Work breakdown elements
An element of the project work breakdown, with a code, planned dates, and status.
Fields
The API name is what the API, MCP and the CLI use.
| Name | API name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | id | Record ID | Yes | |
| Project | projectId | Reference | Yes | |
| Position | rank | Order rank | Yes | |
| Name | label | Text | Yes | |
| Code | code | Text | Yes | Fixed option from the allowed set for this field. |
| Work breakdown element | projectwbselementIdParent | Reference | ||
| Planned start date | dateStartPlanned | Date | Calendar date without time of date. | |
| Planned end date | dateEndPlanned | Date | Calendar date without time of date. | |
| Status | status | Constant | Yes | Lifecycle or processing state from the allowed values for this record. |
| Tags | tagIds | Tags | ||
| Description | description | Text Area | ||
| Created by | createdBy | User | ||
| Created at | createdAt | Date and Time | Yes | |
| Updated by | updatedBy | User | ||
| Updated at | updatedAt | Date and Time | Yes | |
| Closed by | closedBy | User | ||
| Closed at | closedAt | Date and Time | ||
| Canceled by | canceledBy | User | ||
| Canceled at | canceledAt | Date and Time | ||
| Blocked by | blockedBy | User | ||
| Blocked at | blockedAt | Date and Time | ||
| Archived by | archivedBy | User | ||
| Archived at | archivedAt | Date and Time |
Relations
Owned records (solid line) are deleted with their owner. Grouped records (dashed line) can exist alone.
| Field | Points to | Kind |
|---|---|---|
Project projectId | Projects | owned by |
Work breakdown element projectwbselementIdParent | Work breakdown elements | reference |
Tags tagIds | Tags | reference |
Actions
What you can do with a record. Every action also sends the webhook event projectwbselements.<action>. Reads (find, get, count) work on every table.
| Name | API name | Description | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| Create | create | Add a new wbs element. | App · WebMCP · API · MCP · CLI |
| Edit | update | Save changes to this wbs element. | App · API · MCP · CLI |
| Close | close | Stop new references to this wbs element. It stays, and existing documents stay. Unclose to allow new references again. | App · API · MCP · CLI |
| Reopen | unclose | Allow new references to this wbs element again. | App · API · MCP · CLI |
| Cancel | cancel | Reverse the posted effect of this wbs element. | App · API · MCP · CLI |
| Delete | delete | Delete this wbs element and the data that belongs with it. This cannot be undone. | App · WebMCP · API · MCP · CLI |
States
How a record moves from state to state. Archive and block can happen in any state.