Using existing IAM roles in Amazon QuickSight

If you're a QuickSight administrator and have permissions to update QuickSight resources and pass IAM roles, you can use existing IAM roles in QuickSight. To learn more about the prerequisites for passing IAM roles in QuickSight, see the prerequisites outlined in the previous list.

Use the following procedure to learn how to pass IAM roles in QuickSight.

To use an existing IAM role in QuickSight

1. In QuickSight, choose your account name in the navigation bar at top right and choose Manage QuickSight.

2. On the Manage QuickSight page that opens, choose Security & Permissions in the menu at left.

3. In the Security & Permissions page that opens, under QuickSight access to AWS services, choose Manage.

4. For IAM role, choose Use an existing role, and then do one of the following:

   • Choose the role that you want to use from the list.

   • Or, if you don't see a list of existing IAM roles, you can enter the IAM ARN for the role in the following format: arn:aws:iam::account-id:role/path/role-name.

5. Choose Save.