REST Resource: orgunits

Resource: OrgUnit

Managing your account's organizational units allows you to configure your users' access to services and custom settings. For more information about common organizational unit tasks, see the Developer's Guide. The customer's organizational unit hierarchy is limited to 35 levels of depth.

JSON representation 
{
  "kind": string,
  "name": string,
  "description": string,
  "etag": string,
  "blockInheritance": boolean,
  "orgUnitId": string,
  "orgUnitPath": string,
  "parentOrgUnitId": string,
  "parentOrgUnitPath": string
}
Fields
kind

string

The type of the API resource. For Orgunits resources, the value is admin#directory#orgUnit.
name

string

The organizational unit's path name. For example, an organizational unit's name within the /corp/support/sales_support parent path is sales_support. Required.
description

string

Description of the organizational unit.
etag

string

ETag of the resource.
blockInheritance
(deprecated)

boolean

Determines if a sub-organizational unit can inherit the settings of the parent organization. The default value is false, meaning a sub-organizational unit inherits the settings of the nearest parent organizational unit. This field is deprecated. Setting it to true is no longer supported and can have unintended consequences. For more information about inheritance and users in an organization structure, see the administration help center.
orgUnitId

string

The unique ID of the organizational unit.
orgUnitPath

string

The full path to the organizational unit. The orgUnitPath is a derived property. When listed, it is derived from parentOrgunitPath and organizational unit's name. For example, for an organizational unit named 'apps' under parent organization '/engineering', the orgUnitPath is '/engineering/apps'. In order to edit an orgUnitPath, either update the name of the organization or the parentOrgunitPath.
A user's organizational unit determines which Google Workspace services the user has access to. If the user is moved to a new organization, the user's access changes. For more information about organization structures, see the administration help center. For more information about moving a user to a different organization, see orgunits.update a user.
parentOrgUnitId

string

The unique ID of the parent organizational unit. Required, unless parentOrgUnitPath is set.
parentOrgUnitPath

string

The organizational unit's parent path. For example, /corp/sales is the parent path for /corp/sales/sales_support organizational unit. Required, unless parentOrgUnitId is set.

Methods

delete

 Removes an organizational unit.

get

 Retrieves an organizational unit.

insert

 Adds an organizational unit.

list

 Retrieves a list of all organizational units for an account.

patch

 Updates an organizational unit.

update

 Updates an organizational unit.