AmazonRDSPerformanceInsightsFullAccess

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Summary

Provides full access to RDS Performance Insights via the AWS Management Console

Permissions imported from the AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide; other sections pending editorial review.

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonRDSPerformanceInsightsFullAccess
Default version: v6
Created: 2023-08-15
Last edited: 2026-07-23
Services: cloudwatch, pi, rds

Control-plane actions (18)

By access level: 6 List, 8 Read, 2 Tagging, 2 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Performance Insights	All 14 actions (see the Performance Insights page)	3 List, 7 Read, 2 Tagging, 2 Write; 14 restricted, 0 conditional	pi:CreatePerformanceAnalysisReport, pi:DeletePerformanceAnalysisReport, pi:DescribeDimensionKeys, pi:GetDimensionKeyDetails, pi:GetPerformanceAnalysisReport, pi:GetResourceMetadata, pi:GetResourceMetrics, pi:ListAvailableResourceDimensions, pi:ListAvailableResourceMetrics, pi:ListPerformanceAnalysisReportRecommendations, pi:ListPerformanceAnalysisReports, pi:ListTagsForResource and 2 more
RDS	4 of 173	3 List, 1 Read; 4 restricted, 0 conditional	rds:DescribeDBClusters, rds:DescribeDBInstances, rds:DescribeDBShardGroups, rds:ListTagsForResource

RDS: 4 actions

rds:DescribeDBClusters (List)
rds:DescribeDBInstances (List)
rds:DescribeDBShardGroups (List)
rds:ListTagsForResource (Read)

Data-plane actions (3)

By access level: 1 List, 2 Read.

Data-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
CloudWatch	3 of 5	1 List, 2 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	cloudwatch:GetMetricData, cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics, cloudwatch:ListMetrics

CloudWatch: 3 actions

cloudwatch:GetMetricData (Read)
cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics (Read)
cloudwatch:ListMetrics (List)

Excluded and conditional actions

No patterns are excluded by NotAction or Deny statements.

Resource scope and attachment

Resource scope across granted actions: mixed.

Can be attached: Yes, to users, groups and roles.

Why this tier

Grants 4 write, tagging or permissions-management actions, short of full control of any service.

Guidance

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Same service

Same domain

Frequently asked questions

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AmazonRDSPerformanceInsightsReadAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "pi:DescribeDimensionKeys",
        "pi:GetDimensionKeyDetails",
        "pi:GetResourceMetadata",
        "pi:GetResourceMetrics",
        "pi:ListAvailableResourceDimensions",
        "pi:ListAvailableResourceMetrics"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:pi:*:*:metrics/rds/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AmazonRDSPerformanceInsightsAnalisysReportFullAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "pi:CreatePerformanceAnalysisReport",
        "pi:GetPerformanceAnalysisReport",
        "pi:ListPerformanceAnalysisReportRecommendations",
        "pi:ListPerformanceAnalysisReports",
        "pi:DeletePerformanceAnalysisReport"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:pi:*:*:perf-reports/rds/*/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AmazonRDSPerformanceInsightsTaggingFullAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "pi:TagResource",
        "pi:UntagResource",
        "pi:ListTagsForResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:pi:*:*:*/rds/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AmazonRDSDescribeInstanceAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "rds:DescribeDBInstances",
        "rds:DescribeDBClusters",
        "rds:ListTagsForResource",
        "rds:DescribeDBShardGroups"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:rds:*:*:db:*",
        "arn:aws:rds:*:*:cluster:*",
        "arn:aws:rds:*:*:shard-group:*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AmazonCloudWatchReadAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics",
        "cloudwatch:ListMetrics",
        "cloudwatch:GetMetricData"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v6, edited by AWS on 2026-07-23. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

AWS CLI

aws iam attach-role-policy --role-name ROLE_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonRDSPerformanceInsightsFullAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonRDSPerformanceInsightsFullAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonRDSPerformanceInsightsFullAccess

CloudFormation

Resources:
  ExampleRole:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
    Properties:
      AssumeRolePolicyDocument: {}  # replace with your trust policy
      ManagedPolicyArns:
        - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonRDSPerformanceInsightsFullAccess

Terraform

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "amazonrdsperformanceinsightsfullaccess" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonRDSPerformanceInsightsFullAccess"
}

CDK (TypeScript)

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("AmazonRDSPerformanceInsightsFullAccess"),
);

Sources

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