Amazon Quick now supports cross-account access for Amazon Athena data sources
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This article announces cross-account access for Amazon Athena data sources in Amazon QuickSight.
- Query Athena data from different AWS accounts using IAM role chaining
- Athena query costs billed to account where data resides
- Administrators specify RunAsRole and ConsumerAccountRoleArn for access
- Supports multiple roles per consumer account for fine-grained access control
- Available in all supported Amazon QuickSight regions
This feature enables cross-account data querying in QuickSight with secure role chaining and flexible access management.
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