Actionable Insights with Amazon QuickSight: Develop stunning data visualizations and machine learning-driven insights with Amazon QuickSight

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Build interactive dashboards and storytelling reports at scale with the cloud-native BI tool - Amazon QuickSight, including embedded analytics and ML-powered insights Key FeaturesUnderstand how to set up Amazon QuickSight, manage data sources, and build and share dashboardsLearn the advanced features of Amazon Quicksight to develop interactive and embedded dashboardsManage and monitor dashboards using the QuickSight API and other AWS services such as Amazon CloudTrailBook Description The adoption of cloud-native BI tools, like Amazon QuickSight, enables organizations to gather insights from data at scale. This book is a practical guide to performing simple-to-advanced tasks with Amazon QuickSight. You'll begin by learning QuickSight's fundamental concepts and how to configure data sources. Next, you'll be introduced to the main analysis-building functionality of QuickSight to develop visuals and dashboards. The book will also demonstrate how to develop and share interactive dashboards with parameters and on-screen controls. Advanced filtering options with URL actions will then be covered, before learning how to set up alerts and scheduled reports. Later, you'll explore the Insights visual type in QuickSight using both existing insights and by building custom insights. Further chapters will show you how to add machine learning insights such as forecasting capabilities, analyzing time series data, adding narratives, and outlier detection to your dashboards. You'll also explore patterns to automate operations and look closer into the API actions that allow us to control settings. Finally, you'll learn advanced topics such as embedded dashboards and multitenancy. By the end of this book, you'll be well-versed with QuickSight's BI and analytics functionalities that will help you create BI apps with ML capabilities. What you will learnUnderstand the wider AWS analytics ecosystem and how QuickSight fits within itSet up and configure data sources with Amazon QuickSightInclude custom controls and add interactivity to your BI application using parametersAdd ML insights such as forecasting, anomaly detection, and narrativesExplore patterns to automate operations using QuickSight APIsCreate interactive dashboards and storytelling with Amazon QuickSightDesign an embedded multi-tenant analytics architectureFocus on data permissions and how to manage Amazon QuickSight operationsWho this book is for This book is for business intelligence (BI) developers and data analysts who are looking to create interactive dashboards using data from Lake House on AWS with Amazon QuickSight. This book will also be useful for anyone who wants to learn Amazon QuickSight in depth using practical examples. You will need to be familiar with general data visualization concepts, however, no prior experience with Amazon QuickSight is required. Table of ContentsIntroducing the AWS Analytics EcosystemIntroduction to Amazon QuickSightPreparing Data with Amazon QuickSightDeveloping Visuals and DashboardsBuilding Interactive DashboardsWorking with ML Capabilities and InsightsUnderstanding Embedded AnalyticsUnderstanding the QuickSight APIManaging QuickSight Permissions and UsageMultitenancy in Amazon QuickSight