MoveAccount - AWS Organizations
Request SyntaxRequest ParametersResponse ElementsErrorsExamplesSee Also

MoveAccount

Moves an account from its current source parent root or organizational unit (OU) to the specified destination parent root or OU.

This operation can be called only from the organization's management account.

Request Syntax

{
   "AccountId": "string",
   "DestinationParentId": "string",
   "SourceParentId": "string"
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

AccountId

The unique identifier (ID) of the account that you want to move.

The regex pattern for an account ID string requires exactly 12 digits.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 12.

Pattern: ^\d{12}$

Required: Yes

DestinationParentId

The unique identifier (ID) of the root or organizational unit that you want to move the account to.

The regex pattern for a parent ID string requires one of the following:

  • Root - A string that begins with "r-" followed by from 4 to 32 lowercase letters or digits.

  • Organizational unit (OU) - A string that begins with "ou-" followed by from 4 to 32 lowercase letters or digits (the ID of the root that the OU is in). This string is followed by a second "-" dash and from 8 to 32 additional lowercase letters or digits.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 100.

Pattern: ^(r-[0-9a-z]{4,32})|(ou-[0-9a-z]{4,32}-[a-z0-9]{8,32})$

Required: Yes

SourceParentId

The unique identifier (ID) of the root or organizational unit that you want to move the account from.

The regex pattern for a parent ID string requires one of the following:

  • Root - A string that begins with "r-" followed by from 4 to 32 lowercase letters or digits.

  • Organizational unit (OU) - A string that begins with "ou-" followed by from 4 to 32 lowercase letters or digits (the ID of the root that the OU is in). This string is followed by a second "-" dash and from 8 to 32 additional lowercase letters or digits.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 100.

Pattern: ^(r-[0-9a-z]{4,32})|(ou-[0-9a-z]{4,32}-[a-z0-9]{8,32})$

Required: Yes

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response with an empty HTTP body.

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

AccessDeniedException

You don't have permissions to perform the requested operation. The user or role that is making the request must have at least one IAM permissions policy attached that grants the required permissions. For more information, see Access Management in the IAM User Guide.

HTTP Status Code: 400

AccountNotFoundException

We can't find an AWS account with the AccountId that you specified, or the account whose credentials you used to make this request isn't a member of an organization.

HTTP Status Code: 400

AWSOrganizationsNotInUseException

Your account isn't a member of an organization. To make this request, you must use the credentials of an account that belongs to an organization.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ConcurrentModificationException

The target of the operation is currently being modified by a different request. Try again later.

HTTP Status Code: 400

DestinationParentNotFoundException

We can't find the destination container (a root or OU) with the ParentId that you specified.

HTTP Status Code: 400

DuplicateAccountException

That account is already present in the specified destination.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidInputException

The requested operation failed because you provided invalid values for one or more of the request parameters. This exception includes a reason that contains additional information about the violated limit:

Note

Some of the reasons in the following list might not be applicable to this specific API or operation.

  • DUPLICATE_TAG_KEY: Tag keys must be unique among the tags attached to the same entity.

  • IMMUTABLE_POLICY: You specified a policy that is managed by AWS and can't be modified.

  • INPUT_REQUIRED: You must include a value for all required parameters.

  • INVALID_EMAIL_ADDRESS_TARGET: You specified an invalid email address for the invited account owner.

  • INVALID_ENUM: You specified an invalid value.

  • INVALID_ENUM_POLICY_TYPE: You specified an invalid policy type string.

  • INVALID_FULL_NAME_TARGET: You specified a full name that contains invalid characters.

  • INVALID_LIST_MEMBER: You provided a list to a parameter that contains at least one invalid value.

  • INVALID_PAGINATION_TOKEN: Get the value for the NextToken parameter from the response to a previous call of the operation.

  • INVALID_PARTY_TYPE_TARGET: You specified the wrong type of entity (account, organization, or email) as a party.

  • INVALID_PATTERN: You provided a value that doesn't match the required pattern.

  • INVALID_PATTERN_TARGET_ID: You specified a policy target ID that doesn't match the required pattern.

  • INVALID_PRINCIPAL: You specified an invalid principal element in the policy.

  • INVALID_ROLE_NAME: You provided a role name that isn't valid. A role name can't begin with the reserved prefix AWSServiceRoleFor.

  • INVALID_SYNTAX_ORGANIZATION_ARN: You specified an invalid Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the organization.

  • INVALID_SYNTAX_POLICY_ID: You specified an invalid policy ID.

  • INVALID_SYSTEM_TAGS_PARAMETER: You specified a tag key that is a system tag. You can’t add, edit, or delete system tag keys because they're reserved for AWS use. System tags don’t count against your tags per resource limit.

  • MAX_FILTER_LIMIT_EXCEEDED: You can specify only one filter parameter for the operation.

  • MAX_LENGTH_EXCEEDED: You provided a string parameter that is longer than allowed.

  • MAX_VALUE_EXCEEDED: You provided a numeric parameter that has a larger value than allowed.

  • MIN_LENGTH_EXCEEDED: You provided a string parameter that is shorter than allowed.

  • MIN_VALUE_EXCEEDED: You provided a numeric parameter that has a smaller value than allowed.

  • MOVING_ACCOUNT_BETWEEN_DIFFERENT_ROOTS: You can move an account only between entities in the same root.

  • NON_DETACHABLE_POLICY: You can't detach this AWS Managed Policy.

  • TARGET_NOT_SUPPORTED: You can't perform the specified operation on that target entity.

  • UNRECOGNIZED_SERVICE_PRINCIPAL: You specified a service principal that isn't recognized.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ServiceException

AWS Organizations can't complete your request because of an internal service error. Try again later.

HTTP Status Code: 500

SourceParentNotFoundException

We can't find a source root or OU with the ParentId that you specified.

HTTP Status Code: 400

TooManyRequestsException

You have sent too many requests in too short a period of time. The quota helps protect against denial-of-service attacks. Try again later.

For information about quotas that affect AWS Organizations, see Quotas for AWS Organizations in the AWS Organizations User Guide.

HTTP Status Code: 400

Examples

Example

The following example shows how to move a member account from the root to an OU.

Sample Request

POST / HTTP/1.1
X-Amz-Target: AWSOrganizationsV20161128.MoveAccount

{ "AccountId": "333333333333", "SourceParentId": "r-examplerootid111", "DestinationParentId": "ou-examplerootid111-exampleouid111" }

Sample Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: