AWSQuickSightDescribeRedshift

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Summary

Allow QuickSight to describe Redshift resources

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

Identity

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

Control-plane actions (46)

By access level: 11 List, 35 Read.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Redshift	46 of 167	11 List, 35 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	redshift:Describe*

Redshift: 46 actions

redshift:DescribeAccountAttributes (Read)
redshift:DescribeAuthenticationProfiles (Read)
redshift:DescribeAutonomicsDenylist (Read)
redshift:DescribeClusterDbRevisions (List)
redshift:DescribeClusterParameterGroups (Read)
redshift:DescribeClusterParameters (Read)
redshift:DescribeClusterSecurityGroups (Read)
redshift:DescribeClusterSnapshots (Read)
redshift:DescribeClusterSubnetGroups (Read)
redshift:DescribeClusterTracks (List)
redshift:DescribeClusterVersions (Read)
redshift:DescribeClusters (List)
redshift:DescribeCustomDomainAssociations (List)
redshift:DescribeDataShares (Read)
redshift:DescribeDataSharesForConsumer (Read)
redshift:DescribeDataSharesForProducer (Read)
redshift:DescribeDefaultClusterParameters (Read)
redshift:DescribeEndpointAccess (Read)
redshift:DescribeEndpointAuthorization (List)
redshift:DescribeEventCategories (Read)
redshift:DescribeEventSubscriptions (Read)
redshift:DescribeEvents (List)
redshift:DescribeHsmClientCertificates (Read)
redshift:DescribeHsmConfigurations (Read)
redshift:DescribeInboundIntegrations (List)
redshift:DescribeIntegrations (List)
redshift:DescribeLoggingStatus (Read)
redshift:DescribeNodeConfigurationOptions (List)
redshift:DescribeOrderableClusterOptions (Read)
redshift:DescribePartners (Read)
redshift:DescribeQev2IdcApplications (List)
redshift:DescribeQuery (Read)
redshift:DescribeRedshiftIdcApplications (List)
redshift:DescribeReservedNodeExchangeStatus (Read)
redshift:DescribeReservedNodeOfferings (Read)
redshift:DescribeReservedNodes (Read)
redshift:DescribeResize (Read)
redshift:DescribeSavedQueries (Read)
redshift:DescribeScheduledActions (Read)
redshift:DescribeSnapshotCopyGrants (Read)
redshift:DescribeSnapshotSchedules (Read)
redshift:DescribeStorage (Read)
redshift:DescribeTable (Read)
redshift:DescribeTableRestoreStatus (Read)
redshift:DescribeTags (Read)
redshift:DescribeUsageLimits (Read)

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": [
        "redshift: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/AWSQuickSightDescribeRedshift
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSQuickSightDescribeRedshift
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSQuickSightDescribeRedshift

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.