When you sign in to the organization's management account in the AWS Organizations console
Minimum permissions
To view the details of an organizational unit (OU), you must have the following permissions:
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organizations:DescribeOrganizationalUnit
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organizations:DescribeOrganization
– required only when using the Organizations console -
organizations:ListOrganizationsUnitsForParent
– required only when using the Organizations console -
organizations:ListRoots
– required only when using the Organizations console
To view details of an OU
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Sign in to the AWS Organizations console
. You must sign in as an IAM user, assume an IAM role, or sign in as the root user (not recommended) in the organization’s management account. -
On the AWS accounts
page, choose the name of the OU (not its radio button) that you want to examine. If the OU that you want is a child of another OU, choose the triangle icon next to its parent OU to expand it and see those in the next level of the hierarchy. Repeat until you find the OU that you want. The Organizational unit details box shows the information about the OU.