# Granting fine-grained access for Performance Insights


Fine-grained access control offers additional ways of controlling access to Performance Insights. This access control can allow or deny access to individual dimensions for `GetResourceMetrics`, `DescribeDimensionKeys`, and `GetDimensionKeyDetails` Performance Insights actions. To use fine-grained access, specify dimensions in the IAM policy by using condition keys. The evaluation of the access follows the IAM policy evaluation logic. For more information, see [Policy evaluation logic](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_policies_evaluation-logic.html) in the *IAM User Guide*. If the IAM policy statement doesn't specify any dimension, then the statement controls access to all the dimensions for the specified action. For the list of available dimensions, see [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/performance-insights/latest/APIReference/API_DimensionGroup.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/performance-insights/latest/APIReference/API_DimensionGroup.html).

To find out the dimensions that your credentials are authorized to access, use the `AuthorizedActions` parameter in `ListAvailableResourceDimensions` and specify the action. The allowed values for `AuthorizedActions` are as follows:
+ `GetResourceMetrics`
+ `DescribeDimensionKeys`
+ `GetDimensionKeyDetails`

For example, if you specify `GetResourceMetrics` to the `AuthorizedActions` parameter, `ListAvailableResourceDimensions` returns the list of dimensions that the `GetResourceMetrics` action is authorized to access. If you specify multiple actions in the `AuthorizedActions` parameter, then `ListAvailableResourceDimensions` returns an intersection of dimensions that those actions are authorized to access.

**Example**  
The following example provides access to the specified dimensions for `GetResourceMetrics` and `DescribeDimensionKeys` actions.    
****  

```
{
    "Version":"2012-10-17",		 	 	 
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "AllowToDiscoverDimensions",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "pi:ListAvailableResourceDimensions"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "arn:aws:pi:us-east-1:123456789012:metrics/rds/db-ABC1DEFGHIJKL2MNOPQRSTUV3W"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Sid": "SingleAllow",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "pi:GetResourceMetrics",
                "pi:DescribeDimensionKeys"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "arn:aws:pi:us-east-1:123456789012:metrics/rds/db-ABC1DEFGHIJKL2MNOPQRSTUV3W"
            ],
            "Condition": {
                "ForAllValues:StringEquals": {
                    "pi:Dimensions": [
                        "db.sql_tokenized.id",
                        "db.sql_tokenized.statement"
                    ]
                }
            }
        }
        

    ]
}
```
The following is the response for the requested dimension:  

```
	// ListAvailableResourceDimensions API
// Request
{
    "ServiceType": "RDS",
    "Identifier": "db-ABC1DEFGHIJKL2MNOPQRSTUV3W",
    "Metrics": [ "db.load" ],
    "AuthorizedActions": ["DescribeDimensionKeys"]
}

// Response
{    
    "MetricDimensions": [ {
        "Metric": "db.load",
        "Groups": [
            {
                "Group": "db.sql_tokenized",
                "Dimensions": [
                    { "Identifier": "db.sql_tokenized.id" },
                  //  { "Identifier": "db.sql_tokenized.db_id" }, // not included because not allows in the IAM Policy
                    { "Identifier": "db.sql_tokenized.statement" }
                ] 
            }
            
        ] }
    ]
}
```
The following example specifies one allow and two deny access for the dimensions.    
****  

```
{
    "Version":"2012-10-17",		 	 	 
    "Statement": [
          {
            "Sid": "AllowToDiscoverDimensions",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "pi:ListAvailableResourceDimensions"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "arn:aws:pi:us-east-1:123456789012:metrics/rds/db-ABC1DEFGHIJKL2MNOPQRSTUV3W"
            ]
          },

          {
            "Sid": "O01AllowAllWithoutSpecifyingDimensions",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "pi:GetResourceMetrics",
                "pi:DescribeDimensionKeys"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "arn:aws:pi:us-east-1:123456789012:metrics/rds/db-ABC1DEFGHIJKL2MNOPQRSTUV3W"
            ]
        },
        
        {
            "Sid": "O01DenyAppDimensionForAll",
            "Effect": "Deny",
            "Action": [
                "pi:GetResourceMetrics",
                "pi:DescribeDimensionKeys"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "arn:aws:pi:us-east-1:123456789012:metrics/rds/db-ABC1DEFGHIJKL2MNOPQRSTUV3W"
            ],
            "Condition": {
                "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
                    "pi:Dimensions": [
                        "db.application.name"
                    ]
                }
            }
        },
        
        {
            "Sid": "O01DenySQLForGetResourceMetrics",
            "Effect": "Deny",
            "Action": [
                "pi:GetResourceMetrics"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "arn:aws:pi:us-east-1:123456789012:metrics/rds/db-ABC1DEFGHIJKL2MNOPQRSTUV3W"
            ],
            "Condition": {
                "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
                    "pi:Dimensions": [
                        "db.sql_tokenized.statement"
                    ]
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}
```
The following are the responses for the requested dimensions:  

```
			// ListAvailableResourceDimensions API
// Request
{
    "ServiceType": "RDS",
    "Identifier": "db-ABC1DEFGHIJKL2MNOPQRSTUV3W",
    "Metrics": [ "db.load" ],
    "AuthorizedActions": ["GetResourceMetrics"]
}

// Response
{    
    "MetricDimensions": [ {
        "Metric": "db.load",
        "Groups": [
            {
                "Group": "db.application",
                "Dimensions": [
                
                  // removed from response because denied by the IAM Policy
                  //  { "Identifier": "db.application.name" }  
                ]
            },
            {
                "Group": "db.sql_tokenized",
                "Dimensions": [
                    { "Identifier": "db.sql_tokenized.id" },
                    { "Identifier": "db.sql_tokenized.db_id" },
                    
                  // removed from response because denied by the IAM Policy
                  //  { "Identifier": "db.sql_tokenized.statement" }
                ] 
            },
            ...
        ] }
    ]
}
```

```
// ListAvailableResourceDimensions API
// Request
{
    "ServiceType": "RDS",
    "Identifier": "db-ABC1DEFGHIJKL2MNOPQRSTUV3W",
    "Metrics": [ "db.load" ],
    "AuthorizedActions": ["DescribeDimensionKeys"]
}

// Response
{    
    "MetricDimensions": [ {
        "Metric": "db.load",
        "Groups": [
            {
                "Group": "db.application",
                "Dimensions": [
                  // removed from response because denied by the IAM Policy
                  //  { "Identifier": "db.application.name" }  
                ]
            },
            {
                "Group": "db.sql_tokenized",
                "Dimensions": [
                    { "Identifier": "db.sql_tokenized.id" },
                    { "Identifier": "db.sql_tokenized.db_id" },
                    
                  // allowed for DescribeDimensionKeys because our IAM Policy 
                  // denies it only for GetResourceMetrics
                    { "Identifier": "db.sql_tokenized.statement" }
                ] 
            },
            ...
        ] }
    ]
}
```