Considerations for QuickSight folders
Before you get started creating and modifying folders in Amazon QuickSight, review the following limitations that apply to QuickSight folders.
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You can't share folders in your AWS account with people in other AWS accounts.
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For people who have QuickSight reader permissions, the following limitations apply:
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Readers can't own a personal or shared folder.
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Readers can't create or manage folders or folder content.
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Readers can't have the contributor access level.
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In shared folders, readers can only see dashboard assets.
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In addition, these limitations apply specifically to shared folders:
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The name of a shared folder (at the top level of the tree) must be unique in your AWS account.
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In a single folder, multiple assets can't have the same name. For example, in your top-level folder, you can't create two subfolders with the same name. In the same folder, you can't add two assets with the same name, even if they have different asset IDs. The path to each asset behaves like an Amazon S3 key name. It must be unique in your AWS account.
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Restricted shared folders can only be created with the QuickSight CLI.
For Amazon QuickSight quotas, the Service Quotas console provides the most accurate and up-to-date information. You can do the following in the Service Quotas console:
When you finish reviewing the folder limitations, see Overview of QuickSight folders to learn more about the different types of folder available in Amazon QuickSight.
