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Grafana EditorAzure built-in role

Create, edit, delete, or view dashboards; create, edit, or delete folders; and edit or view playlists.

Role IDa79a5197-3a5c-4973-a920-486035ffd60f
CategoryMonitor
Actions0
Data actions1

Before you assign it

  • It reaches the data, not just the resource. It has 1 data action, such as reading blobs, secrets or messages.

What it can do

No control-plane actions.

Data actions

PermissionWhat it allows
Microsoft.Dashboard/grafana/ActAsGrafanaEditor/actionAct as Grafana Editor role

Assign it

Scope it as tightly as you can: a resource or resource group rather than the whole subscription.

azure cli
az role assignment create \
  --assignee "jane.doe@contoso.com" \
  --role "Grafana Editor" \
  --scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
powershell3 lines
New-AzRoleAssignment -SignInName "jane.doe@contoso.com" `
  -RoleDefinitionName "Grafana Editor" `
  -Scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
bicep7 lines
resource assignment 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments@2022-04-01' = {
  name: guid(resourceGroup().id, principalId, 'a79a5197-3a5c-4973-a920-486035ffd60f')
  properties: {
    roleDefinitionId: subscriptionResourceId('Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions', 'a79a5197-3a5c-4973-a920-486035ffd60f')
    principalId: principalId
  }
}

Who already has it?

kql · azure resource graph
authorizationresources
| where type == "microsoft.authorization/roleassignments"
| where tostring(properties.roleDefinitionId) endswith "a79a5197-3a5c-4973-a920-486035ffd60f"
| project principalId = tostring(properties.principalId), principalType = tostring(properties.principalType), scope = tostring(properties.scope)

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