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# Create department
 Creates a new department



`Function CreateDepartment(Val URL, Val Name, Val ParentID = "", Val HeadID = "", Val Token = "") Export`

 | Parameter | CLI option | Type | Destination |
 |-|-|-|-|
 | URL | --url | String | URL of webhook or a Bitrix24 domain, when token used |
 | Name | --title | String | Department name |
 | ParentID | --parentid | String, Number | ID of parent department |
 | HeadID | --headid | String, Number | ID of department manager |
 | Token | --token | String | Access token, when app auth method used |

 
 Returns: Map Of KeyAndValue - serialized JSON of answer from Bitrix24 API

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:::tip
Method at API documentation: [department.add](https://dev.1c-bitrix.ru/rest_help/departments/department_add.php)
:::
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```bsl title="Code example"
 URL = "https://b24-ar17wx.bitrix24.by/rest/1/4swokunb3tk7h7dt/";
 
 Name = "Main department";
 ParentID = 1;
 
 Result = OPI_Bitrix24.CreateDepartment(URL, Name, ParentID);
 
 URL = "b24-ar17wx.bitrix24.by";
 Token = "adf89366006e9f06006b12e400000001000...";
 
 Name = "Subordinate department";
 ParentID = "";
 HeadID = 1;
 
 Result = OPI_Bitrix24.CreateDepartment(URL, Name, ParentID, HeadID, Token);
```
	


```sh title="CLI command example"
 
 oint bitrix24 CreateDepartment --url %url% --title %title% --parentid %parentid% --headid %headid% --token %token%

```

```json title="Result"
{
 "result": 42,
 "time": {
 "start": 1722171476.78229,
 "finish": 1722171477.19809,
 "duration": 0.415800094604492,
 "processing": 0.389212131500244,
 "date_start": "2024-07-28T12:57:56+00:00",
 "date_finish": "2024-07-28T12:57:57+00:00",
 "operating_reset_at": 1722172076,
 "operating": 0.389190912246704
 }
}
```