> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.ruddr.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Update a client role > Linked client roles (where `workspaceRole` is not `null`) cannot be modified and will return a 409 ReadOnlyError. Delete and recreate to change linking. A role defining billing terms for work performed for a specific client. Client roles can be created independently or linked to a workspace role, which overrides the role's name, billing, and classification fields. ## OpenAPI ````yaml openapi.json PATCH /client-roles/{id} 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: /client-roles/{id}: patch: tags: - Client Roles summary: Update a client role description: >- Linked client roles (where `workspaceRole` is not `null`) cannot be modified and will return a 409 ReadOnlyError. Delete and recreate to change linking. operationId: update-a-client-role parameters: - name: id in: path description: The client role `uuid`. schema: type: string required: true requestBody: content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: name: type: string description: The name of the client role. Maximum 255 characters. isBillable: type: boolean description: Whether the role is billable. rate: type: - number - 'null' description: The billing rate for the role. currency: type: - string - 'null' description: >- The three-letter ISO currency code for the role. Maximum 3 characters. disciplineId: type: - string - 'null' description: The `uuid` of the discipline for this role. practiceId: type: - string - 'null' description: The `uuid` of the practice for this role. locationId: type: - string - 'null' description: The `uuid` of the location for this role. responses: '200': description: '200' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ClientRole' examples: Result: value: id: d2f5a7b1-9c34-4e80-b6d1-3a8e0c5f72b4 name: Principal Engineer isBillable: true rate: 250 currency: USD createdAt: '2025-08-22T09:41:17.563Z' client: id: d4e1b7a3-8c52-4f90-b6d3-1a9e0c7f45b8 name: Acme Corporation discipline: id: 5b8e2a1c-3d47-4f09-a6e3-8c0d2f1b47a9 name: Software Engineering practice: id: c9a3d5b7-1e48-4f63-b7d0-a2e1c8f92d56 name: Web Development location: id: e2b4c6a8-7f19-4d30-a5e1-9c3b0d8f62a7 name: New York workspaceRole: null '400': description: '400' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationErrorResponse' examples: InvalidId: value: status: 400 message: Parameter 'id' is not a valid UUID. Validation: value: status: 400 message: >- There was a problem processing your request. See errors for more details. errors: - '''name'' must be a string' InvalidData: value: status: 400 message: >- 'disciplineId' 'a3c7e1b5-4d29-4f86-b0a8-6e2d9c1f73b4' does not match a valid discipline. '403': description: '403' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' examples: Feature: value: status: 403 message: Feature 'Workspace and Client Rate Cards' is not enabled. '404': description: '404' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' examples: NotFound: value: status: 404 message: >- Object with id 'c8b5e2a1-3f47-4d90-81a6-d0e9f7c34b82' not found. '409': description: '409' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' examples: ReadOnly: value: status: 409 message: Object cannot be modified because it is read-only. Duplicate: value: status: 409 message: >- A Client Role with the same name, practice and location already exists. deprecated: false components: schemas: ClientRole: type: object properties: id: type: string description: The unique identifier for the object. name: type: string description: >- The name of the client role. Reflects the workspace role's name when linked. isBillable: type: boolean description: >- Whether the role is billable. Reflects the workspace role's value when linked. rate: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The billing rate for the role. `null` when the role is non-billable. Reflects the workspace role's value when linked. currency: type: - string - 'null' description: >- The three-letter ISO currency code for the role. `null` when the role is non-billable. Reflects the workspace role's value when linked. createdAt: type: string format: date-time description: The timestamp when the object was created. client: type: object description: The client this role belongs to. properties: id: type: string description: The unique identifier for the object. name: type: string description: The name of the client. discipline: type: - object - 'null' description: >- The discipline associated with this role. Reflects the workspace role's value when linked. properties: id: type: string description: The unique identifier for the object. name: type: string description: The name of the discipline. practice: type: - object - 'null' description: >- The practice associated with this role. Reflects the workspace role's value when linked. properties: id: type: string description: The unique identifier for the object. name: type: string description: The name of the practice. location: type: - object - 'null' description: >- The location associated with this role. Reflects the workspace role's value when linked. properties: id: type: string description: The unique identifier for the object. name: type: string description: The name of the location. workspaceRole: type: - object - 'null' description: >- The workspace role this client role is linked to. When linked, the client role's name, billing fields, and classification fields are overridden with the workspace role's current values. `null` for standalone client roles. properties: id: type: string description: The unique identifier for the object. name: type: string description: The name of the workspace role. ValidationErrorResponse: type: object properties: status: type: integer description: The HTTP status code. message: type: string description: A human-readable error message. errors: type: array description: A list of validation error messages. items: type: string 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 ````