# Hoshin Kanri Elements API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/hoshin-app/hoshin-app-elements-api/  
**Provider:** Hoshin Kanri — https://apis.io/providers/hoshin-app/  
**Base URL:** https://hoshin.app  
**Documentation:** https://hoshin.app/docs

Hoshin Kanri Elements API is one of 9 APIs that [Hoshin Kanri](https://apis.io/providers/hoshin-app/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 6 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Elements. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and 6 JSON Schemas.

The Elements API from Hoshin Kanri — 7 operation(s) for elements.

## Operations (10)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| POST | `/api/matrices/{id}/elements` | Add an element to a quadrant |
| PUT | `/api/matrices/{id}/elements/{elementId}` | Update an element |
| DELETE | `/api/matrices/{id}/elements/{elementId}` | Delete an element |
| GET | `/api/matrices/{id}/elements/{elementId}/measurements` | List a KPI's readings |
| PUT | `/api/matrices/{id}/elements/{elementId}/measurements` | Record or correct the reading of a period |
| GET | `/api/matrices/{id}/elements/{elementId}/updates` | List the progress updates of an element |
| POST | `/api/matrices/{id}/elements/{elementId}/updates` | Log a progress update: a percentage, a comment, or both |
| PUT | `/api/matrices/{id}/elements/{elementId}/sheet` | Fill or change an initiative's sheet |
| PUT | `/api/matrices/{id}/elements/{elementId}/kpi-definition` | Define how a KPI is computed and where it is read |
| PUT | `/api/matrices/{id}/correlations` | Set or remove a link between two elements |

## Machine-readable artifacts (7)

- **OpenAPI** — https://artifacts.apis.io/hoshin-app/openapi/hoshin-app-elements-api-openapi.yml
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/hoshin-app/json-schema/hoshin-app-matrices-export-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/hoshin-app/json-schema/hoshin-app-completeness-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/hoshin-app/json-schema/hoshin-app-element-updated-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/hoshin-app/json-schema/hoshin-app-element-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/hoshin-app/json-schema/hoshin-app-cascade-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/hoshin-app/json-schema/hoshin-app-cadence-architecture-schema.json

## Other Hoshin Kanri APIs (8)

- [Hoshin Kanri Analysis API](https://apis.io/apis/hoshin-app/hoshin-app-analysis-api/)
- [Hoshin Kanri Cadences API](https://apis.io/apis/hoshin-app/hoshin-app-cadences-api/)
- [Hoshin Kanri Exports API](https://apis.io/apis/hoshin-app/hoshin-app-exports-api/)
- [Hoshin Kanri Ideas API](https://apis.io/apis/hoshin-app/hoshin-app-ideas-api/)
- [Hoshin Kanri Identity API](https://apis.io/apis/hoshin-app/hoshin-app-identity-api/)
- [Hoshin Kanri Matrices API](https://apis.io/apis/hoshin-app/hoshin-app-matrices-api/)
- [Hoshin Kanri Sharing API](https://apis.io/apis/hoshin-app/hoshin-app-sharing-api/)
- [Hoshin Kanri Themes API](https://apis.io/apis/hoshin-app/hoshin-app-themes-api/)

## Tags

Elements

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