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

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Table of Contents
Preface
Section 1: Introduction to Amazon QuickSight and the AWS Analytics Ecosystem
Chapter 1: Introducing the AWS Analytics Ecosystem
	Technical requirements
	Discovering the AWS analytics ecosystem
		Business intelligence
		Data warehousing
		Data lake storage and governance
		Ad hoc analytics
		Extract, transform, load
	Exploring the modern data architecture on AWS
		Data lakes versus data warehouses
		modern data architecture on AWS
	Creating a basic modern data architecture
		Creating the data lake storage
	Summary
	Questions
	Further reading
Chapter 2: Introduction to Amazon QuickSight
	Technical requirements
	Introducing Amazon QuickSight
		Datasets
		Analysis
		Visuals and insights
		Dashboards
		Introducing Amazon QuickSight user types
		Introducing QuickSight architecture
	Introducing QuickSight editions and user authorization options
		QuickSight editions
		User authorization with QuickSight
	Setting up Amazon QuickSight
	Summary
	Questions
	Further reading
Chapter 3: Preparing Data with Amazon QuickSight
	Technical requirements
	Adding QuickSight data sources
		Supported data sources with QuickSight
		Configuring our first data source
	Editing datasets
		Importing into SPICE
		Editing column names and data types
	Working with advanced operations
		Adding calculated fields
		Filtering and joining datasets
	Configuring security controls
	Summary
	Q&A
	Further reading
Chapter 4: Developing Visuals and Dashboards
	Technical requirements
	Working with QuickSight visuals
		Creating an analysis
		Supported visual types
	Publishing dashboards
	Customizing the look and feel of the application
		Applying themes
		Formatting visuals
	Summary
	Q&A
	Further reading
Section 2: Advanced Dashboarding and Insights
Chapter 5: Building Interactive Dashboards
	Technical requirements
	Using filters and parameters
		Working with filters
		Working with parameters
	Working with actions
		Working with filter actions
		Working with navigation actions
		Working with URL actions
	Summary
	Q&A
	Further reading
Chapter 6: Working with ML Capabilities and Insights
	Technical requirements
	Using forecasting
		Adding forecasting
		Working with what-if scenarios
	Working with insights
		Adding suggested insights
		Creating and editing an insight
	Working with ML insights
		Working with forecasting insights
		Working with anomaly detection insights
	Summary
	Questions
	Further reading
Chapter 7: Understanding Embedded Analytics
	Technical requirements
	Introducing QuickSight embedded analytics
		Understanding the business drivers for embedding
		Understanding embedded analytics types
		Understanding read-only dashboard embedding
	Exploring the architecture and user authentication
		Overview of the web application layer
		Overview of the BI layer
		Understanding the authentication layer
		Putting everything together
	Generating an embedded dashboard URL
	Summary
	Q&A
	Further reading
Section 3: Advanced Topics and Management
Chapter 8: Understanding the QuickSight API
	Technical requirements
	Introducing the QuickSight API
		Accessing the QuickSight API
	Controlling resources using the QuickSight API
		Setting up a dataset using the CLI
		Editing account settings using the QuickSight API
		Reusing assets using the template API
		Building automation using the QuickSight API
	Summary
	Questions
	Further reading
Chapter 9: Managing QuickSight Permissions and Usage
	Technical requirements
	Managing QuickSight permissions
		Using user groups
		Setting up custom permissions
		Integrating with Amazon Lake Formation
	Managing QuickSight usage
		Managing folders
		Creating reports and alerts
		Working with QuickSight threshold-based alerts
	Summary
	Questions
	Further reading
Chapter 10: Multitenancy in Amazon QuickSight
	Technical requirements
	Introducing multitenancy using namespaces
		Understanding multitenancy
		Introducing QuickSight namespaces
	Setting up multitenancy
		Creating a namespace
		Using QuickSight namespaces
	Summary
	Questions
	Further reading
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