# Bug OP-4228 - Documentation error: change parent id via API

Project: OpenProject
Status: closed
URL: https://community.openproject.org/work_packages/OP-4228

## Open points

_No work packages_

## Details

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| Target versions | 7.3.1 |
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## Description

In the Documentation on http://docs.openproject.org/apiv3-doc/\#work-packages  
is the following imho incorrect example:

    {
        "lockVersion": 13,
        "subject": "Lorem"
        "parentId": "42"
    }

Maybe this was true in an older version? In the current version (7.2.3) this doesn’t do anything.

## Correction:

If you want to change the parent id you need the following code:

    {
        "lockVersion": 13,
        "_links": {"parent": {"href": "/api/v3/work_packages/42"}}
    }

I’m not sure if this is the right place to report this. But I didn’t find information about where to report documentation errors. If there is another way intended to report - please tell me.