Generative BI with Quicksight

• QuickSight is Amazon's cloud-based business intelligence and data visualization service. It allows users to create interactive dashboards, generate paginated reports, and embed visualizations in applications.
• QuickSight supports a wide range of data sources, including files, databases, SaaS applications, and more. Data can be cached in the Spice in-memory data store for performance.
• Pricing is based on reader and author users, with different rates for fixed vs committed usage. There are also options for anonymous/embedded usage.
• The demo showcased QuickSight's "Generative BI" features powered by Amazon Q, their natural language processing capability. This includes:
  • Executive summaries that automatically generate high-level insights from the data
  • The ability to ask questions in natural language to get visualizations and insights
  • Drill-down capabilities to understand drivers behind trends/anomalies
  • The option to give feedback on the generated insights
• Creating calculated fields and new visualizations through natural language commands was demonstrated as a way to rapidly build out analyses.
• The topic administration capabilities were highlighted, showing how administrators can see user questions, provide feedback, and tune the data model.
• While forecasting was not shown in this demo, it was noted as another advanced analytics capability within QuickSight.

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Links from today's episode

• How do I create visualizations and dashboards in QuickSight? https://catalog.us-east-1.prod.workshops.aws/workshops/cd8ebba2-2ef8-431a-8f72-ca7f6761713d/en-US/author-workshop
• What types of data sources are supported by QuickSight? https://docs.aws.amazon.com/quicksight/latest/user/supported-data-sources.html
• Can I use QuickSight for advanced analytics like forecasting and anomaly detection? https://aws.amazon.com/quicksight/features-ml/
• Can I leverage QuickSight's features and build them into my own applications? ttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/quicksight/latest/user/embedded-analytics.html
• What are the security and access control features in QuickSight? https://docs.aws.amazon.com/quicksight/latest/user/security.html
• How much does QuickSight costs/What is the pricing model? https://aws.amazon.com/quicksight/pricing/
• Is there a free trial? https://docs.aws.amazon.com/quicksight/latest/user/signing-up.html
• QuickSight Community - https://community.amazonquicksight.com/
• DemoCentral - https://democentral.learnquicksight.online/
• YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@AmazonQuickSight