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# List business units

A named organizational unit used to configure invoice settings and group clients and projects.


## OpenAPI

````yaml openapi.json GET /business-units
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Ruddr API
  version: '1.0'
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://www.ruddr.com/master-subscription-agreement
servers:
  - url: https://www.ruddr.io/api/workspace
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Allocations
    description: Manage resource allocations for scheduling team members to projects.
  - name: Availability Periods
    description: Manage member availability periods for capacity planning.
  - name: Business Units
    description: >-
      Manage business units for organizing invoice settings and grouping clients
      and projects.
  - name: Client Roles
    description: Manage client roles and their billing terms.
  - name: Client Tags
    description: Manage tags for categorizing clients.
  - name: Clients
    description: Manage clients and their billing settings.
  - name: Companies
    description: Manage companies in the CRM pipeline.
  - name: Company Spend Tiers
    description: Manage spend tier classifications for companies.
  - name: Company Types
    description: Manage type classifications for companies.
  - name: Contact Tags
    description: Manage tags for categorizing contacts.
  - name: Contacts
    description: Manage contacts associated with clients, companies, and opportunities.
  - name: Cost Periods
    description: Manage member cost rate periods for profitability tracking.
  - name: Credit Notes
    description: View credit notes issued against invoices.
  - name: Disciplines
    description: Manage disciplines for classifying member skill areas.
  - name: Exchange Rate
    description: Get exchange rates for multi-currency workspaces.
  - name: Exchange Rate Periods
    description: Manage custom exchange rate periods for currency conversion.
  - name: Expense Categories
    description: Manage expense categories for tracking and reporting.
  - name: Expense Items
    description: Manage individual expense line items.
  - name: Expense Reports
    description: Manage expense reports submitted by members.
  - name: Holiday Schedules
    description: Manage holiday schedules for capacity and availability planning.
  - name: Holidays
    description: Manage individual holidays within holiday schedules.
  - name: Industries
    description: Manage industry classifications for clients and companies.
  - name: Invoice Items
    description: Manage invoice line item types for billing.
  - name: Invoices
    description: View invoices and their line items.
  - name: Job Titles
    description: Manage job title classifications for members.
  - name: Locations
    description: Manage office locations for members and projects.
  - name: Member Certifications
    description: Manage certification types that can be assigned to members.
  - name: Member Levels
    description: Manage member level classifications for career tracking.
  - name: Member Tags
    description: Manage tags for categorizing members.
  - name: Members
    description: Manage workspace members and their profiles.
  - name: Opportunities
    description: Manage sales opportunities in the CRM pipeline.
  - name: Opportunity Pipelines
    description: Manage pipelines for tracking opportunity stages.
  - name: Opportunity Lead Sources
    description: Manage lead source classifications for opportunities.
  - name: Opportunity Stages
    description: Manage pipeline stage definitions for opportunities.
  - name: Opportunity Tags
    description: Manage tags for categorizing opportunities.
  - name: Opportunity Types
    description: Manage type classifications for opportunities.
  - name: Payment Methods
    description: Manage payment method options for invoices.
  - name: Payments
    description: View payments received against invoices.
  - name: Pipeline Activities
    description: >-
      Manage pipeline activities associated with companies, contacts, members,
      and opportunities.
  - name: Pipeline Activity Types
    description: Manage activity type classifications for pipeline activities.
  - name: Practices
    description: Manage practice area classifications for organizing projects and members.
  - name: Project Budget Expenses
    description: Manage expense budget line items on projects.
  - name: Project Budget Other Items
    description: Manage other budget line items on projects.
  - name: Project Budget Product Items
    description: Manage product budget line items on projects.
  - name: Project Budget Service Items
    description: Manage additional service budget line items on projects.
  - name: Project Expenses
    description: Manage project-level expense line items.
  - name: Project Groups
    description: View project groups for organizing related projects.
  - name: Project Health Reports
    description: Manage project health status reports.
  - name: Project Invoice Milestones
    description: Manage invoice milestones for fixed-fee project billing.
  - name: Project Members
    description: Manage team member assignments on projects.
  - name: Project Monthly Budget Expenses
    description: Manage monthly expense budget line items on projects.
  - name: Project Monthly Budget Other Items
    description: Manage monthly other budget line items on projects.
  - name: Project Monthly Budget Product Items
    description: Manage monthly product budget line items on projects.
  - name: Project Monthly Budget Service Items
    description: Manage monthly additional service budget line items on projects.
  - name: Project Other Items
    description: Manage project-level other item line items.
  - name: Project Product Items
    description: Manage project-level product line items.
  - name: Project Revenue Adjustments
    description: Manage earned revenue adjustments for projects.
  - name: Project Revenue Recognition Entries
    description: Manage revenue recognition entries for projects.
  - name: Project Roles
    description: Manage roles defined on projects for billing and staffing.
  - name: Project Service Items
    description: Manage project-level additional service line items.
  - name: Project Tags
    description: Manage tags for categorizing projects.
  - name: Project Tasks
    description: Manage tasks on projects for time tracking and planning.
  - name: Project Types
    description: Manage type classifications for projects.
  - name: Projects
    description: Manage projects and their settings.
  - name: Resource Placeholders
    description: Manage placeholder resources for allocation planning.
  - name: Security Roles
    description: View security roles for assigning member permissions.
  - name: Skills
    description: Manage skill classifications for members and resource planning.
  - name: Task Categories
    description: Manage task category classifications for project tasks.
  - name: Task Tags
    description: Manage tags for categorizing project tasks.
  - name: Task Templates
    description: Manage reusable task templates for projects.
  - name: Tax Rates
    description: Manage tax rates for invoicing.
