[Bug]: Quicksight analysis: raise limit for maximum allowed visuals per sheet from 30 to 50

[denvazh]

Terraform Core Version

1.5.2

AWS Provider Version

5.11.0

Affected Resource(s)

aws_quicksight_analysis

Expected Behavior

Should be able to create, update, import analysis with number of visuals per sheet between 1 and 50.

Actual Behavior

Error is raised when one tries to create or import analysis where number of visuals blocks in given sheet is more than 30 but less than 50.

│ Error: Too many visuals blocks
│
│   on import.tf line 12191, in resource "aws_quicksight_analysis" "sample-client-report":
│ 12191:       visuals {
│
│ No more than 30 "visuals" blocks are allowed

Relevant Error/Panic Output Snippet

│ Error: Too many visuals blocks
│
│   on import.tf line 12191, in resource "aws_quicksight_analysis" "sample-client-report":
│ 12191:       visuals {
│
│ No more than 30 "visuals" blocks are allowed

Terraform Configuration Files

resource "aws_quicksight_analysis" "analysis-with-31-visuals" {
  analysis_id    = "ID"
  name           = "NAME"
  aws_account_id = data.aws_caller_identity.current.account_id
  definition {
    data_set_identifiers_declarations {
      data_set_arn = "ARN"
      identifier   = "IDENTIFIER"
    }
    sheets {
      title    = "31 Visuals"
      sheet_id = "SHEET"

