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Service-linked roles for Data Exports

Data Exports uses Amazon Identity and Access Management (IAM) service-linked roles. A service-linked role is a unique type of IAM role that is linked directly to Data Exports. Service-linked roles are predefined by Data Exports and include all the permissions that the service requires to call other Amazon services on your behalf.

A service-linked role makes setting up Data Exports easier because you don’t have to manually add the necessary permissions. Data Exports defines the permissions of its service-linked role, and unless defined otherwise, only Data Exports can assume that role. The defined permissions include the trust policy and the permissions policy, and that permissions policy cannot be attached to any other IAM entity.

For information about other services that support service-linked roles, see Amazon services that work with IAM and look for the services that have Yes in the Service-Linked Role column. Choose a Yes with a link to view the service-linked role documentation for that service.

Service-linked role permissions for Data Exports

Data Exports uses the service-linked role named AWSServiceRoleForBCMDataExports, which enables access to Amazon service data for exporting the data to a target location, such as Amazon S3, on behalf of the customer. This service-linked role is used for read-only actions to collect the least amount of Amazon service data necessary. The service-linked role is used over time to ensure security and to continue refreshing the export data in the target location.

The AWSServiceRoleForBCMDataExports service-linked role trusts the bcm-data-exports.amazonaws.com service to assume the role.

The role permissions policy, AWSBCMDataExportsServiceRolePolicy, allows Data Exports to complete the following actions on the specified resources:

For more information, see Allows Data Exports to access other Amazon services.

To view the full permissions details of the service-linked role AWSBCMDataExportsServiceRolePolicy, see AWSBCMDataExportsServiceRolePolicy in the Amazon Managed Policy Reference Guide.

You must configure permissions to allow an IAM entity (such as a user, group, or role) to create, edit, or delete a service-linked role. For more information, see Service-linked role permissions in the IAM User Guide.

Creating the Data Exports service-linked role

You don't need to manually create the Data Exports service-linked role. On the Data Exports console page, when you attempt to create an export of a table that requires the service-linked role, the service automatically creates the role for you.

If you delete this service-linked role, and then need to create it again, you can use the same process to recreate the role in your account.

Editing the Data Exports service-linked role

You can't edit the name or permissions of the AWSServiceRoleForBCMDataExports service-linked role because various entities might reference the role. However, you can edit the description of the role using IAM. For more information, see Editing a service-linked role in the IAM User Guide.

To allow an IAM entity to edit the description of the AWSServiceRoleForBCMDataExports service-linked role

Add the following statement to the permissions policy for the IAM entity that needs to edit the description of a service-linked role.

{
    "Effect": "Allow",
    "Action": [
        "iam:UpdateRoleDescription"
    ],
    "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/bcm-data-exports.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForBCMDataExports",
    "Condition": {"StringLike": {"iam:AWSServiceName": "bcm-data-exports.amazonaws.com"}}
}

Deleting the Data Exports service-linked role

If you no longer need to use Data Exports, we recommend that you delete the AWSServiceRoleForBCMDataExports service-linked role. That way, you don't have an unused entity that isn't actively monitored or maintained. However, before you can manually delete the service-linked role, you must first delete any Data Exports that require the service-linked role.

To delete an export

For information about deleting an export, see Editing and deleting exports.

To manually delete the service-linked role using IAM

Use the IAM console, the Amazon Command Line Interface (Amazon CLI), or the Amazon API to delete the AWSServiceRoleForBCMDataExports service-linked role. For more information, see Deleting a Service-Linked Role in the IAM User Guide.

Supported Regions for Data Exports service-linked roles

Data Exports supports using service-linked roles in all of the Amazon Regions where Data Exports is available. For more information, see Amazon service endpoints.