UpdateAccount - Resource Management - Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center

Changes the display name of a member, or switches the type of a member.

Operation description

To ensure that the system can record the operators of management operations, you must use a RAM user or RAM role to which the AliyunResourceDirectoryFullAccess policy is attached within the management account of your resource directory to call this operation.
Before you switch the type of a member from resource account to cloud account, make sure that specific conditions are met. For more information about the conditions, see Switch a resource account to a cloud account.
Before you switch the type of a member from cloud account to resource account, make sure that specific conditions are met. For more information about the conditions, see Switch a cloud account to a resource account.

This example provides an example on how to call the API operation to change the display name of the member 12323344**** to admin.

Debugging

OpenAPI Explorer automatically calculates the signature value. For your convenience, we recommend that you call this operation in OpenAPI Explorer.

Debug

Authorization information

The following table shows the authorization information corresponding to the API. The authorization information can be used in the Action policy element to grant a RAM user or RAM role the permissions to call this API operation. Description:

Operation: the value that you can use in the Action element to specify the operation on a resource.
Access level: the access level of each operation. The levels are read, write, and list.
Resource type: the type of the resource on which you can authorize the RAM user or the RAM role to perform the operation. Take note of the following items:
- The required resource types are displayed in bold characters.
- If the permissions cannot be granted at the resource level, All Resources is used in the Resource type column of the operation.
Condition Key: the condition key that is defined by the cloud service.
Associated operation: other operations that the RAM user or the RAM role must have permissions to perform to complete the operation. To complete the operation, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform the associated operations.

Operation	Access level	Resource type	Condition key	Associated operation
resourcemanager:UpdateAccount	Write	All Resources *	none	none

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
NewDisplayName	string	No	The new display name of the member. Note You can configure either the `NewDisplayName` or `NewAccountType` parameter.	admin
NewAccountType	string	No	The new type of the member. Valid values: ResourceAccount: resource account CloudAccount: cloud account Note You can configure either the `NewDisplayName` or `NewAccountType` parameter.	ResourceAccount
AccountId	string	Yes	The ID of the Alibaba Cloud account that corresponds to the member.	12323344****

For more information about common request parameters, see Common parameters.

Response parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Example
	object
Account	object	The information of the member.
Status	string	The status of the member. Valid values: CreateSuccess: The member is created. InviteSuccess: The member accepts the invitation. Removed: The member is removed. SwitchSuccess: The type of the member is switched.	CreateSuccess
Type	string	The type of the member. Valid values: CloudAccount: cloud account ResourceAccount: resource account	ResourceAccount
DisplayName	string	The display name of the member.	admin
FolderId	string	The ID of the folder.	fd-bVaRIG****
ResourceDirectoryId	string	The ID of the resource directory.	rd-k3****
JoinTime	string	The time when the member joined the resource directory. The time is displayed in UTC.	2015-01-23T12:33:18Z
AccountId	string	The ID of the Alibaba Cloud account that corresponds to the member.	12323344****
JoinMethod	string	The way in which the member joins the resource directory. Valid values: invited: The member is invited to join the resource directory. created: The member is directly created in the resource directory.	created
ModifyTime	string	The time when the member was modified. The time is displayed in UTC.	2015-01-23T12:33:18Z
AccountName	string	The name of the Alibaba Cloud account that corresponds to the member.	ecs-manager@aliyun.com
RequestId	string	The ID of the request.	9B34724D-54B0-4A51-B34D-4512372FE1BE

Examples

Sample success responses

JSONformat

{
  "Account": {
    "Status": "CreateSuccess",
    "Type": "ResourceAccount",
    "DisplayName": "admin",
    "FolderId": "fd-bVaRIG****",
    "ResourceDirectoryId": "rd-k3****",
    "JoinTime": "2015-01-23T12:33:18Z",
    "AccountId": "12323344****",
    "JoinMethod": "created",
    "ModifyTime": "2015-01-23T12:33:18Z",
    "AccountName": "ecs-manager@aliyun.com"
  },
  "RequestId": "9B34724D-54B0-4A51-B34D-4512372FE1BE"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code	Error code	Error message	Description
404	EntityNotExists.ResourceDirectory	The resource directory for the account is not enabled. We recommend that you first enable the resource directory for the account.	The resource directory for the account is not enabled. We recommend that you first enable the resource directory for the account.
404	EntityNotExists.Account	This resource directory account does not exist.	The specified member account does not exist. We recommend that you first create a member account.
409	InvalidParameter.Account.DisplayName.AlreadyUsed	The displayname of account has been used.	The display name of account has been used. You must specify a valid display name.
409	MissingDisplayNameOrAccountType	Either display name or account type must be specified.	Either display name or account type must be specified.
409	AccountTypeMismatch	The type or status of the member account cannot satisfy the current operation.	The type or status of the member account cannot satisfy the current operation.
409	LegalEntityDifferent	The account legal entity is different from the one of the Management Account.	The legal entity of the account is different from that of the management account.
409	CallerIdentityError	Please use the RAM user or role of the Management Account.	Use the RAM user or role of the management account to perform this operation.
409	MissingSecurityInfo	The current member is not configured with a secure email or mobile phone, and the switchover fails.	The current member fails to be switched because no mobile phone number or email address is specified for the member.
409	PrimaryAkInUse	The root user has an AccessKey pair in use.	The root user has an AccessKey pair in use.

For a list of error codes, visit the Service error codes.

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