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    Switching to Child Account in AWS

Prerequisites

Setting up a child accocunt:


look at https://docs.aws.amazon.com/organizations/latest/userguide/orgs_manage_accounts_access.html#orgs_manage_accounts_create-cross-account-role
you only need steps 1-9

Configuring switch roles

This needs to be done for every user and needs to be done for every machine (stored in a cookie or local storage).
Once you have switched from the parent account to a subaccount, your profile menu usually appears in the upper right corner will show the Display Name in a bubble colored with the chosen Color (below).
Note: you can switch back to the parent org by selecting Back to [ YOUR USERNAME ] in that same profile menu.
Preparation


Click on your username in the upper right corner to access your profile menu (left most of the menus in that corner)
Click on My Organization
In the Organizational Structure chart copy the account numbers and names of the subaccounts you wish to access

For each subaccount you need access to follow these steps:


Make sure you are in the parent account (there will not be a Back to [ YOUR USERNAME ] option in the profile menu).
Open your profile menu by clicking on your username in the upper right corner (left most of the menus in that corner).
Select Switch role
If this is your first time doing this in the browser/computer you will need to click on Switch Role again
Enter the account details

Account: (as copied in Preparation above)
Role: OrganizationAccountAccessRole
Display Name: user's choice - whatever makes sense to you
Color: user's choice - NOTE: this will be the color of your username in the header when you're logged into this subaccount


Click Switch Role
Note you are now in the child account, as indicated by the visual change of the profile menu button in the upper right corner.