Service summary (list of actions)
Policies are summarized in three tables: the policy summary, the service summary, and the action summary. The service summary table includes a list of the actions and summaries of the permissions that are defined by the policy for the chosen service.

You can view a service summary for each service listed in the policy summary that grants permissions. The table is grouped into Uncategorized actions, Uncategorized resource types, and access level sections. If the policy includes an action that IAM does not recognize, then the action is included in the Uncategorized actions section of the table. If IAM recognizes the action, then it is included under one of the access level (List, Read, Write and Permissions management) sections of the table. To view the access level classification that is assigned to each action in a service, see Actions, Resources, and Condition Keys for Amazon Services.
Viewing service summaries
You can view the service summary for managed policies on the Policies page, or view service summaries for inline and managed policies attached to a user or role through the Users page and Roles page. However, if you choose a service name on the Users page or Roles page from a managed policy, you are redirected to the Policies page. Service summaries for managed policies must be viewed on the Policies page.
To view the service summary for a managed policy
Sign in to the Amazon Web Services Management Console and open the IAM console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/iam/
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In the navigation pane, choose Policies.
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In the list of policies, choose the name of the policy that you want to view.
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On the Summary page for the policy, view the Permissions tab to see the policy summary.
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In the policy summary list of services, choose the name of the service that you want to view.
To view the service summary for a policy attached to a user
Sign in to the Amazon Web Services Management Console and open the IAM console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/iam/
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In the navigation pane, choose Users.
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In the list of users, choose the name of the user whose policy you want to view.
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On the Summary page for the user, view the Permissions tab to see the list of policies that are attached to the user directly or from a group.
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In the table of policies for the user, expand the row of the policy that you want to view.
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In the policy summary list of services, choose the name of the service that you want to view.
Note If the policy that you select is an inline policy that is attached directly to the user, then the service summary table appears. If the policy is an inline policy attached from a group, then you are taken to the JSON policy document for that group. If the policy is a managed policy, then you are taken to the service summary for that policy on the Policies page.
To view the service summary for a policy attached to a role
Sign in to the Amazon Web Services Management Console and open the IAM console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/iam/
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Choose Roles from the navigation pane.
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In the list of roles, choose the name of the role whose policy you want to view.
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On the Summary page for the role, view the Permissions tab to see the list of policies that are attached to the role.
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In the table of policies for the role, expand the row of the policy that you want to view.
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In the policy summary list of services, choose the name of the service that you want to view.
Understanding the elements of a service summary
The example below is the service summary for Amazon S3 actions that are allowed from the SummaryAllElements policy summary (see SummaryAllElements JSON policy document). The actions for this service are grouped by Uncategorized actions, Uncategorized resource types, and access level. For example, two Write actions are defined out of the total 29 Write actions available for the service.

The service summary page for a managed policy includes the following information:
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If the policy does not grant permissions to all the actions, resources, and conditions defined for the service in the policy, then a warning banner appears at the top of the page. The service summary then includes details about the problem. To learn how policy summaries help you to understand and troubleshoot the permissions that your policy grants, see My policy does not grant the expected permissions.
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Next to the Back link appears the name of the service (in this case S3). The service summary for this service includes the list of allowed actions that are defined in the policy. If instead, the text (Explicitly denied) appears next to the name of a service, then the actions listed in the service summary table are explicitly denied.
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Choose { } JSON to see additional details about the policy. You can do this to view all conditions that are applied to the actions. (If you are viewing the service summary for an inline policy that is attached directly to a user, you must close the service summary dialog box and return to the policy summary to access the JSON policy document.)
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To view the summary for a specific action, type keywords into the search box to reduce the list of available actions.
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Action (2 of 69 actions) – This column lists the actions that are defined within the policy and provides the resources and conditions for each action. If the policy grants permissions to the action, then the action name links to the action summary table. The count indicates the number of recognized actions that provide permissions. The total is the number of known actions for the service. In this example, 2 actions provide permissions out of 69 total known S3 actions.
