role

The Amazon Quick Sight role of the user. The role can be one of the following default security cohorts:

  • READER: A user who has read-only access to dashboards.

  • AUTHOR: A user who can create data sources, datasets, analyses, and dashboards.

  • ADMIN: A user who is an author, who can also manage Amazon Quick Sight settings.

  • READER_PRO: Reader Pro adds Generative BI capabilities to the Reader role. Reader Pros have access to Amazon Q in Quick Sight, can build stories with Amazon Q, and can generate executive summaries from dashboards.

  • AUTHOR_PRO: Author Pro adds Generative BI capabilities to the Author role. Author Pros can author dashboards with natural language with Amazon Q, build stories with Amazon Q, create Topics for Q&A, and generate executive summaries from dashboards.

  • ADMIN_PRO: Admin Pros are Author Pros who can also manage Amazon Quick Sight administrative settings. Admin Pro users are billed at Author Pro pricing.

The name of the Quick Sight role is invisible to the user except for the console screens dealing with permissions.