Technical Enablement of Amazon Q in QuickSight: 2024 Amazon QuickSight Learning Series

Dive deep with us in this session to learn how to set up a Q topic for enabling Amazon Q in QuickSight's generative insights. We will cover data ingestion, best practices for topics, and run through a demo of Amazon Q in QuickSight.

Technical level: 300
Pre-requisites: Basic knowledge of QuickSight and Amazon Q

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Chapters:
00:00 Session introduction
00:58 Agenda overview
01:23 What is generative BI?
02:28 Generative BI capabilities in QuickSight
02:54 How generative BI accelerates your efficiency
04:00 GenBI capabilities for QuickSight authors
05:20 Data stories in QuickSight overview
06:23 GenBI capabilities for data stories in QuickSight
08:21 AI-powered data apps - Overview and architecture
11:04 Extend custom apps with AI
11:59 Insights from embedded analytics
13:34 Data ingestion - Overview and architecture
15:57 Q topic overview
17:43 Q topic index
18:18 Refreshing Q topics
19:43 Connecting to data hosted in AWS VPCs
21:27 Q topic best practices - Configuring topic metadata
22:22 Q topic best practices - Topic feedback
23:44 Q topic best practices - High-quality data preparation and modeling
26:13 Demo: Adding a dataset for building a topic
27:27 Demo: Creating a Q topic
29:38 Demo: Q topic data field modification
31:05 Demo: Testing the Q topic with generative Q&A
32:17 Demo: Amazon Q authoring in QuickSight - Building visuals
34:45 Demo: Amazon Q authoring in QuickSight - Building calculated fields
36:07 Demo: Amazon Q authoring in QuickSight - Editing visuals
38:05 Demo: Amazon Q authoring in QuickSight - Updating insights with the Q topic
40:28 Demo: Amazon Q for business users in QuickSight - Executive summary
41:46 Demo: Amazon Q for business users in QuickSight - Generative Q&A
43:34 Demo: Amazon Q for business users in QuickSight - Building a data story