Viewing invitations

When you sign in to your organization's management account, you can view recent invitations you have sent or received.

Status

The following are the statuses for invitations:

Awaiting response (REQUESTED): Invitation awaiting a response from the recipient.
Invitation declined (DECLINED): Invitation declined by the recipient.
Invitation canceled (CANCELED): Invitation canceled by the sender.
Invitation expired (EXPIRED): Invitation has expired.

Figure 1: Invitation statues as displayed in the AWS Billing and Cost Management console.

The following are terms and concepts used in the AWS Billing and Cost Management console:

Inbound billing: Billing transfers that allow you to manage and pay for another organization’s consolidated bill.
Outbound billing: Billing transfers that allow an account outside your organization to manage and pay your consolidated bill.

To view an invitation, you must have the following permissions

To view an invitation, complete the following steps.

Sign in to the the console and open the AWS Billing and Cost Management console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/costmanagement/.
On the left navigation in Preferences and Settings, choose Billing transfers.
For inbound billings:
1. On the Billing transfers page, select the Inbound billing tab.
2. On the Inbound billing tab, select the invitation you want to view details for.
3. Choose the Actions dropdown menu, and then chose View details.
For outbound billings:
1. On the Billing transfers page, select the Outbound billing tab.
2. On the Outbound billing tab, you can view details for the invitation.

You can view invitations for 30 days before they are deleted. If you accept an invitation, details for that transfer are not deleted.

You can use one of the following operations:

AWS CLI: list-handshakes-for-organization, list-handshakes-for-account, and describe-handshake
1. For invitations you have sent:
  
  Run the following command find the handshake ID.
```
$ C:\> aws organizations list-handshakes-for-organization
```
  For invitations you have received:
  
  Run the following command find the handshake ID.
```
$ C:\> aws organizations list-handshakes-for-account
```
2. From the response, note the handshake ID for the invitation you want to view details for.
3. Run the following command to view details for the invitation:
```
$ C:\> aws organizations describe-handshake \
    --id examplehandshakeid
```
AWS SDKs: list-handshakes-for-organization, list-handshakes-for-account, and describe-handshake

You can view invitations for 30 days before they are deleted. If you accept an invitation, details for that transfer are not deleted.

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Send an invitation

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