Created Dashboard (API) does not show in GUI

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With the API I create a dashboard from a template (boto3: create_dashboard).
I get the response CreationStatus=CREATION_IN_PROGRESS.
When I list the dashboard with API or CLI it looks fine. When I have a look in the GUI the dashboard does not show up.
I suspect that the creation run into some problem but I have no idea how to find out what the problem is and how to fix it. Very frustrating.
Regards,
Jesper

2

Is it shared with your user?

That would be my guess.

https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/services/quicksight.html#QuickSight.Client.describe_dashboard_permissions

https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/services/quicksight.html#QuickSight.Client.update_dashboard_permissions

3

I think you somehow point me to the right direction.
But I still do not understand what is wrong.

This is what i give the create_dashboard() function.
https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/services/quicksight.html#QuickSight.Client.create_dashboard

Permission=
[{'Principal': 'arn:aws:quicksight:eu-west-1:XXXXXX:user/default/AWSReservedSSO_AWSAdministratorAccess_02064a2839d2a285/jesper.almstrom@xxxx.xx', 'Actions': ['quicksight:DescribeDashboard', 'quicksight:ListDashboardVersions', 'quicksight:UpdateDashboardPermissions', 'quicksight:QueryDashboard', 'quicksight:UpdateDashboard', 'quicksight:DeleteDashboard', 'quicksight:DescribeDashboardPermissions', 'quicksight:UpdateDashboardPublishedVersion']}]

But this is the result from describe_dashboard_permission

{
    "Status": 200,
    "DashboardId": "xxx_xxx_xxx",
    "DashboardArn": "arn:aws:quicksight:eu-west-1:12345677890:dashboard/xxx_xxx_xxx",
    "Permissions": [],
    "RequestId": "8fc284a2-27f3-4567-9c8f-28eb3fe6f696",
    "LinkSharingConfiguration": {
        "Permissions": []
    }
}

I will try to apply the permission again with update_dashboard_permission but I would like to get it right from the create command.

Thanks, Jesper

4

This is the result from update permissions

aws quicksight update-dashboard-permissions --aws-account-id XXXXXXXXXX --dashboard-id my_dashboard --grant-permissions file://dashboard-permission.json

An error occurred (ConflictException) when calling the UpdateDashboardPermissions operation: Cannot update dashboard when it is in CREATION_FAILED state

So somehow the creation failed but I have no possibility to check what did go wrong.

5

Hmm it looks like the dashboard isn’t created then.

Can you share with me your code for creating it?

Also, did you provide a template?

SourceEntity (dict) –
[REQUIRED]

Here is how we create an analysis in the CLI. Hope this can help out with some of the syntax.

Source Entity File:

{
“SourceTemplate”: {
“DataSetReferences”: [
{
“DataSetPlaceholder”: “name_of_dataset_1”,
“DataSetArn”: “arn_of_dataset_1”
},
{
“DataSetPlaceholder”: “name_of_dataset_2”,
“DataSetArn”: “arn_of_dataset_2”
}
],
“Arn”: “arn_of_template”
}
}

Command to create an analysis:

aws quicksight create-analysis --aws-account-id account_id --analysis-id id_you_want --name ‘Name You Want’ --source-entity file://path_to_file/source_entity_file.json --profile your_profile

To update the analysis permissions with my principal.

Source Entity:

{

"AwsAccountId": "awsaccount",

"AnalysisId": "the_analysis_id",

"GrantPermissions": [

    {

        "Principal": "arn_of_principal",

        "Actions": [

            "quicksight:RestoreAnalysis", "quicksight:UpdateAnalysisPermissions", "quicksight:DeleteAnalysis", "quicksight:QueryAnalysis", "quicksight:DescribeAnalysisPermissions", "quicksight:DescribeAnalysis", "quicksight:UpdateAnalysis"

        ]

    }

]

}

Command to share an analysis:

aws quicksight update-analysis-permissions --cli-input-json file://path_to_file/shareanalysis.json