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Identity as a Service:GetOrganizationalUnitIdByExternalId

Last Updated:Mar 30, 2026

Obtains the ID of an organizational unit based on the external ID

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Request syntax

POST /v2/{instanceId}/{applicationId}/organizationalUnits/_/actions/getOrganizationalUnitIdByExternalId HTTP/1.1

Path Parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

instanceId

string

Yes

The instance ID.

idaas_ue2jvisn35ea5lmthk267xxxxx

applicationId

string

Yes

The application ID.

app_mkv7rgt4d7i4u7zqtzev2mxxxx

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

Authorization

string

Yes

The authentication information. Format: Bearer ${access_token}. Example: Bearer ATxxxx.

Bearer AT8csE2seYxxxxxij

body

object

No

The request body.

xxx001

organizationalUnitExternalId

string

Yes

The external ID of the organizational unit. The external ID can be used to map external data to the data of the organizational unit in Employee Identity and Access Management (EIAM) of Identity as a Service (IDaaS). By default, the external ID is the organizational unit ID.

Note: For organizational units with the same source type and source ID, each organizational unit has a unique external ID.

ou_wovwffm62xifdziem7an7xxxxx

organizationalUnitSourceType

string

Yes

The source type of the organizational unit. Valid values:

  • build_in: The organizational unit was created in IDaaS.

  • ding_talk: The organizational unit was imported from DingTalk.

  • ad: The organizational unit was imported from Microsoft Active Directory (AD).

  • ldap: The organizational unit was imported from a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) service.

build_in

organizationalUnitSourceId

string

Yes

The source ID of the organizational unit.

If the organizational unit was created in IDaaS, its source ID is the ID of the IDaaS instance. If the organizational unit was imported, its source ID is the enterprise ID in the source. For example, if the organizational unit was imported from DingTalk, its source ID is the corpId value of the enterprise in DingTalk.

idaas_ue2jvisn35ea5lmthk267xxxxx

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

OrganizationalUnitIdObject

organizationalUnitId

string

The ID of the organizational unit.

ou_wovwffm62xifdziem7an7xxxxx

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "organizationalUnitId": "ou_wovwffm62xifdziem7an7xxxxx"
}

Error codes

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Release notes

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