Changing Default AWS region

[ineedqshelp]

I’m dealing with a similar problem to this post ( Quicksight doesn’t honour my default region set in AWS Unified Settings - Question & Answer - Amazon QuickSight Community), except I want to set the region to us-west-2, but it defaults to us-east-1. I’ve set the default region in the AWS management console to west, but that doesn’t transfer over to quicksight, as QS still defaults to east. Has there been a solution or fix since this original post?

[prantika_sinha]

Hi @ineedqshelp ,

The concept of identity region in QuickSight allows us to set default region in QuickSight. Irrespective of other setting, QuickSight identity region is fixed for an account. The user management and Free allocated spice capacity based on author license is applicable in identity region only.

As per my knowledge there is no way to change identity region in QuickSight other than dissolving the QuickSight account and setting up afresh in the default region required.

Thanks,
Prantika

[ineedqshelp]

What is the concept of identity region? How do I set that?

[prantika_sinha]

The region you choose while creating/subscribing QuickSight is where your spice capacity will be deployed and is the default sign in region for users.

@ArunSanthosh

Identity region - QuickSight manages users and groups in special regions designated as Identity regions. Based on your region selection, QuickSight will pick appropriate identity region for your account. This has no direct impact on your setup. Just keep in mind that when doing user/group management or editing security & permission settings, you will need to switch over to the identity region. (You will be prompted to do so in the UI and API responses)

Reference Article : Considerations in setting up a QuickSight Account

[ineedqshelp]

And there’s no way to change that if you’re a user?

[prantika_sinha]

As of now, there is no other way to change the identity region, once configured. And no way to setup default QuickSight region, other than identity region.