Amazon QuickSight launches shared restricted folders and a folder Contributor role to govern asset sharing

Amazon QuickSight is introducing shared restricted folders, a Contributor role and support for data source asset types in folders. These capabilities enable governed QuickSight asset sharing at the folder level.

Restricted folders are a new type of shared folder that restrict assets from being removed from the folder. When used in combination with the Contributor role, this feature set disables asset sharing by applying the Contributor role on all assets that authors create in the restricted folder. Data sources can now inherit permissions from a shared folder, which enables centralized management of permissions for all asset types. A folder Contributor can create, edit and delete assets in a shared folder like an Owner, but they cannot delete the folder or modify permissions on the folder or on assets where they inherit Contributor access. Administrators can create shared restricted folders using the QuickSight CreateFolder API. The Contributor role can be assigned to a QuickSight user or group on a shared folder.

These features are available with the Amazon QuickSight Enterprise Edition in all AWS Regions where Amazon QuickSight is available. To learn more, see Organizing assets into folders for Amazon QuickSight.