# AWSBackupSearchOperatorAccess
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**Description**: The search operator role has access to create backup indexes, create searches of backup metadata that has been indexed. This policy contains the necessary permissions for these search operator functions.

`AWSBackupSearchOperatorAccess` is an [AWS managed policy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-vs-inline.html#aws-managed-policies).

## Using this policy
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You can attach `AWSBackupSearchOperatorAccess` to your users, groups, and roles.

## Policy details
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+ **Type**: AWS managed policy 
+ **Creation time**: February 27, 2025, 21:52 UTC 
+ **Edited time:** February 12, 2026, 18:00 UTC
+ **ARN**: `arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSBackupSearchOperatorAccess`

## Policy version
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**Policy version:** v6 (default)

The policy's default version is the version that defines the permissions for the policy. When a user or role with the policy makes a request to access an AWS resource, AWS checks the default version of the policy to determine whether to allow the request. 

## JSON policy document
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```
{
  "Version" : "2012-10-17",
  "Statement" : [
    {
      "Sid" : "StartSearchAndListPermissions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "backup-search:StartSearchJob",
        "backup-search:ListSearchJobs",
        "backup-search:ListSearchResultExportJobs",
        "backup:ListIndexedRecoveryPointsForSearch"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "BackupSearchRecoveryPointPermissions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "backup:SearchRecoveryPoint"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*::snapshot/*",
        "arn:aws:backup:*:*:recovery-point:*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "SearchAndExportPermissions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "backup-search:StartSearchResultExportJob",
        "backup-search:StopSearchJob",
        "backup-search:GetSearchJob",
        "backup-search:GetSearchResultExportJob",
        "backup-search:ListSearchJobResults",
        "backup-search:ListSearchJobBackups"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:backup-search:*:*:search-job/*",
        "arn:aws:backup-search:*:*:search-export-job/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "KMSDataKeyForSearchAndExportPermissions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "kms:Decrypt",
        "kms:GenerateDataKey"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:kms:*:*:key/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "ForAllValues:StringEquals" : {
          "kms:EncryptionContextKeys" : [
            "aws:backup-search:search-job"
          ]
        },
        "StringLike" : {
          "kms:ViaService" : [
            "backup.*.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

## Learn more
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+ [Create a permission set using AWS managed policies in IAM Identity Center](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/singlesignon/latest/userguide/howtocreatepermissionset.html) 
+ [Adding and removing IAM identity permissions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_manage-attach-detach.html) 
+ [Understand versioning for IAM policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-versioning.html)
+ [Get started with AWS managed policies and move toward least-privilege permissions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html#bp-use-aws-defined-policies)