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  tags:
    - administration
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  description: >-
    Creates a new work activity or updates an existing… Reference for the POST
    /administration/task-settings/activities endpoint in the Leadtime Public API
    API.
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  badge: POST
  label: Create or update work activity
title: Create or update work activity
type: openapi-operation
---
Creates a new work activity or updates an existing one. If an ID is provided, updates the existing activity; otherwise creates a new one.

**Step-by-step process:**
1. Provide a default activity name (used as fallback when no translation exists)
2. Add multilingual translations for the activity name
3. Optionally provide an ID to update an existing activity

**Multilingual support:**
Provide translations for activity name. Leadtime automatically displays the correct text based on the user language.

**Examples of work activities:**
- Development (for developers)
- Management (for project leads)
- Design (for designers)
- Testing (for QA)
- Review (for code reviews)

**Note:** After creation, assign this activity to specific task types to make it available for time tracking.

<Operation source="api-reference" id="tasksettingscontroller-saveworkactivity" />