amazon web services - Account Activity and Account Usage access not working -

i have iam user has administrator access. user cannot access account activity or account usage pages. see "permission denied" message "you not have required permissions view contents of page." these steps followed give them access:

• logged in root account.
• configured security questions.
• activate iam user access aws website.
• added following policies user:

a) account activity access

    {       "version": "2012-10-17",       "statement": [        {           "effect": "allow",           "action": [             "aws-portal:viewbilling"           ],           "resource": "*"        }        ]     } 

b) account usage access

{   "version": "2012-10-17",   "statement": [     {       "effect": "allow",       "action": [         "aws-portal:viewusage"       ],       "resource": "*"     }   ] } 

but still user unable access account activity , account usage pages.

can tell me wrong here ?

i've been having same problem, @ seems iam users not allowed see account activity if have permissions set.

found mention of problem on amazon forum, see https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadid=86391

update: i've since found can done. setting required permissions user in iam, need enable option within main aws account. login using main aws credentials, , go 'manage account'. on page there section enabling access account activity, make sure both boxes ticked , click button enable/activate these permissions.

once has been done, iam users able see account activity.