--- schema_version: "1" id: a5708965986c1be1c5d4977b9778facc2475d83ce00413f76d114514c601c060 title: BusinessUnit collection: developer version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/developer/current/en-us/marketing-cloud/guides/mc-apis/businessunit.md canonical_url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/businessunit.html source_site: developer.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: 48944e862ba272dff81b4046c9d5ba12840719341fe3167af03cc195f9d77a14 products: - Marketing Cloud Engagement APIs and Programmatic Languages - Marketing Cloud --- # BusinessUnit The `BusinessUnit` object represents a unit within an Enterprise or Enterprise 2.0 account. To create or update business unit roles, you must have the `Administration | Business Units | Manage Roles` permission. To create or update a BusinessUnit subscriber filter, you must have the `Administration | Business Units | Define Subscriber Filter` permission. ## Properties | Name | Data Type | Description | | --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `AccountType` | [AccountTypeEnum](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/accounttypeenum.md) | Type of Marketing Cloud Engagement account. Valid values include: | | `AccountUsers` | Array of [AccountUser](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/accountuser.md) objects | An array of users associated with a specific account. | | `Address` | String | The physical mailing address required at the bottom of all email messages contains the information described by this property (no P.O. Boxes). The address used to communicate with a Person. | | `BrandID` | Int | Specifies brand tags to use on an account. | | `BusinessName` | String | Business name of an account's owner. | | `BusinessRules` | Array of BusinessRule objects | Not used. | | `Children` | Array of [AccountDataItem](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/accountdataitem.md) objects | An array of AccountDataItem objects that represent child accounts of this account. | | `City` | String | City of an account's owner to be displayedin thephysical mailing address required at the bottom of all email messages. | | `Client` | [ClientID](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/clientid.md) object | Specifies the account ownership and context of an object. | | `CorrelationID` | String | Identifies correlation of objects across several requests. | | `Country` | String | Country of an account's owner, as displayed in the physical mailing address required at the bottom of all email messages. | | `CreatedDate` | DateTime | The date and time when the object was created. | | `CustomerID` | Long | Not used. | | `CustomerKey` | String | User-supplied unique identifier for an object within an object type. This property corresponds to the external key assigned to an object. | | `DBID` | Int | Not used. | | `DefaultHomePage` | LandingPage | Defines default landing page for business unit to use as home page. | | `DefaultSendClassification` | [SendClassification](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/sendclassification.md) object | Defines default send classification for all sends from a specific business unit. | | `DeletedDate` | DateTime | Read-only date and time of an account's deletion (the value of this property must be set before the account can be deleted). | | `Description` | String | Describes and provides information regarding the object. | | `EditionID` | Int | Specifies the product edition of the account. Valid values include: | | `Email` | String | Default email address for object. Indicates if subscriber information can be used for email sends. | | `Fax` | String | Fax number of the account's owner. | | `FromName` | String | Specifies the default email message From Name. Deprecated for email send definitions and triggered send definitions. | | `ID` | Int | Read-only identifier for an object. Some objects use the ObjectID property as a unique ID. | | `InheritAddress` | Boolean | Specifies that an Enterprise 2.0 business unit inherits the address from the parent business unit. | | `IsActive` | Int | Specifies whether the object is active. | | `IsTestAccount` | Boolean | Specifies whether an account is a "Test" account. | | `IsTrialAccount` | Boolean | Not used. | | `LanguageLocale` | [Locale](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/locale.md) object | Defines language preferences associated with a account, business unit, or user. | | `Locale` | [Locale](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/locale.md) object | Contains the locale information for an Account. If no location is set, Locale defaults to en-US. | | `MasterUnsubscribeBehavior` | [UnsubscribeBehaviorEnum](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/unsubscribebehaviorenum.md) | Defines how master unsubscription requests are handled for a business unit.Valid values include ENTIRE_ENTERPRISE or BUSINESS_UNIT_ONLY. | | `ModifiedDate` | DateTime | The date and time when the object was last modified. | | `Name` | String | Name of the object or property. | | `ObjectID` | String | System-controlled, read-only text string identifier for object. | | `ObjectState` | String | Not used. | | `OrgID` | Int | Parent account ID for On-Your-Behalf or Lock-and-Publish accounts. | | `Owner` | [Owner](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/owner.md) object | Describes account ownership of subscriber in an on-your-behalf account. | | `ParentAccount` | [Account](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/account.md) object | Provides more information regarding the parent account. | | `ParentID` | Int | Specifies thethe ID number of the parent account for Lock and Publish, On Your Behalf, Enterprise, and Enterprise 2.0 account children and business units. | | `ParentName` | String | Specifies the name of the Parent account. | | `PartnerKey` | String | Unique identifier provided by partner for an object. This property is accessible only via API. | | `PartnerProperties` | Array of [APIProperty](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/apiproperty.md) objects | A collection of metadata supplied by the client and stored by the system. These properties are accessible only via API. | | `Phone` | String | Specifies a phone number. Specifies the phone number of the account owner. Specifies the Phone data type. | | `PrivateLabelID` | Int | Specifies the private label for an account. | | `PrivateLabels` | Array of [PrivateLabel](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/privatelabel.md) objects | Specifies UI modifications to use on child accounts. | | `ReportingParentID` | Int | Not used. | | `Roles` | Array of [Role](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/role.md) objects | Collection of roles defined for an account. | | `State` | String | Specifies the geographical state of the account's owner. The physical mailing address required at the bottom of all email messages contains the information described by this property. | | `SubscriberFilter` | [FilterPart](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/filterpart.md) object | Defines filter used to assign subscribers to a specific business unit within an Enterprise or Enterprise 2.0 structure. | | `Subscription` | [Subscription](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/subscription.md) object | Not used. | | `TimeZone` | [TimeZone](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/timezone.md) object | Contains time zone information for an Account. For Create and Update calls, this property defines the time zone for an Account object. On a Retrieve call, TimeZone indicates which time zone is in effect for the Account object in question. Without a specific time zone, the Account defaults to Central Standard Time. | | `Zip` | String | Specifies the zip code of the account's owner. The physical mailing address required at the bottom of all email messages contains the information described by this property. | ## Related Items - [Supported Operations for Objects and Methods](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/supported_operations_for_objects_and_methods.md)