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DescribeFolder - Amazon QuickSight

Use the DescribeFolder operation to describe a folder. To use this operation, you need the ID of the folder whose permissions you want to view. The folder ID is part of the folder URL in Amazon QuickSight. You can also use the ListFolders operation to get the ID.

Following is an example AWS CLI command for this operation.

AWS CLI
aws quicksight describe-folder 
    --aws-account-id AWSACCOUNTID 
    --folder-id FOLDERID
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aws quicksight describe-folder 
    --aws-account-id AWSACCOUNTID 
    --folder-id FOLDERID

For more information about the DescribeFolder operation, see DescribeFolder in the Amazon QuickSight API Reference.

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