Manage analytics users and roles

When setting up Amazon QuickSight for the first time, Back Office users get access to analytics based on the contract terms. Users are assigned with roles, such as author or reader, defining their permissions when working with analytics. This document explains how you can update the list of users with access to analytics or change their roles.

Update analytics users

1. To request additional users or updating existing ones, contact your Customer Success Manager at the analytics contact page. Provide the list of users you want to add or remove. For each new user, specify their role: author or reader. You can request the roles of the existing users to be updated too.

2. Once your contract is updated, we will add the requested changes to your users setup. Wait until you get a confirmation about this change.

3. In the Back Office, go to Analytics.

4. On the Analytics page, click Synchronize Users. This updates the users setup per your request.

Transferring ownership of assets

If you need to remove an author user, consider transferring their assets to another author user. Deleting an author user deletes all of their assets. For instructions on sharing assets, see the following docs:

• Sharing Amazon QuickSight analyses
• Sharing datasets