# Amazon DynamoDB: Allows access to a specific table
DynamoDB: Access specific table

This example shows how you might create an identity-based policy that allows full access to the `MyTable` DynamoDB table. This policy grants the permissions necessary to complete this action programmatically from the AWS API or AWS CLI. To use this policy, replace the *italicized placeholder text* in the example policy with your own information. Then, follow the directions in [create a policy](access_policies_create.md) or [edit a policy](access_policies_manage-edit.md).

**Important**  
This policy allows all actions that can be performed on a DynamoDB table. To review these actions, see [DynamoDB API Permissions: Actions, Resources, and Conditions Reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/api-permissions-reference.html) in the* Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide*. You could provide the same permissions by listing each individual action. However, if you use the wildcard (`*`) in the `Action` element, such as `"dynamodb:List*"`, then you don't have to update your policy if DynamoDB adds a new List action. 

This policy allows actions only on DynamoDB tables that exist with the specified name. To allow your users `Read` access to everything in DynamoDB, you can also attach the [AmazonDynamoDBReadOnlyAccess](https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/home#policies/arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonDynamoDBReadOnlyAccess) AWS managed policy.

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```
{
    "Version":"2012-10-17",		 	 	 
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "ListAndDescribe",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "dynamodb:List*",
                "dynamodb:DescribeReservedCapacity*",
                "dynamodb:DescribeLimits",
                "dynamodb:DescribeTimeToLive"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "SpecificTable",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "dynamodb:BatchGet*",
                "dynamodb:DescribeStream",
                "dynamodb:DescribeTable",
                "dynamodb:Get*",
                "dynamodb:Query",
                "dynamodb:Scan",
                "dynamodb:BatchWrite*",
                "dynamodb:CreateTable",
                "dynamodb:Delete*",
                "dynamodb:Update*",
                "dynamodb:PutItem"
            ],
            "Resource": "arn:aws:dynamodb:*:*:table/MyTable"
        }
    ]
}
```

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