Navigating the root and organizational unit (OU) hierarchy with Amazon Organizations - Amazon Organizations
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Navigating the root and organizational unit (OU) hierarchy with Amazon Organizations

To navigate to different OUs or to the root when moving accounts or attaching policies, you can use the default "tree" view.

Amazon Web Services Management Console
To navigate the organization as a 'tree'

  1. Sign in to the Amazon 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.

  2. On the Amazon Web Services accounts page, at the top of the Organization section, select the Hierarchy toggle (instead of List).

  3. The tree initially appears showing the root, displaying only the first level of child OUs and accounts. To expand the tree to show deeper levels, choose the expand icon ( Gray cloud icon representing cloud computing or storage services. ) next to any parent entity. To reduce clutter and collapse a branch of the tree, choose the collapse icon ( Downward-pointing gray triangle icon, commonly used to indicate dropdown menus. ) next to an expanded parent entity.

  4. Choose the name of an OU or root to view its details and perform certain operations. Alternatively, you can choose the radio button next to the name, and perform certain operations on that entity in the Actions menu.

You can also view the list of only the accounts in your organization in tabular form, without having to first navigate to an OU to find them. In this view you can't see any of the OUs or manipulate the policies attached to them.

Amazon Web Services Management Console
To view the organization as a flat list of accounts with no hierarchy

  1. Sign in to the Amazon 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.

  2. On the Amazon Web Services accounts page, at the top of the Organization section, choose the View Amazon Web Services accounts only switch icon to turn it on. Speech bubble icon representing a chat or conversation interface. .

  3. The list of accounts is displayed without any hierarchy.