Add positions in bulk

POST/api/v1/headcount-plans/{plan_id}/positions/bulk

Add up to 500 positions at once (a pasted roster).

Operation ID: bulk_add_planned_positions·View as markdown·OpenAPI slice

Authentication

Bearer token authentication. Pass your DayZero API token in the Authorization header and the target business UUID in x-business-id.

Parameters

Path

plan_idstringrequired

Request body

Schema: PlannedPositionBulkCreateRequest

positionsarray · PlannedPositionCreateRequestrequiredPlannedPositionCreateRequest

Positions to add.

10 fields

titlestringrequired: Job title.
departmentstring: Department.
annual_salary_centsintegerrequired: Annual base salary in cents.
benefits_multiplierinteger: Fully loaded cost as a percent of salary: 130 = salary plus 30% for benefits and employer taxes.
start_datestring · daterequired: First day in the role.
end_datestring · date: Last day in the role; empty for open-ended.
statusPositionStatusEnumPositionStatusEnum: planned, approved, filled or cancelled (cancelled is left out of every total).
notesstring: Notes.
ledger_idstring: Expense account the cost lands in when the plan is pushed to a budget.
employee_idstring: People roster row that fills the position.

Responses

201Successful Response

Schema: SuccessEnvelope_PlannedPositionListResponse_

successboolean
messagestring
codestring
dataPlannedPositionListResponse

400Bad Request - Invalid input

Schema: ErrorResponse

errorstringrequired: Error category: validation_error, unauthorized, forbidden, not_found, conflict, rate_limited, server_error, or service_unavailable.
messagestringrequired: Human-readable explanation, safe to show to end users.
codestringrequired: Stable machine-readable code in CATEGORY_NNN form (e.g. NOT_FOUND_006, AUTH_010, GEN_002).
request_idstring: Correlation id for support requests. Echoes the x-request-id request header when one was supplied.
errorsobject: Field-level validation messages keyed by field name. Present on 400/422 validation failures only.

401Unauthorized - Missing or expired token, an MCP OAuth token used against the REST API, or no access to this business

Schema: ErrorResponse

errorstringrequired: Error category: validation_error, unauthorized, forbidden, not_found, conflict, rate_limited, server_error, or service_unavailable.
messagestringrequired: Human-readable explanation, safe to show to end users.
codestringrequired: Stable machine-readable code in CATEGORY_NNN form (e.g. NOT_FOUND_006, AUTH_010, GEN_002).
request_idstring: Correlation id for support requests. Echoes the x-request-id request header when one was supplied.
errorsobject: Field-level validation messages keyed by field name. Present on 400/422 validation failures only.

403Forbidden - Insufficient permissions

Schema: ErrorResponse

errorstringrequired: Error category: validation_error, unauthorized, forbidden, not_found, conflict, rate_limited, server_error, or service_unavailable.
messagestringrequired: Human-readable explanation, safe to show to end users.
codestringrequired: Stable machine-readable code in CATEGORY_NNN form (e.g. NOT_FOUND_006, AUTH_010, GEN_002).
request_idstring: Correlation id for support requests. Echoes the x-request-id request header when one was supplied.
errorsobject: Field-level validation messages keyed by field name. Present on 400/422 validation failures only.

404Not Found - Resource does not exist

Schema: ErrorResponse

errorstringrequired: Error category: validation_error, unauthorized, forbidden, not_found, conflict, rate_limited, server_error, or service_unavailable.
messagestringrequired: Human-readable explanation, safe to show to end users.
codestringrequired: Stable machine-readable code in CATEGORY_NNN form (e.g. NOT_FOUND_006, AUTH_010, GEN_002).
request_idstring: Correlation id for support requests. Echoes the x-request-id request header when one was supplied.
errorsobject: Field-level validation messages keyed by field name. Present on 400/422 validation failures only.

422Validation Error

Schema: ErrorResponse

errorstringrequired: Error category: validation_error, unauthorized, forbidden, not_found, conflict, rate_limited, server_error, or service_unavailable.
messagestringrequired: Human-readable explanation, safe to show to end users.
codestringrequired: Stable machine-readable code in CATEGORY_NNN form (e.g. NOT_FOUND_006, AUTH_010, GEN_002).
request_idstring: Correlation id for support requests. Echoes the x-request-id request header when one was supplied.
errorsobject: Field-level validation messages keyed by field name. Present on 400/422 validation failures only.

Code samples

POST/api/v1/headcount-plans/{plan_id}/positions/bulk

bash

curl -X POST 'https://api.ondayzero.com/api/v1/headcount-plans/{plan_id}/positions/bulk' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer dz_your_token' \
  -H 'x-business-id: YOUR_BUSINESS_ID' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "positions": []
}'