# Creating a dataset using Amazon S3 files
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To create a dataset using one or more text files (.csv, .tsv, .clf, or .elf) from Amazon S3, create a manifest for Quick Sight. Quick Sight uses this manifest to identify the files that you want to use and to the upload settings needed to import them. When you create a dataset using Amazon S3, the file data is automatically imported into [SPICE](spice.md).

You must grant Quick Sight access to any Amazon S3 buckets that you want to read files from. For information about granting Quick Sight access to AWS resources, see [Configuring Amazon Quick Sight access to AWS data sources](access-to-aws-resources.md).

**Topics**
+ [Supported formats for Amazon S3 manifest files](supported-manifest-file-format.md)
+ [Creating Amazon S3 datasets](create-a-data-set-s3-procedure.md)
+ [Datasets using S3 files in another AWS account](using-s3-files-in-another-aws-account.md)