Amazon QuickSight – The Friend We Need?

Data-driven companies consistently outperform traditional ones. Discover how Amazon QuickSight makes enterprise-grade analytics and interactive dashboards accessible for businesses of any size — no SQL skills required.

As a business in this age, it should be considered a norm that your decisions are made with the consideration of data and analytics. Many reports have been done on companies using data to drive their decision making and the result is always the same – data-driven companies outperform traditional companies in almost every metric used to measure the success of a business.

Why

Imagine you and your friend decide to get scooters and sell ice cream products for a week. These ice creams expire in a week and you guys divide the ice cream products equally. Your friend does not use data to drive their selling, while you do. You use data by speaking to locals, researching which areas have the most foot traffic, finding out the most popular flavours for the weather and season, etc. Fast forward 2 weeks, and it is very safe to say that you would have more revenue and fewer expired products than your friend who didn't use data.

What is Amazon QuickSight?

Amazon QuickSight is a cloud-native, fully managed BI platform that allows you to interact with, and visualise all of your data in the cloud. Amazon QuickSight makes it easier for you to understand your data quickly, by making it more accessible with beautiful interactive dashboards, as well as allowing you to get a quick understanding of your data through "one-click" interactive insights, powered by machine learning (ML).

Is Amazon QuickSight for me?

Amazon QuickSight is built for cloud scale. It allows you to easily connect to your various data sources, no matter the format. It supports data sources such as Excel, AWS data sources and third-party data sources like Salesforce, ServiceNow and more. Amazon QuickSight also allows you to use its SPICE (Super-fast, Parallel, In-memory Calculation Engine) which will calculate and serve your data at incredible speeds.

Amazon QuickSight Q

Amazon QuickSight Q is a cutting-edge feature that revolutionises data analysis with machine learning-powered natural language processing. Instead of complex queries, you can ask questions in plain English in a search bar and QuickSight Q delivers accurate, instant answers. With Q, you can effortlessly uncover valuable business insights without needing advanced SQL or programming skills, making data analysis accessible to everyone. The ML-powered NLP understands your business language, making it adaptable to any industry. Say goodbye to complex queries and hello to Amazon QuickSight Q.