In this section, we will review how to get started with QuickSight and build a real dashboard on data.
You have two options for signing up to QuickSight. If you are new to AWS, then sign up for Amazon QuickSight with a new AWS account to create an Amazon QuickSight account. If you have an existing AWS account and want to use IAM user credentials to create an Amazon QuickSight account, sign up for Amazon QuickSight with an existing account. Let's review each of these options in detail.
Let's review the steps to sign up to QuickSight with a new AWS account:
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. Account names can only contain characters (A-Z, or a-z), digits (0-9), and dashes (-).If you already have an AWS account, follow this section to create an Amazon QuickSight account that is connected to your AWS account. You can use your AWS credentials to login or use IAM user credentials.
To use IAM, the user must have a permissions policy attached that includes the following statements:
{ "Statement": [ { "Action": [ "iam:ListPolicyVersions", "iam:ListAccountAliases", "iam:AttachRolePolicy", "iam:GetPolicy", "iam:GetPolicyVersion", "iam:CreateRole", "iam:CreatePolicy", "iam:CreatePolicyVersion", "iam:DeletePolicyVersion", "iam:GetRole", "iam:ListAttachedRolePolicies", "iam:ListRoles", "ds:CheckAlias", "ds:CreateIdentityPoolDirectory", "ds:CreateAlias", "ds:AuthorizeApplication", "ds:DescribeDirectories", "ds:UnauthorizeApplication", "ds:DeleteDirectory", "quicksight:Subscribe", "quicksight:Unsubscribe", "s3:ListAllMyBuckets" ], "Effect": "Allow", "Resource": [ "*" ] } ], "Version": "2012-10-17" }
Let's review the steps to sign up to QuickSight with an existing AWS account:
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. Account names can only contain characters (A-Z, or a-z), digits (0-9), and dashes (-).