Error: dynamodb items page not authorized with read access

Answered by Rafal Wilinski
What's Causing This Error
This error occurs when the service consuming the DynamoDB service does not have the required policies bound to its IAM Role.
Solution - Here's How To Resolve It
To resolve this error, navigate to the IAM console and locate the role bound to the service invoking DynamoDB.
Then, click "Add Permissions" and "Create Inline Policies."

Figure - Creating the inline policy.
After that, add all "Read" actions of the DynamoDB service for this new policy.

Figure - Adding all read actions.
Then, click "Review Policy" to review and finalize the policy.

Figure - Reviewing the policy
Finally, click "Create Policy" to create and bind the custom policy to the role.
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