitted from sales reporting.
        name:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable department name.
        parent_department_id:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: >-
            ID of the parent department, or null for a top-level department. A
            parent must itself be top-level: departments nest one level deep.
          pattern: ^[0-9]+$
    StoreDepartment:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Unique identifier for the store department.
        deactivated_at:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: When the department was deactivated, or null when it is active.
          format: date-time
        exclude_from_sales_reporting:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether sales from this department are omitted from sales reporting.
        name:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable department name.
        parent_department_id:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: ID of the parent department, or null for a top-level department.
      description: >-
        A grouping of products within a store, optionally nested under a parent
        department.
      required:
        - id
        - deactivated_at
        - exclude_from_sales_reporting
        - name
        - parent_department_id
    InvalidParentDepartmentError:
      type: object
      properties:
        error_code:
          type: string
          enum:
            - invalid_parent_department
      required:
        - error_code
    InvalidDepartmentHierarchyError:
      type: object
      properties:
        error_code:
          type: string
          enum:
            - invalid_department_hierarchy
      required:
        - error_code
    DepartmentHasActiveProductsError:
      type: object
      properties:
        error_code:
          type: string
          enum:
            - department_has_active_products
      required:
        - error_code
    DepartmentHasActiveSubDepartmentsError:
      type: object
      properties:
        error_code:
          type: string
          enum:
            - department_has_active_sub_departments
      required:
        - error_code
    InsufficientPermissionsError:
      type: object
      properties:
        error_code:
          type: string
          enum:
            - insufficient_permissions
        error_details:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/InsufficientPermissionsErrorDetails'
      required:
        - error_code
        - error_details
    NoBannerAssociationError:
      type: object
      properties:
        error_code:
          type: string
          enum:
            - no_banner_association
      required:
        - error_code
    InsufficientPermissionsErrorDetails:
      type: object
      properties:
        action:
          allOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Action'
        resource:
          allOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Resource'
      required:
        - action
        - resource
    Action:
      type: string
      enum:
        - '*'
        - cancel
        - check_in
        - create
        - delete
        - read
        - record_events
        - refund
        - restart
        - update
        - void
    Resource:
      type: string
      enum:
        - '*'
        - accounting_integration
        - agent_chats
        - api_clients
        - asynchronous_tasks
        - banners
        - blackhawk_transactions
        - capabilities
        - coupons
        - custom_quick_actions
        - datacap_transactions
        - departments
        - discounts
        - ditto_auth_tokens
        - edge_agents
        - electronic_shelf_labels
        - employees
        - files
        - food_modifiers
        - gift_cards
        - gl_code_mappings
        - house_accounts
        - inventory
        - inventory_sessions
        - invoices
        - item_modifiers
        - label_dimension_sets
        - label_sheet_profiles
        - label_stock_products
        - lanes
        - loyalty_bonuses
        - loyalty_campaigns
        - loyalty_rewards
        - notification_templates
        - offers
        - order_guides
        - pos_banner_configurations
        - pos_orders
        - pos_tills
        - price_tags
        - product_ranges
        - products
        - promotions
        - purchase_orders
        - receiving
        - reporting
        - revision_sessions
        - revisions
        - roles
        - shopper_tags
        - shoppers
        - store_product_inventory_counts
        - store_product_lots
        - store_product_rules
        - store_product_tag_templates
        - store_snap_incentive_program_coupons
        - store_vendor_merge_requests
        - store_vendor_product_merge_requests
        - store_vendor_products
        - store_vendors
        - stores
        - tag_printings
        - tag_template_presets
        - tag_templates
        - tax_rates
        - users
        - variable_weights
        - vendor_merge_requests
        - vendor_product_merge_requests
        - vendors
        - wallet_payments
        - wic_products
  securitySchemes:
    bearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer

````

## Related topics

- [Retrieve a store department](/api-reference/departments/retrieve-a-store-department.md)
- [Create a store department](/api-reference/departments/create-a-store-department.md)
- [List store departments](/api-reference/departments/list-store-departments.md)