# Feature OP-14525 - Allow setting createdAt, author via API

Project: OpenProject
Status: closed
URL: https://community.openproject.org/work_packages/OP-14525

## Planning

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| Priority | Medium |
| Target versions | 14.0.0 |
| Sprint | 14.0.0 |
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## OPEN POINTS / FEEDBACK

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## Features and Chunks

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## Technical Details

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| Requires doc change | No |
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## Details

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| Accessibility | No |

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## Description

**As** someone wanting to migrate data to OpenProject  
**I want to** be able to set the createdAt properties when creating work packages (and other records, where applicable) via the API  
**so that** I can preserve information from my source system.

**Acceptance criteria**

*   As an admin user and createdAt properties can be set in POST requests, allowing for dates in the past
    *   For now, this is possible for projects and work packages

Note: The current implementation feels like a severe constraint in migrating information from other systems to OpenProject via the API. While I can understand the underlying assumption, it does hold for the use case of migrating a large number of records in one batch, IMHO. I would definitely limit this to request creating a record for the first time.