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Use the CreateGroup operation to create a group in Amazon QuickSight. You can create up to 10,000 groups in a namespace. If you want to create more than 10,000 groups in a namespace, contact AWS Support.

The permissions resource is arn:aws:quicksight:<your-region>:_<relevant-aws-account-id>_:group/default/_<group-name>_ .

The response is a group object.

post/accounts/{AwsAccountId}/namespaces/{Namespace}/groups

Path parameters

AwsAccountIdstring required

The ID for the Amazon Web Services account that the group is in. Currently, you use the ID for the Amazon Web Services account that contains your Amazon QuickSight account.

Namespacestring required

The namespace that you want the group to be a part of.

Request body

GroupNamestring required

A name for the group that you want to create.

Descriptionstring

A description for the group that you want to create.

Response

Success

RequestIdstring

The Amazon Web Services request ID for this operation.

Statusinteger

The HTTP status of the request.