AWSQuickSightDescribeRDS

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Summary

Allow QuickSight to describe the RDS resources

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSQuickSightDescribeRDS
Default version: v1
Created: 2015-11-10
Last edited: 2015-11-10
Services: rds

Control-plane actions (49)

By access level: 47 List, 2 Read.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
RDS	49 of 173	47 List, 2 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	rds:Describe*

RDS: 49 actions

rds:DescribeAccountAttributes (List)
rds:DescribeBlueGreenDeployments (List)
rds:DescribeCertificates (List)
rds:DescribeDBCapacityReservations (List)
rds:DescribeDBClusterAutomatedBackups (List)
rds:DescribeDBClusterBacktracks (List)
rds:DescribeDBClusterEndpoints (List)
rds:DescribeDBClusterParameterGroups (List)
rds:DescribeDBClusterParameters (List)
rds:DescribeDBClusterSnapshotAttributes (List)
rds:DescribeDBClusterSnapshots (List)
rds:DescribeDBClusters (List)
rds:DescribeDBEngineVersions (List)
rds:DescribeDBInstanceAutomatedBackups (List)
rds:DescribeDBInstances (List)
rds:DescribeDBLogFiles (List)
rds:DescribeDBMajorEngineVersions (List)
rds:DescribeDBParameterGroups (List)
rds:DescribeDBParameters (List)
rds:DescribeDBProxies (List)
rds:DescribeDBProxyEndpoints (List)
rds:DescribeDBProxyTargetGroups (List)
rds:DescribeDBProxyTargets (List)
rds:DescribeDBRecommendations (List)
rds:DescribeDBSecurityGroups (List)
rds:DescribeDBShardGroups (List)
rds:DescribeDBSnapshotAttributes (List)
rds:DescribeDBSnapshotTenantDatabases (List)
rds:DescribeDBSnapshots (List)
rds:DescribeDBSubnetGroups (List)
rds:DescribeEngineDefaultClusterParameters (List)
rds:DescribeEngineDefaultParameters (List)
rds:DescribeEventCategories (List)
rds:DescribeEventSubscriptions (List)
rds:DescribeEvents (List)
rds:DescribeExportTasks (List)
rds:DescribeGlobalClusters (List)
rds:DescribeIntegrations (List)
rds:DescribeOptionGroupOptions (List)
rds:DescribeOptionGroups (List)
rds:DescribeOrderableDBInstanceOptions (List)
rds:DescribePendingMaintenanceActions (List)
rds:DescribeRecommendationGroups (Read)
rds:DescribeRecommendations (Read)
rds:DescribeReservedDBInstances (List)
rds:DescribeReservedDBInstancesOfferings (List)
rds:DescribeSourceRegions (List)
rds:DescribeTenantDatabases (List)
rds:DescribeValidDBInstanceModifications (List)

Data-plane actions (0)

By access level: none.

This policy grants no actions in this plane.

Excluded and conditional actions

No patterns are excluded by NotAction or Deny statements.

Resource scope and attachment

Resource scope across granted actions: all-resources.

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

Why this tier

Grants only List and Read actions.

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": [
    {
      "Action": [
        "rds:Describe*"
      ],
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v1, edited by AWS on 2015-11-10. 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/service-role/AWSQuickSightDescribeRDS
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSQuickSightDescribeRDS
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSQuickSightDescribeRDS

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "service_role_awsquicksightdescriberds" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSQuickSightDescribeRDS"
}

CDK (TypeScript)

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("service-role/AWSQuickSightDescribeRDS"),
);

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.