QuickSight AutoSave Error

Question

When I try and set a filter for a visual, delete a visual, or duplicate a visual, auto save fails in QuickSight. Note that no other users are using the analysis and only one has permission to it.

Answer

When attempting to filter, delete, or duplicate a visual in QuickSight, autosave failing could be caused by permissions issues at either the IAM role level or within QuickSight itself. A few things to check:

Ensure the IAM role being assumed by the QuickSight user does not have permissions to delete datasets. You can attach an inline policy denying the 
quicksight:DeleteDataSet
 permission.

{
  Version: 2012-10-17,  
  Statement: [
    {
      Effect: Deny,
      Action: quicksight:DeleteDataSet,
      Resource: "*"
    }
  ]
}
Log into the QuickSight console and go to Security & permissions. Check that the user's group permissions do not allow deleting datasets.

Make sure any custom permissions granted to the group do not allow deleting visuals or datasets.

QuickSight permissions need to be restricted at both the IAM role level and within the QuickSight console itself to prevent autosave failures when modifying visuals.

QuickSight AutoSave Error

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