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#  describe-organizations-access  Â¶

##  Description  Â¶

Retrieves information about the accountâs ` OrganizationAccess  ` status.
This API can be called either by the management account or the delegated
administrator by using the ` CallAs  ` parameter. This API can also be called
without the ` CallAs  ` parameter by the management account.

See also: [ AWS API Documentation
](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/WebAPI/cloudformation-2010-05-15/DescribeOrganizationsAccess)

##  Synopsis  Â¶

    
    
      describe-organizations-access
    [--call-as <value>]
    [--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
    [--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
    [--debug]
    [--endpoint-url <value>]
    [--no-verify-ssl]
    [--no-paginate]
    [--output <value>]
    [--query <value>]
    [--profile <value>]
    [--region <value>]
    [--version <value>]
    [--color <value>]
    [--no-sign-request]
    [--ca-bundle <value>]
    [--cli-read-timeout <value>]
    [--cli-connect-timeout <value>]
    [--cli-binary-format <value>]
    [--no-cli-pager]
    [--cli-auto-prompt]
    [--no-cli-auto-prompt]
    

##  Options  Â¶

` --call-as  ` (string)

> [Service-managed permissions] Specifies whether you are acting as an account
> administrator in the organizationâs management account or as a delegated
> administrator in a member account.
>
> By default, ` SELF  ` is specified.
>
>   * If you are signed in to the management account, specify ` SELF  ` .
>   * If you are signed in to a delegated administrator account, specify `
> DELEGATED_ADMIN  ` . Your Amazon Web Services account must be registered as
> a delegated administrator in the management account. For more information,
> see [ Register a delegated administrator
> ](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/stacksets-
> orgs-delegated-admin.html) in the _CloudFormation User Guide_ .
>

>
> Possible values:
>
>   * ` SELF  `
>   * ` DELEGATED_ADMIN  `
>

` --cli-input-json  ` | ` --cli-input-yaml  ` (string) Reads arguments from the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by