I figured it out, newbie that I am.
The account you sign into the console must be the developer account Xcode is using, NOT the icloud account your Mac is signed into (for example).
When you try to log into the console, there were (in my case), multiple accounts listed in the top right drop down. ONE of them was the developer account, which must be clicked on for things to work. This was not obvious to me when I first tried to get things to work, which was why I asked the question!
Topquark
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