diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/DepartmentsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/DepartmentsController.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Controllers\Api;
+
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
+use App\Models\Department;
+use App\Http\Transformers\DepartmentsTransformer;
+
+class DepartmentsController extends Controller
+{
+    /**
+     * Display a listing of the resource.
+     *
+     * @author [A. Gianotto] [<snipe@snipe.net>]
+     * @since [v4.0]
+     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
+     */
+    public function index(Request $request)
+    {
+        $this->authorize('view', Department::class);
+        $allowed_columns = ['id','name'];
+
+        $departments = Department::select([
+            'id',
+            'name',
+            'location_id'
+        ])->with('users')->withCount('assets')->withCount('users');
+
+        if ($request->has('search')) {
+            $departments = $departments->TextSearch($request->input('search'));
+        }
+
+        $offset = $request->input('offset', 0);
+        $limit = $request->input('limit', 50);
+        $order = $request->input('order') === 'asc' ? 'asc' : 'desc';
+        $sort = in_array($request->input('sort'), $allowed_columns) ? $request->input('sort') : 'created_at';
+        $departments->orderBy($sort, $order);
+
+        $total = $departments->count();
+        $departments = $departments->skip($offset)->take($limit)->get();
+        return (new DepartmentsTransformer)->transformDepartments($departments, $total);
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/DepartmentsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/DepartmentsController.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Controllers;
+
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use App\Models\Department;
+
+class DepartmentsController extends Controller
+{
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        $this->middleware('auth');
+        parent::__construct();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a view that invokes the ajax tables which actually contains
+     * the content for the assets listing, which is generated in getDatatable.
+     *
+     * @author [A. Gianotto] [<snipe@snipe.net>]
+     * @see AssetController::getDatatable() method that generates the JSON response
+     * @since [v1.0]
+     * @return View
+     */
+    public function index(Request $request)
+    {
+        $this->authorize('index', Department::class);
+        if ($request->has('company_id')) {
+            $company = Company::find($request->input('company_id'));
+        } else {
+            $company = null;
+        }
+        return view('departments/index')->with('company',$company);
+
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Store a newly created resource in storage.
+     *
+     * @author [A. Gianotto] [<snipe@snipe.net>]
+     * @since [v4.0]
+     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
+     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
+     */
+    public function store(Request $request)
+    {
+        $this->authorize('create', Department::class);
+        $department = new Department;
+        $department->fill($request->all());
+
+        if ($department->save()) {
+            return response()->json(Helper::formatStandardApiResponse('success', $department, trans('admin/department/message.create.success')));
+        }
+        return response()->json(Helper::formatStandardApiResponse('error', null, $department->getErrors()));
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Http/Transformers/DepartmentsTranformer.php b/app/Http/Transformers/DepartmentsTranformer.php
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+<?php
+namespace App\Http\Transformers;
+
+use App\Models\Department;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection;
+use Gate;
+use App\Helpers\Helper;
+
+class DepartmentsTransformer
+{
+
+    public function transformDepartments (Collection $locations, $total)
+    {
+        $array = array();
+        foreach ($locations as $location) {
+            $array[] = self::transformDepartment($location);
+        }
+        return (new DatatablesTransformer)->transformDatatables($array, $total);
+    }
+
+    public function transformDepartment (Department $location = null)
+    {
+        if ($location) {
+
+            $assets_arr = [];
+            foreach($location->assets() as $asset) {
+                $assets_arr = ['id' => $asset->id];
+            }
+
+            $children_arr = [];
+            foreach($location->childDepartments() as $child) {
+                $children_arr = ['id' => $child->id];
+            }
+
+            $array = [
+                'id' => e($location->id),
+                'name' => e($location->name),
+                'address' => e($location->address),
+                'city' => e($location->city),
+                'state' => e($location->state),
+                'assets_checkedout' => $location->assets()->count(),
+                'assets_default'    => $location->assignedassets()->count(),
+                'country' => e($location->country),
+                'assets' => $assets_arr,
+                'created_at' => Helper::getFormattedDateObject($location->created_at, 'datetime'),
+                'updated_at' => Helper::getFormattedDateObject($location->updated_at, 'datetime'),
+                'parent_id' => e($location->parent_id),
+                'children' => $children_arr,
+            ];
+
+            $permissions_array['available_actions'] = [
+                'update' => Gate::allows('update', Department::class) ? true : false,
+                'delete' => Gate::allows('delete', Department::class) ? true : false,
+            ];
+
+            $array += $permissions_array;
+
+            return $array;
+        }
+
+
+    }
+
+
+
+}