      visuals {
        custom_content_visual {
          data_set_identifier = "1"
          title {
            format_text {
              plain_text = "Custom1"
            }
          }
          visual_id = "CUSTOM1"
        }
      }
      visuals {
        custom_content_visual {
          data_set_identifier = "1"
          title {
            format_text {
              plain_text = "Custom2"
            }
          }
          visual_id = "CUSTOM2"
        }
      }
      visuals {
        custom_content_visual {
          data_set_identifier = "1"
          title {
            format_text {
              plain_text = "Custom3"
            }
          }
          visual_id = "CUSTOM3"
        }
      }
      visuals {
        custom_content_visual {
          data_set_identifier = "1"
          title {
            format_text {
              plain_text = "Custom4"
            }
          }
          visual_id = "CUSTOM4"
        }
      }
      visuals {
        custom_content_visual {
          data_set_identifier = "1"
          title {
            format_text {
              plain_text = "Custom5"
            }
          }
          visual_id = "CUSTOM5"
        }
      }
      visuals {
        custom_content_visual {
          data_set_identifier = "1"
          title {
            format_text {
              plain_text = "Custom6"
            }
          }
          visual_id = "CUSTOM6"
        }
      }
      visuals {
        custom_content_visual {
          data_set_identifier = "1"
          title {
            format_text {
              plain_text = "Custom7"
            }
          }
          visual_id = "CUSTOM7"
        }
      }
      visuals {
        custom_content_visual {
          data_set_identifier = "1"
          title {
            format_text {
              plain_text = "Custom8"
            }
          }
          visual_id = "CUSTOM8"
        }
      }
      visuals {
        custom_content_visual {
          data_set_identifier = "1"
          title {
            format_text {
              plain_text = "Custom9"
            }
          }
          visual_id = "CUSTOM9"
        }
      }
      visuals {
        custom_content_visual {
          data_set_identifier = "1"
          title {
            format_text {
              plain_text = "Custom10"
            }
          }
          visual_id = "CUSTOM10"
        }
      }
      visuals {
        custom_content_visual {
          data_set_identifier = "1"
          title {
            format_text {
              plain_text = "Custom11"
            }
          }
          visual_id = "CUSTOM11"
        }
      }
      visuals {
        custom_content_visual {
          data_set_identifier = "1"
          title {
            format_text {
              plain_text = "Custom12"
            }
          }
          visual_id = "CUSTOM12"
        }
      }
      visuals {
        custom_content_visual {
          data_set_identifier = "1"
          title {
            format_text {
              plain_text = "Custom13"
            }
          }
          visual_id = "CUSTOM13"
        }
      }
      visuals {
        custom_content_visual {
          data_set_identifier = "1"
          title {
            format_text {
              plain_text = "Custom14"
            }
          }
          visual_id = "CUSTOM14"
        }
      }
      visuals {
        custom_content_visual {
          data_set_identifier = "1"
          title {
            format_text {
              plain_text = "Custom15"
            }
          }
          visual_id = "CUSTOM15"
        }
      }
      visuals {
        custom_content_visual {
          data_set_identifier = "1"
          title {
            format_text {
              plain_text = "Custom16"
            }
          }
          visual_id = "CUSTOM16"
        }
      }
      visuals {
        custom_content_visual {
          data_set_identifier = "1"
          title {
            format_text {
              plain_text = "Custom17"
            }
          }
          visual_id = "CUSTOM17"
        }
      }
      visuals {
        custom_content_visual {
          data_set_identifier = "1"
          title {
            format_text {
              plain_text = "Custom18"
            }
          }
          visual_id = "CUSTOM18"
        }
      }
      visuals {
        custom_content_visual {
          data_set_identifier = "1"
          title {
            format_text {
              plain_text = "Custom19"
            }
          }
          visual_id = "CUSTOM19"
        }
      }
      visuals {
        custom_content_visual {
          data_set_identifier = "1"
          title {
            format_text {
              plain_text = "Custom20"
            }
          }
          visual_id = "CUSTOM20"
        }
      }
      visuals {
        custom_content_visual {
          data_set_identifier = "1"
          title {
            format_text {
              plain_text = "Custom21"
            }
          }
          visual_id = "CUSTOM21"
        }
      }
      visuals {
        custom_content_visual {
          data_set_identifier = "1"
          title {
            format_text {
              plain_text = "Custom22"
            }
          }
          visual_id = "CUSTOM22"
        }
      }
      visuals {
        custom_content_visual {
          data_set_identifier = "1"
          title {
            format_text {
              plain_text = "Custom23"
            }
          }
          visual_id = "CUSTOM23"
        }
      }
      visuals {
        custom_content_visual {
          data_set_identifier = "1"
          title {
            format_text {
              plain_text = "Custom24"
            }
          }
          visual_id = "CUSTOM24"
        }
      }
      visuals {
        custom_content_visual {
          data_set_identifier = "1"
          title {
            format_text {
              plain_text = "Custom25"
            }
          }
          visual_id = "CUSTOM25"
        }
      }
      visuals {
        custom_content_visual {
          data_set_identifier = "1"
          title {
            format_text {
              plain_text = "Custom26"
            }
          }
          visual_id = "CUSTOM26"
        }
      }
      visuals {
        custom_content_visual {
          data_set_identifier = "1"
          title {
            format_text {
              plain_text = "Custom27"
            }
          }
          visual_id = "CUSTOM27"
        }
      }
      visuals {
        custom_content_visual {
          data_set_identifier = "1"
          title {
            format_text {
              plain_text = "Custom28"
            }
          }
          visual_id = "CUSTOM28"
        }
      }
      visuals {
        custom_content_visual {
          data_set_identifier = "1"
          title {
            format_text {
              plain_text = "Custom29"
            }
          }
          visual_id = "CUSTOM29"
        }
      }
      visuals {
        custom_content_visual {
          data_set_identifier = "1"
          title {
            format_text {
              plain_text = "Custom30"
            }
          }
          visual_id = "CUSTOM30"
        }
      }
      visuals {
        custom_content_visual {
          data_set_identifier = "1"
          title {
            format_text {
              plain_text = "Custom31"
            }
          }
          visual_id = "CUSTOM31"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Steps to Reproduce

Run plan or apply for the Terraform code above.

Debug Output

It seems limit is set in internal/service/quicksight/schema/visual.go:25. visualsSchema() should return schema with MaxItems set to 50

Panic Output

No response

Important Factoids

No response

References

Limit of 50 is mentioned in the official API documentation:

• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/quicksight/latest/APIReference/API_SheetDefinition.html#API_SheetDefinition_Contents

Hard limit increase from 30 to 50 confirmation by AWS support:

• https://community.amazonquicksight.com/t/30-visual-limit/2869/17

Would you like to implement a fix?

Yes

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