ComprehendReadOnly

Summary

Provides read-only access to Amazon Comprehend.

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

Identity

ARN

arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/ComprehendReadOnlyCopy ARN

Default version

v11

Created

2017-11-29

Last edited

2022-04-26

Services

comprehend

Control-plane actions (39)

By access level: 39 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.

Related policies

Same service

• AmazonCognitoUnAuthedIdentitiesSessionPolicy
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• AWSApplicationAutoscalingComprehendEndpointPolicy
• ComprehendFullAccess
• LexBotPolicy

Same domain

• AgentRegistryFullAccess
• AgentRegistryReadOnlyAccess
• AIOpsAssistantIncidentReportPolicy
• AIOpsAssistantPolicy
• AIOpsConsoleAdminPolicy
• AIOpsOperatorAccess
• AIOpsReadOnlyAccess
• AmazonAugmentedAIFullAccess

Frequently asked questions

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Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "comprehend:DetectDominantLanguage",
        "comprehend:BatchDetectDominantLanguage",
        "comprehend:DetectEntities",
        "comprehend:BatchDetectEntities",
        "comprehend:DetectKeyPhrases",
        "comprehend:BatchDetectKeyPhrases",
        "comprehend:DetectPiiEntities",
        "comprehend:ContainsPiiEntities",
        "comprehend:DetectSentiment",
        "comprehend:BatchDetectSentiment",
        "comprehend:DetectSyntax",
        "comprehend:BatchDetectSyntax",
        "comprehend:ClassifyDocument",
        "comprehend:DescribeTopicsDetectionJob",
        "comprehend:ListTopicsDetectionJobs",
        "comprehend:DescribeDominantLanguageDetectionJob",
        "comprehend:ListDominantLanguageDetectionJobs",
        "comprehend:DescribeEntitiesDetectionJob",
        "comprehend:ListEntitiesDetectionJobs",
        "comprehend:DescribeKeyPhrasesDetectionJob",
        "comprehend:ListKeyPhrasesDetectionJobs",
        "comprehend:DescribePiiEntitiesDetectionJob",
        "comprehend:ListPiiEntitiesDetectionJobs",
        "comprehend:DescribeSentimentDetectionJob",
        "comprehend:DescribeTargetedSentimentDetectionJob",
        "comprehend:ListSentimentDetectionJobs",
        "comprehend:ListTargetedSentimentDetectionJobs",
        "comprehend:DescribeDocumentClassifier",
        "comprehend:ListDocumentClassifiers",
        "comprehend:DescribeDocumentClassificationJob",
        "comprehend:ListDocumentClassificationJobs",
        "comprehend:DescribeEntityRecognizer",
        "comprehend:ListEntityRecognizers",
        "comprehend:ListTagsForResource",
        "comprehend:DescribeEndpoint",
        "comprehend:ListEndpoints",
        "comprehend:ListDocumentClassifierSummaries",
        "comprehend:ListEntityRecognizerSummaries",
        "comprehend:DescribeResourcePolicy"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v11, edited by AWS on 2022-04-26. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

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

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

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

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

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.

• Official AWS reference for ComprehendReadOnly
• Report a data issue