# Show Selection Rule

> **ALPHA**

#### Description
Selection Rules are used to resolve who should attend a Scheduling Request.
This API allows you to view the existing state of a Selection Rule.

Authentication uses a `client_secret` of an [Internal Application](/developers/application-management/internal-applications/index.md) linked to the Organizational Unit.

#### URL format
```
{data_center_url}/v1/scheduler/selection_rules/{selection_rule_id}
```

#### Example Request
```http
GET /v1/scheduler/selection_rules/sel_5ebac6d468ed0fb37a1b6e4a HTTP/1.1
Host: {data_center_url}
Authorization: Bearer {API_TOKEN}
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
```

#### Example Response
```http
HTTP/1.1 200 OK

{
  "selection_rule": {
    "sub": "sel_5ebac6d468ed0fb37a1b6e4a",
    "name": "Engineers",
    "required": 1,
    "members": [
      {
        "display_name": "Alice",
        "email": "alice@evenitron.com",
        "sub": "acc_5ebac6d468ed0fb37a1b6e4a"
      }
    ]
  }
}
```

#### Response parameters
##### `selection_rule`

An object representing the new state of the selection_rule.

##### `selection_rule.sub`

The ID of the Selection Rule, which can be used in the [Show](/developers/api-alpha/organizational-unit-selection-rules/show-selection-rule/index.md) and [Update](/developers/api-alpha/organizational-unit-selection-rules/update-selection-rule/index.md) endpoints.

##### `selection_rule.name`

The friendly name of the Selection Rule to help identify it. This is shown in the Scheduler UI to users.

##### `selection_rule.required`

The number of members that will be added to events. The value must be an integer, or can be the special value `"all"` if you want everyone in the rule to have to be available and added to the event.

##### `selection_rule.members`

An array of objects representing the user account for the member of this Selection Rule.



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