---
title: "Create an org group"
method: POST
path: "/api/v2/org_groups"
tags: ["Org Groups"]
---

# Create an org group

`POST /api/v2/org_groups`

Create a new organization group.

## Request body

- OrgGroupCreateRequest — Request to create an org group.
  - `data` OrgGroupCreateData, required — Data for creating an org group.
    - `attributes` OrgGroupCreateAttributes, required — Attributes for creating an org group.
      - `name` string, required — The name of the org group.
    - `type` 'org_groups', required — Org groups resource type.

## Response `201`

Created

- OrgGroupResponse — Response containing a single org group.
  - `data` OrgGroupData, required — An org group resource.
    - `attributes` OrgGroupAttributes, required — Attributes of an org group.
      - `created_at` string, date-time, required — Timestamp when the org group was created.
      - `modified_at` string, date-time, required — Timestamp when the org group was last modified.
      - `name` string, required — The name of the org group.
      - `owner_org_site` string, required — The site of the organization that owns this org group.
      - `owner_org_uuid` string, uuid, required — The UUID of the organization that owns this org group.
    - `id` string, uuid, required — The ID of the org group.
    - `type` 'org_groups', required — Org groups resource type.

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden
- `409` — Conflict
- `429` — Too many requests

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[API](https://skmtc.net/datadog/apis/api-v2.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/datadog/apis/api-v2/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/datadog/api-v2/versions/da68bf029e4c/schema)