  - name: Time Entries
    description: Manage time entries for tracking hours on projects.
  - name: Time Off Types
    description: Manage time off type classifications.
  - name: Timesheet Attestations
    description: Manage attestation statements members sign when submitting timesheets.
  - name: Timesheets
    description: Manage timesheet submissions for tracking hours across a period.
  - name: Utilization Target Periods
    description: Manage member utilization target periods for capacity planning.
  - name: Workspace Roles
    description: Manage workspace-level roles for billing rate configuration.
paths:
  /business-units:
    get:
      tags:
        - Business Units
      summary: List business units
      operationId: list-business-units
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/StartingAfter'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/EndingBefore'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Limit'
        - name: name
          in: query
          description: Filter by `name` when it exactly matches the provided keyword.
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: '200'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  results:
                    type: array
                    description: The list of results for the current page.
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/BusinessUnit'
                  hasMore:
                    type: boolean
                    description: Whether there are more results available after this page.
              examples:
                Result:
                  value:
                    results:
                      - id: d7a3f1e8-4c29-4b85-91d0-e6b7c2f03a18
                        name: West Region
                        isActive: true
                        companyName: Acme Corp - West
                        streetAddress: |-
                          456 Market St
                          San Francisco, CA 94105
                        invoiceSubject: Invoice for services rendered - West Region
                        invoiceNotes: Payment due within terms specified.
                        invoiceEmailSubject: Your invoice from Acme Corp - West
                        invoiceEmailBody: >-
                          Please find your invoice attached. Thank you for your
                          business.
                        invoiceEmailFromName: Acme West Billing
                        invoiceEmailReplyTo: billing-west@acmecorp.com
                        invoiceTaxableItems:
                          - services
                          - expenses
                        createdAt: '2025-08-12T14:23:41.882Z'
                        invoicePaymentTerm:
                          id: b4e1c7a9-2d38-4f96-80d5-f3a7e6c02b19
                          name: Net 30
                          type: net
                          days: 30
                        invoiceTaxRate:
                          id: c9d2e5b8-3f47-4a81-92d6-e1b7c4f03a28
                          name: Standard Tax
                          rate: 8.5
                    hasMore: false
        '400':
          description: '400'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
              examples:
                InvalidId:
                  value:
                    status: 400
                    message: Parameter 'startingAfter' is not a valid UUID.
        '403':
          description: '403'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
              examples:
                Feature:
                  value:
                    status: 403
                    message: Feature 'Business Units' is not enabled.
      deprecated: false
components:
  parameters:
    StartingAfter:
      name: startingAfter
      in: query
      description: >-
        A cursor ID (`uuid`) used to request the next page of results. If not
        provided, defaults to the first page of results.
      schema:
        type: string
    EndingBefore:
      name: endingBefore
      in: query
      description: >-
        A cursor ID (`uuid`) used to request the previous page of results. Is
        mutually exclusive with `startingAfter`.
      schema:
        type: string
    Limit:
      name: limit
      in: query
      description: >-
        The maximum number of results to be returned. Can be any number from 1
        to 100. Defaults to 10, if not provided.
      schema:
        type: integer
  schemas:
    BusinessUnit:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: The unique identifier for the object.
        name:
          type: string
          description: The name of the business unit.
        isActive:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the business unit is active.
        companyName:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: The company name displayed on invoices for this business unit.
        streetAddress:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: The street address displayed on invoices for this business unit.
        invoiceSubject:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: The default subject line for invoices.
        invoiceNotes:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: The default notes for invoices.
        invoiceEmailSubject:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: The default email subject when sending invoices.
        invoiceEmailBody:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: The default email body when sending invoices.
        invoiceEmailFromName:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: The sender name used when emailing invoices.
        invoiceEmailReplyTo:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: The reply-to email address used when emailing invoices.
        invoiceTaxableItems:
          type: array
          description: The types of invoice line items that are taxable.
          items:
            type: string
            enum:
              - services
              - expenses
              - products
              - other_items
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The timestamp when the object was created.
        invoicePaymentTerm:
          type:
            - object
            - 'null'
          description: The default payment term for invoices.
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
              description: The unique identifier for the object.
            name:
              type: string
              description: The name of the payment term.
            type:
              type: string
              description: The type of payment term.
            days:
              type: integer
              description: The number of days for the payment term.
        invoiceTaxRate:
          type:
            - object
            - 'null'
          description: The default tax rate for invoices.
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
              description: The unique identifier for the object.
            name:
              type: string
              description: The name of the tax rate.
            rate:
              type: number
              description: The tax rate percentage.
      example:
        id: d7a3f1e8-4c29-4b85-91d0-e6b7c2f03a18
        name: West Region
        isActive: true
        companyName: Acme Corp - West
        streetAddress: |-
          456 Market St
          San Francisco, CA 94105
        invoiceSubject: Invoice for services rendered - West Region
        invoiceNotes: Payment due within terms specified.
        invoiceEmailSubject: Your invoice from Acme Corp - West
        invoiceEmailBody: Please find your invoice attached. Thank you for your business.
        invoiceEmailFromName: Acme West Billing
        invoiceEmailReplyTo: billing-west@acmecorp.com
        invoiceTaxableItems:
          - services
          - expenses
        createdAt: '2025-08-12T14:23:41.882Z'
        invoicePaymentTerm:
          id: b4e1c7a9-2d38-4f96-80d5-f3a7e6c02b19
          name: Net 30
          type: net
          days: 30
        invoiceTaxRate:
          id: c9d2e5b8-3f47-4a81-92d6-e1b7c4f03a28
          name: Standard Tax
          rate: 8.5
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: integer
          description: The HTTP status code.
        message:
          type: string
          description: A human-readable error message.
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer

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