<aside> 💡 Following the two simple following steps (10min), you’ll be able to connect continuously your AWS Usage data to the Greenly’s platform and then leverage an interactive dashboard to know where you stand at any time of the year. Please note this tutorial is for the expert analysis module. For the standard AWS module, every step is document on the Greenly platform.

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<aside> 💡 Requirements: - An External ID provided by your dedicated Greenly’s Climate Expert

• An access to your AWS console with the rights to create IAM policies and roles Output:
• At the end of the two steps, you should be able to send a text value (ARN) to your dedicated Greenly’s Climate Expert that will enable the continuous connection

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STEP 1 - Create IAM policy

1. Open the Amazon IAM console.

2. Go to Access management > Policies

1. Click Create policy

1. In the Create policy window, go to the JSON tab.

1. Copy the following policy (which will only give access to the Cost Explorer API) and paste it in the JSON tab, and then click Next: Tags then Next: Review.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ce:GetCostAndUsage"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Note : This means Greenly will have no other permission than simply reading and retrieving your billing data, on which the cloud study relies.

See more information about cost explorer here.

1. In the Review policy window, enter the policy name “CostExplorerAccess”.

1. Click Create policy.