---
title: "POST /account/{AwsAccountId}"
method: POST
path: "/account/{AwsAccountId}"
---

# POST /account/{AwsAccountId}

`POST /account/{AwsAccountId}`

Creates an Amazon QuickSight account, or subscribes to Amazon QuickSight Q.

The Amazon Web Services Region for the account is derived from what is configured in the CLI or SDK. This operation isn't supported in the US East (Ohio) Region, South America (Sao Paulo) Region, or Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region.

Before you use this operation, make sure that you can connect to an existing Amazon Web Services account. If you don't have an Amazon Web Services account, see [Sign up for Amazon Web Services](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/quicksight/latest/user/setting-up-aws-sign-up.html) in the _Amazon QuickSight User Guide_. The person who signs up for Amazon QuickSight needs to have the correct Identity and Access Management (IAM) permissions. For more information, see [IAM Policy Examples for Amazon QuickSight](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/quicksight/latest/user/iam-policy-examples.html) in the _Amazon QuickSight User Guide_.

If your IAM policy includes both the `Subscribe` and `CreateAccountSubscription` actions, make sure that both actions are set to `Allow`. If either action is set to `Deny`, the `Deny` action prevails and your API call fails.

You can't pass an existing IAM role to access other Amazon Web Services services using this API operation. To pass your existing IAM role to Amazon QuickSight, see [Passing IAM roles to Amazon QuickSight](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/quicksight/latest/user/security_iam_service-with-iam.html#security-create-iam-role) in the _Amazon QuickSight User Guide_.

You can't set default resource access on the new account from the Amazon QuickSight API. Instead, add default resource access from the Amazon QuickSight console. For more information about setting default resource access to Amazon Web Services services, see [Setting default resource access to Amazon Web Services services](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/quicksight/latest/user/scoping-policies-defaults.html) in the _Amazon QuickSight User Guide_.

## Path parameters

- `AwsAccountId` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `Edition` 'STANDARD' | 'ENTERPRISE' | 'ENTERPRISE_AND_Q', required — <p>The edition of Amazon QuickSight that you want your account to have. Currently, you can choose from <code>ENTERPRISE</code> or <code>ENTERPRISE_AND_Q</code>.</p> <p>If you choose <code>ENTERPRISE_AND_Q</code>, the following parameters are required:</p> <ul> <li> <p> <code>FirstName</code> </p> </li> <li> <p> <code>LastName</code> </p> </li> <li> <p> <code>EmailAddress</code> </p> </li> <li> <p> <code>ContactNumber</code> </p> </li> </ul>
  - `AuthenticationMethod` 'IAM_AND_QUICKSIGHT' | 'IAM_ONLY' | 'ACTIVE_DIRECTORY', required — <p>The method that you want to use to authenticate your Amazon QuickSight account. Currently, the valid values for this parameter are <code>IAM_AND_QUICKSIGHT</code>, <code>IAM_ONLY</code>, and <code>ACTIVE_DIRECTORY</code>.</p> <p>If you choose <code>ACTIVE_DIRECTORY</code>, provide an <code>ActiveDirectoryName</code> and an <code>AdminGroup</code> associated with your Active Directory.</p>
  - `AccountName` string, required — The name of your Amazon QuickSight account. This name is unique over all of Amazon Web Services, and it appears only when users sign in. You can't change <code>AccountName</code> value after the Amazon QuickSight account is created.
  - `NotificationEmail` string, required — The email address that you want Amazon QuickSight to send notifications to regarding your Amazon QuickSight account or Amazon QuickSight subscription.
  - `ActiveDirectoryName` string — The name of your Active Directory. This field is required if <code>ACTIVE_DIRECTORY</code> is the selected authentication method of the new Amazon QuickSight account.
  - `Realm` string — The realm of the Active Directory that is associated with your Amazon QuickSight account. This field is required if <code>ACTIVE_DIRECTORY</code> is the selected authentication method of the new Amazon QuickSight account.
  - `DirectoryId` string — The ID of the Active Directory that is associated with your Amazon QuickSight account.
  - `AdminGroup` String[] — The admin group associated with your Active Directory. This field is required if <code>ACTIVE_DIRECTORY</code> is the selected authentication method of the new Amazon QuickSight account. For more information about using Active Directory in Amazon QuickSight, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/quicksight/latest/user/aws-directory-service.html">Using Active Directory with Amazon QuickSight Enterprise Edition</a> in the Amazon QuickSight User Guide.
  - `AuthorGroup` String[] — The author group associated with your Active Directory. For more information about using Active Directory in Amazon QuickSight, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/quicksight/latest/user/aws-directory-service.html">Using Active Directory with Amazon QuickSight Enterprise Edition</a> in the Amazon QuickSight User Guide.
  - `ReaderGroup` String[] — The reader group associated with your Active Direcrtory. For more information about using Active Directory in Amazon QuickSight, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/quicksight/latest/user/aws-directory-service.html">Using Active Directory with Amazon QuickSight Enterprise Edition</a> in the <i>Amazon QuickSight User Guide</i>.
  - `FirstName` string — The first name of the author of the Amazon QuickSight account to use for future communications. This field is required if <code>ENTERPPRISE_AND_Q</code> is the selected edition of the new Amazon QuickSight account.
  - `LastName` string — The last name of the author of the Amazon QuickSight account to use for future communications. This field is required if <code>ENTERPPRISE_AND_Q</code> is the selected edition of the new Amazon QuickSight account.
  - `EmailAddress` string — The email address of the author of the Amazon QuickSight account to use for future communications. This field is required if <code>ENTERPPRISE_AND_Q</code> is the selected edition of the new Amazon QuickSight account.
  - `ContactNumber` string — A 10-digit phone number for the author of the Amazon QuickSight account to use for future communications. This field is required if <code>ENTERPPRISE_AND_Q</code> is the selected edition of the new Amazon QuickSight account.

## Response `200`

Success

- CreateAccountSubscriptionResponse
  - `SignupResponse` object — A <code>SignupResponse</code> object that returns information about a newly created Amazon QuickSight account.
    - `IAMUser` boolean — A Boolean that is <code>TRUE</code> if the Amazon QuickSight uses IAM as an authentication method.
    - `userLoginName` string — The user login name for your Amazon QuickSight account.
    - `accountName` string — The name of your Amazon QuickSight account.
    - `directoryType` string — The type of Active Directory that is being used to authenticate the Amazon QuickSight account. Valid values are <code>SIMPLE_AD</code>, <code>AD_CONNECTOR</code>, and <code>MICROSOFT_AD</code>.
  - `Status` integer — The HTTP status of the request.
  - `RequestId` string — The Amazon Web Services request ID for this operation.

## Other responses

- `480` — AccessDeniedException
- `481` — InvalidParameterValueException
- `482` — ResourceNotFoundException
- `483` — ThrottlingException
- `484` — ResourceExistsException
- `485` — PreconditionNotMetException
- `486` — ConflictException
- `487` — InternalFailureException
- `488` — ResourceUnavailableException

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