Sharing Amazon QuickSight analyses - Amazon QuickSight
Sharing an analysisViewing the users that an analysis is shared withRevoking access to an analysis
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Sharing Amazon QuickSight analyses

You can share an analysis with one or more other users by emailing them a link, making it easy to collaborate and disseminate findings. You can only share an analysis with other users in your Amazon QuickSight account.

After you share an analysis, you can review the other users who have access to it, and also revoke access from any user.

Sharing an analysis

Use the following procedure to share an analysis.

To share an analysis

  1. Open the QuickSight console.

  2. Open the analysis that you want to change.

  3. On the analysis page, choose File on the application bar, and then choose Share.

    You can only share analyses with users or groups who are in your Amazon QuickSight account.

  4. Add a user or group to share with. To do this, for Type a user name or email, enter the first user or group that you want to share this analysis with. Then choose Share. Repeat this step until you have entered information for everyone you want to share the analysis with.

    To edit sharing permissions for this analysis, choose Manage analysis permissions.

    The Manage analysis permissions screen appears. On this screen, choose Invite user to edit permissions and add more users or groups.

  5. For Permission, choose the role to assign to each user or group. The role determines the permission level to grant to that user or group.

  6. Choose Share.

    The users that you have shared the analysis with get emails with a link to the analysis. Groups don't receive invitation emails.

Viewing the users that an analysis is shared with

If you have shared an analysis, you can use the following procedure to see which users or groups have access to it.

To view which users or groups have access to an analysis

  1. Open the QuickSight console.

  2. Open the analysis that you want to change.

  3. On the analysis page, choose File on the application bar, and then choose Share.

  4. Choose Manage analysis permissions.

  5. Review who this analysis has been shared with. You can search to locate a specific account by typing a search term. The search returns any user, group, or email address that contains the search term. Searching is case-sensitive, and wildcards are not supported. Delete the search term to view all users and groups.

Revoking access to an analysis

Use the following procedure to revoke access to an analysis.

To revoke access to an analysis

  1. Open the QuickSight console.

  2. Open the analysis that you want to change.

  3. On the analysis page, choose File on the application bar, and then choose Share.

  4. Choose Manage analysis permissions.

  5. Locate the user or group whose access you want to revoke, and then choose the trash-can icon next to the user or group.

  6. Choose Confirm.