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AWS awsaccountbilling documentation change

Service: awsaccountbilling · 2025-08-01 · Documentation low

File: awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/managed-policies.md

Summary

Replaced inline JSON policy examples with links to AWS Managed Policy Reference documentation

Security assessment

This is a documentation simplification to reference centralized policy definitions. While IAM policies are security-related, the change itself does not introduce new security features or address vulnerabilities.

Diff

diff --git a/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/managed-policies.md b/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/managed-policies.md
index 0182481f2..7f867e811 100644
--- a//awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/managed-policies.md
+++ b//awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/managed-policies.md
@@ -38,40 +38 @@ This managed policy grants full access to the Billing and Cost Management consol
-JSON
-    
-
-****
-    
-    
-    
-    {
-       "Version":"2012-10-17",
-       "Statement":[
-          {
-             "Effect":"Allow",
-             "Action":[
-                "account:GetAccountInformation",
-                "account:GetContactInformation",
-                "aws-portal:*Billing",
-                "consolidatedbilling:GetAccountBillingRole",
-                "invoicing:GetInvoicePDF",
-                "invoicing:ListInvoiceUnits",
-                "payments:GetPaymentInstrument",
-                "payments:ListPaymentPreferences",
-                "purchase-orders:AddPurchaseOrder",
-                "purchase-orders:DeletePurchaseOrder",
-                "purchase-orders:GetPurchaseOrder",
-                "purchase-orders:ListPurchaseOrderInvoices",
-                "purchase-orders:ListPurchaseOrders",
-                "purchase-orders:ListTagsForResource",
-                "purchase-orders:ModifyPurchaseOrders",
-                "purchase-orders:TagResource",
-                "purchase-orders:UntagResource",
-                "purchase-orders:UpdatePurchaseOrder",
-                "purchase-orders:UpdatePurchaseOrderStatus",
-                "purchase-orders:ViewPurchaseOrders",
-                "tax:ListTaxRegistrations"
-             ],
-             "Resource":"*"
-          }
-       ]
-    }
-    
+To view the permissions for this policy, see [AWSPurchaseOrdersServiceRolePolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-managed-policy/latest/reference/AWSPurchaseOrdersServiceRolePolicy.html) in the _AWS Managed Policy Reference_.
@@ -118,89 +79 @@ This policy includes the following permissions:
-JSON
-    
-
-****
-    
-    
-    
-    {
-          "Version": "2012-10-17",
-          "Statement": [
-                {
-                    "Sid": "VisualEditor0",
-                    "Effect": "Allow",
-                    "Action": [
-                        "account:GetAccountInformation",
-                        "aws-portal:ViewBilling",
-                        "billing:GetBillingData",
-                        "billing:GetBillingDetails",
-                        "billing:GetBillingNotifications",
-                        "billing:GetBillingPreferences",
-                        "billing:GetContractInformation",
-                        "billing:GetCredits",
-                        "billing:GetIAMAccessPreference",
-                        "billing:GetSellerOfRecord", 
-                        "billing:ListBillingViews",
-                        "budgets:DescribeBudgetActionsForBudget",
-                        "budgets:DescribeBudgetAction",
-                        "budgets:DescribeBudgetActionsForAccount",
-                        "budgets:DescribeBudgetActionHistories",
-                        "budgets:ViewBudget",
-                        "ce:DescribeCostCategoryDefinition",
-                        "ce:GetCostAndUsage",
-                        "ce:GetDimensionValues",
-                        "ce:GetTags",
-                        "ce:ListCostCategoryDefinitions",
-                        "ce:ListCostAllocationTags",
-                        "ce:ListCostAllocationTagBackfillHistory",
-                        "ce:ListTagsForResource",
-                        "consolidatedbilling:GetAccountBillingRole",
-                        "consolidatedbilling:ListLinkedAccounts",
-                        "cur:DescribeReportDefinitions",
-                        "cur:GetClassicReport",
-                        "cur:GetClassicReportPreferences", 
-                        "cur:GetUsageReport",
-                        "freetier:GetFreeTierAlertPreference",
-                        "freetier:GetFreeTierUsage",
-                        "freetier:GetAccountPlanState",
-                        "freetier:GetAccountActivity",
-                        "freetier:ListAccountActivities",