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Show/Hide remaining 67 – Choose this link to expand or hide the table to include actions that are known but do not provide permissions for this service. Expanding the link also displays warnings for any elements that do not provide permissions.
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Unrecognized resource types – This policy includes at least one unrecognized resource type within the policy for this service. You can use this warning to check whether a resource type might include a typo. If the resource type is correct, then the service might not fully support policy summaries, might be in preview, or might be a custom service. To request policy summary support for a specific resource type in a generally available (GA) service, see Service does not support IAM policy summaries. In this example, the
autoscling
service name is missing ana
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Unrecognized actions – This policy includes at least one unrecognized action within the policy for this service. You can use this warning to check whether an action might include a typo. If the action name is correct, then the service might not fully support policy summaries, might be in preview, or might be a custom service. To request policy summary support for a specific action in a generally available (GA) service, see Service does not support IAM policy summaries. In this example, the
DeletObject
action is missing an
e
.Note IAM reviews service names, actions, and resource types for services that support policy summaries. However, your policy summary might include a resource value or condition that does not exist. Always test your policies with the policy simulator.
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For those actions that IAM recognizes, the table groups these actions into at least one or up to four sections, depending on the level of access that the policy allows or denies. The sections are List, Read, Write, and Permissions management. You can also see the number of actions that are defined out of the total number of actions available within each access level. To view the access level classification that is assigned to each action in a service, see Actions, Resources, and Condition Keys for Amazon Services.
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The ellipses (…) indicate that all the actions are included in the page, but we are showing only the rows with information relevant to this policy. When you view this page in the Amazon Web Services Management Console, you see all the actions for your service.
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(No access) – This policy includes an action that does not provide permissions.
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Actions that provide permissions include a link to the action summary.
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Resource – This column shows the resources that the policy defines for the service. IAM does not check whether the resource applies to each action. In this example, actions in the S3 service are allowed on only the
developer_bucket
Amazon S3 bucket resource. Depending on the information that the service provides to IAM, you might see an ARN such asarn:aws:s3:::developer_bucket/*
, or you might see the defined resource type, such asBucketName = developer_bucket
.Note This column can include a resource from a different service. If the policy statement that includes the resource does not include both actions and resources from the same service, then your policy includes mismatched resources. IAM does not warn you about mismatched resources when you create a policy, or when you view a policy in the service summary. IAM also does not indicate whether the action applies to the resources, only whether the service matches. If this column includes a mismatched resource, then you should review your policy for errors. To better understand your policies, always test them with the policy simulator.
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Resource warning – For actions with resources that do not provide full permissions, you see one of the following warnings:
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This action does not support resource-level permissions. This requires a wildcard (*) for the resource. – This means that the policy includes resource-level permissions but must include
"Resource": ["*"]
to provide permissions for this action.
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This action does not have an applicable resource. – This means that the action is included in the policy without a supported resource.
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This action does not have an applicable resource and condition. – This means that the action is included in the policy without a supported resource and without a supported condition. In this case, there is also condition included in the policy for this service, but there are no conditions that apply to this action.
For the
ListAllMyBuckets
action, this policy includes the last warning because the action does not support resource-level permissions and does not support thes3:x-amz-acl
condition key. If you fix either the resource problem or the condition problem, the remaining issue appears in a detailed warning. -
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Request condition – This column tells whether the actions associated with the resource are subject to conditions. To learn more about those conditions, choose { } JSON to review the JSON policy document.
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Condition warning – For actions with conditions that do not provide full permissions, you see one of the following warnings:
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<CONDITION_KEY> is not a supported condition key for this action. – This means that the policy includes a condition key for the service that is not supported for this action.
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Multiple condition keys are not supported for this action. – This means that the policy includes more than one condition keys for the service that are not supported for this action.
For
GetObject
, this policy includes thes3:x-amz-acl
condition key, which will not work with this action. Although the action supports the resource, the policy does not grant any permissions for this action because the condition will never be true for this action. -