# OrganizationalUnitReference
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A reference to an AWS Organizations organizational unit (OU), with optional display metadata.

## Contents
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 ** ouId **   <a name="networksecuritymanager-Type-OrganizationalUnitReference-ouId"></a>
The ID of the AWS Organizations organizational unit (OU).  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 16. Maximum length of 68.  
Pattern: `(ou-[0-9a-z]{4,32}-[a-z0-9]{8,32})`   
Required: Yes

 ** name **   <a name="networksecuritymanager-Type-OrganizationalUnitReference-name"></a>
The display name of the organizational unit.  
Type: String  
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\+\+](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/network-security-manager-2025-10-30/OrganizationalUnitReference) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/network-security-manager-2025-10-30/OrganizationalUnitReference) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/network-security-manager-2025-10-30/OrganizationalUnitReference)