-                        "invoicing:BatchGetInvoiceProfile",
-                        "invoicing:GetInvoiceEmailDeliveryPreferences",
-                        "invoicing:GetInvoicePDF",
-                        "invoicing:GetInvoiceUnit",
-                        "invoicing:ListInvoiceSummaries",
-                        "invoicing:ListInvoiceUnits",
-                        "invoicing:ListTagsForResource",
-                        "mapcredits:ListAssociatedPrograms",
-                        "mapcredits:ListQuarterCredits",
-                        "mapcredits:ListQuarterSpend",
-                        "mapcredits:GetUniqueQuarterSpendSum",
-                        "payments:GetFinancingApplication",
-                        "payments:GetFinancingLine",
-                        "payments:GetFinancingLineWithdrawal",
-                        "payments:GetFinancingOption",
-                        "payments:GetPaymentInstrument", 
-                        "payments:GetPaymentStatus",
-                        "payments:ListFinancingApplications",
-                        "payments:ListFinancingLines",
-                        "payments:ListFinancingLineWithdrawals",
-                        "payments:ListPaymentInstruments",
-                        "payments:ListPaymentPreferences",
-                        "payments:ListPaymentProgramOptions",
-                        "payments:ListPaymentProgramStatus",
-                        "payments:ListTagsForResource",
-                        "purchase-orders:GetPurchaseOrder",
-                        "purchase-orders:ListPurchaseOrderInvoices",
-                        "purchase-orders:ListPurchaseOrders",
-                        "purchase-orders:ListTagsForResource",
-                        "purchase-orders:ViewPurchaseOrders",
-                        "sustainability:GetCarbonFootprintSummary",
-                        "tax:GetTaxInheritance",
-                        "tax:GetTaxRegistrationDocument",
-                        "tax:ListTaxRegistrations"
-                ],
-            "Resource": "*"
-          }
-       ]
-    }
-    
+To view the permissions for this policy, see [AWSBillingReadOnlyAccess](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-managed-policy/latest/reference/AWSBillingReadOnlyAccess.html) in the _AWS Managed Policy Reference_.
@@ -212,160 +85 @@ This managed policy grants users permission to view and edit the AWS Billing and
-JSON
-    
-
-****
-    
-    
-    
-    {
-        "Version": "2012-10-17",
-        "Statement": [
-          {
-            "Sid": "VisualEditor0",
-            "Effect": "Allow",
-            "Action": [            
-                "account:GetAccountInformation",
-                "aws-portal:*Billing",
-                "aws-portal:*PaymentMethods",
-                "aws-portal:*Usage",
-                "billing:CreateBillingView",
-                "billing:DeleteBillingView",
-                "billing:GetBillingData",
-                "billing:GetBillingDetails",
-                "billing:GetBillingNotifications",
-                "billing:GetBillingPreferences",
-                "billing:GetBillingView",
-                "billing:GetContractInformation",
-                "billing:GetCredits",
-                "billing:GetIAMAccessPreference",
-                "billing:GetSellerOfRecord",
-                "billing:ListBillingViews",
-                "billing:PutContractInformation",
-                "billing:RedeemCredits",
-                "billing:GetResourcePolicy",
-                "billing:ListSourceViewsForBillingView",
-                "billing:ListTagsForResource",
-                "billing:TagResource",
-                "billing:UntagResource",
-                "billing:UpdateBillingPreferences",
-                "billing:UpdateBillingView",
-                "billing:UpdateIAMAccessPreference",
-                "budgets:CreateBudgetAction",
-                "budgets:DeleteBudgetAction",
-                "budgets:DescribeBudgetActionsForBudget",
-                "budgets:DescribeBudgetAction",
-                "budgets:DescribeBudgetActionsForAccount",
-                "budgets:DescribeBudgetActionHistories",
-                "budgets:ExecuteBudgetAction",
-                "budgets:ModifyBudget", 
-                "budgets:UpdateBudgetAction",
-                "budgets:ViewBudget", 
-                "ce:CreateNotificationSubscription", 
-                "ce:CreateReport", 
-                "ce:CreateCostCategoryDefinition",
-                "ce:DeleteNotificationSubscription",
-                "ce:DeleteCostCategoryDefinition",
-                "ce:DescribeCostCategoryDefinition",
-                "ce:DeleteReport", 
-                "ce:GetCostAndUsage",
-                "ce:GetDimensionValues",
-                "ce:GetTags",
-                "ce:ListCostAllocationTags",
-                "ce:ListCostAllocationTagBackfillHistory",