Document history for the Resource Explorer User Guide - AWS Resource Explorer

Document history for the Resource Explorer User Guide

The following table describes the documentation releases for AWS Resource Explorer. For notification about updates to this documentation, you can subscribe to an RSS feed.

ChangeDescriptionDate

Added support for new resource types

Resource Explorer added support for 63 new resources from AWS services including AWS DataSync, Amazon GuardDuty, and Amazon SageMaker.

November 21, 2024

New console features

Resource Explorer added new console features including bulk resource actions like managing tags and creating an application, and added new resource details from other AWS services like AWS Config and AWS Security Hub.

November 20, 2024

Managed views

Resource Explorer added managed views, allowing other AWS services to access resource information indexed by Resource Explorer for your AWS account or organization with your consent.

November 8, 2024

New search filter added

Resource Explorer added a new tag:all search query filter, enabling you to search for resources that have one or more user-created tags attached, even if the resource type is not supported in Resource Explorer.

September 6, 2024

Content organization improvements

Updated topic titles and reorganized content to improve readability and discoverability.

August 29, 2024

Notice to upgrade IAM policies to IPv6

Customers who are using dual addressing with ASPEN policies containing aws:sourceIp are impacted by this upgrade. Dual addressing means that the network supports both IPv4 and IPv6.

July 15, 2024

Discontinued support for three resource types

Resource Explorer discontinued support for the following three resource types: ecs:task, ssm:automation-execution, and ssm:patchbaseline.

July 9, 2024

Added support for new resource types

Resource Explorer added support for 65 new resources from AWS services including AWS Key Management Service, Amazon RouteĀ 53, and Amazon Fraud Detector.

February 20, 2024

Updated managed policy

Resource Explorer added support to view additional resource types. The AWSResourceExplorerServiceRolePolicy AWS managed policy has been updated to grant Resource Explorer access to view additional resource types.

December 12, 2023

New search filter added

Resource Explorer now supports searching your resources by application.

November 16, 2023

Added support for new resource types

Resource Explorer added support for 86 new resources from AWS services including AWS CloudFormation, AWS Glue, and Amazon SageMaker.

November 15, 2023

Resource Explorer supports multi-account search

You can now use Resource Explorer to search and discover resources across AWS accounts within your organization or organizational unit. For more information, see Turning on multi-account search.

November 14, 2023

New and updated managed policies

Resource Explorer added support for AWS Organizations. The AWS managed policies have been added and updated to grant Resource Explorer access to your organization, organizational structure, accounts, and delegated administrators.

November 14, 2023

Added support for new resource types

Resource Explorer added support for AWS Organizations. The AWS managed policies have been updated to grant Resource Explorer access to your organization, organizational structure, accounts, and delegated administrators.

November 14, 2023

Added support for new resource types

Resource Explorer now supports 12 new resource types from services including Amazon Cognito, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, and Amazon Elastic File System.

October 18, 2023

Added support for new resource types

Resource Explorer added support for 164 resources. The AWS managed policies that grant Resource Explorer access to index resources were updated to include those new resource types.

October 17, 2023

Resource Explorer is now available in certain opt-in Regions

Customers in BAH and CGK can now opt in to Resource Explorer.

October 5, 2023

Added support for new resource types

Resource Explorer added support for resources from the following AWS services: AWS CodeBuild, AWS CodePipeline, Amazon Cognito, Amazon Elastic Container Registry, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Amazon Elastic File System, AWS IoT, and AWS Step Functions. The AWS managed policies that grant Resource Explorer access to index resources were updated to include those new resource types.

August 1, 2023

Resource Explorer now supports exporting search results to a CSV

You can now export the results of your search on the Resource search page to a CSV-formatted file.

April 4, 2023

Use AWS Chatbot to search and discover your AWS resources

You can now use AWS Chatbot to search your resources using natural language questions. For more information, see Using AWS Chatbot to search for resources.

March 30, 2023

Added support for new resource types

Resource Explorer added support for resources from the following AWS services: Amazon ElastiCache, AWS Lambda, and Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS). The AWS managed policies that grant Resource Explorer access to index resources were updated to include those new resource types.

March 7, 2023

IAM best practices update

Updated guide to align with the IAM best practices. For more information, see Security best practices in IAM.

December 6, 2022

New AWS managed policies

Resource Explorer adds AWSResourceExplorerFullAccess, AWSResourceExplorerReadOnlyAccess, and AWSResourceExplorerServiceRolePolicy managed policies.

November 7, 2022

Initial release

Initial release of the Resource Explorer User Guide

November 7, 2022