---
type: resource-type
title: OrganizationalUnit
description: aws resource type AWS::Organizations::OrganizationalUnit
name: OrganizationalUnit
lexicon: aws
resource_type: AWS::Organizations::OrganizationalUnit
---
`AWS::Organizations::OrganizationalUnit`, a resource type of the aws lexicon.

## Properties

- `Name` (`string`, required): The friendly name of this OU.
- `ParentId` (`string`, required): The unique identifier (ID) of the parent root or OU that you want to create the new OU in.
- `Arn` (`string`, optional): The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of this OU.
- `Id` (`string`, optional): The unique identifier (ID) associated with this OU.
- `Path` (`string`, optional): The path in the organization where this OU exists.
- `Tags` (`OrganizationalUnit_Tag[]`, optional): A list of tags that you want to attach to the newly created OU.

## Attributes

- `Arn`
- `Id`
- `Path`