How do I find out the account_id

[qnguyen]

Someone already created some Sub Accounts ( Departments) in our Canvas Portal, and here is my question:

- Can I find out what that account_id is so I can add that line to my account.csv file?

- When creating sub-account in UI, there is no way to add the account_id, only NAME

- Is there a way to batch-create more than 1 sub-account?

Thanks everyone

[brueckert]

If you're an admin, you can click on the managed account within the admin tab of your instance of Canvas. The account id appears in the URL: YOURDOMAIN.instructure.com/accounts/YOUR_ID

This is how I understand it. Someone please chime in if there's a simpler way! I apologize; I can't help you on your other questions. I will defer to other experts in the field.

[qnguyen]

Hi,

This is the sub account ID not the individual admin account ( SIS ID)

Thanks for your answer

[brueckert]

You should be able to do this for sub-accounts in the same way. Click on the sub-account in Canvas, and the id appears in the URL.

[qnguyen]

Hi Brian

Here is what I got https://ohlone.instructure.com/accounts/36

So on the csv file I will this number 36 to add new Sections to this Sub-account ( department) ?

Here is an example of what we have

course_id	short_name	long_name	account_id	term_id	status	start_date	end_date
QUAN-101A	101A LAB U	QUAN-101A LAB	??????????		active

[shane_ohara · Accepted solution]

Quan,

You will want to go one step further when you access the sub-account. Click on the Settings for that sub-account and look at the SIS ID value. This will give you the account_id value to enter for the csv file import. At my institution, each college code from our SIS was used as the account_id (or SIS ID) for Canvas.

This is an example:

Best,

Shane

[qnguyen]

Thanks Shane, that is what I just found out too. It is great

[brueckert]

Thank you Shane. I apologize to all; I was misinformed.

[ProfessorBeyrer]

Thanks for the helpful reply especially with the screenshot. I discovered that an SIS ID can be entered if that field is blank. Nice!

[Stef_retired]

 @qnguyen ​, as this is very much a question for admins, I'm moving it to the Canvas Admins​ group. If you're not already a member of that group, joining is just a few clicks away.

[ny_adm]

Quan ---

If you want to do this programmatically, you'll need to use the API.

Particularly the Accounts - Canvas LMS REST API Documentation "Get Subaccounts for an account" method.

Basically, you start by passing in account_id = 1, and then get the sub accounts for it. Then traverse through the returned list, and for each of those, do another call to get the sub-accounts of those (rinse and repeat).

Let me know if this doesn't make any sense, and i might be able to show some code snippets of how im doing it.