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SearchFolders - Amazon QuickSight

Use the SearchFolders operation to search the subfolders of a folder.

Following is an example AWS CLI command for this operation.

AWS CLI
aws quicksight search-folders 
    --aws-account-id AWSACCOUNTID 
    --filters Operator=StringEquals,Name=QUICKSIGHT_USER,Value=arn:aws:quicksight:us-east-1:AWSACCOUNTID:user/default/USERNAME 
    --max-results 100

If your region has already been configured within the CLI, it doesn't need to be included as an argument.

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aws quicksight search-folders 
    --aws-account-id AWSACCOUNTID 
    --filters Operator=StringEquals,Name=QUICKSIGHT_USER,Value=arn:aws:quicksight:us-east-1:AWSACCOUNTID:user/default/USERNAME 
    --max-results 100

If your region has already been configured within the CLI, it doesn't need to be included as an argument.

If your region has already been configured with the CLI, it does not need to be included in an argument.

For more information on the SearchFolders operation, see SearchFolders in the Amazon QuickSight API Reference.

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