Manage access to insights with an account instance of AWS IAM Identity Center and Amazon QuickSight

This article discusses how to manage access to Amazon QuickSight dashboards and insights using an account instance of AWS IAM Identity Center (IAM Identity Center). It covers the benefits of using IAM Identity Center with QuickSight, and provides a detailed walkthrough of setting up an account instance and integrating it with QuickSight.

Specifically, the article covers:

• When to use an account instance vs. an organization instance of IAM Identity Center with QuickSight
• Benefits of using IAM Identity Center for managing access to QuickSight embedded dashboards
• Step-by-step guide on creating an account instance, integrating it with Okta as an identity provider, and configuring QuickSight to use the Okta groups
• Organizing QuickSight dashboards and datasets into shared folders, and granting access to specific customer groups
• Embedding QuickSight dashboards in a sample SaaS application, with row-level security to restrict data access
• User provisioning and de-provisioning workflows using the integrated Okta directory